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I wish we could get this off the NHS. 
Laser Eye Surgery !
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About 15 minutes. for both eyes.
Though I do suggest that you wait a couple of years to make sure the power is stabilized.
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I'll wait until I'm a fully fledged adult, that'll be when I'm around 23 i guess..thanks for the information, 15 mins is awesome
That will be in another 4 years or so and the technology is always getting better!
Enjoy it, when you get bogged down with mortgages there will be days when miss that time of your life.
no I won't can't wait to have a job, responsibilities, a family etc
Decided last week that i can't be arsed with going out and getting smashed anymore which is what all my mates do on a weekly basis, I'll only go out on special occasions.
I've done it for 3 years now and its got tedious...
I'd much rather be in my room strumming away on my guitar
can't wait to have a job, responsibilities, a family etcDecided last week that i can't be arsed with going out and getting smashed anymore which is what all my mates do on a weekly basis, I'll only go out on special occasions.
I've done it for 3 years now and its got tedious...
I'd much rather be in my room strumming away on my guitar
I'd much rather be in my room strumming away on my guitar
Is that a euphemism? I remember what I was like at 19
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This is my thoughts in a way.
Is that a euphemism? I remember what I was like at 19
lmao, no it's not. I have played the guitar for 6/7 years now and love it.
I also study Film and Television, so it's always fun to play guitar for 7/8 hours , put a film on, and do that over and over
While I agree there isn't really any long term studies, I know of nobody who has had complications later on in life. I know people in work who had it done right in it's early days who are now reaching their 50s still with the same perfect vision.
Technology is moving so fast with these things that in my mind any complications that could possibly arise will be treatable by the time it becomes aparent.
Plus I'd rather do it now and have 20-30 years without glasses than to wait years for information that may never appear. You might then take the plunge and only have say 5-10 years due to leaving to longer.
No matter how good the surgery is, it will not stop the aging process and you will still need reading glasses later in life.
I had it done about 18 months ago.
I did the LASEK surgery because i wanted to play sports and the LASIK can (although unlikely) leave the eye flap loose if there's an impact to the head.
Cost me around £900 for both eyes.
My eyes were in pain for around 2 days after the surgery, then i had blurred vision for another 3. so about a week after i was able to see well enough to drive.
A month later my eye sight was still improving. I could see well, just not reached 100% yet.
It took 2 months for my right eye to reach 20/20. My left on the other hand after 2 months went to -1.25.
A year later its now down to -0.75. so it took a long long time for my left eye to get stable. I have the option of re-treatment on my left eye but i was recommended against it so i didn't go through with it.
For almost a year after the initial surgery, about once a month I'd get dry eyes and have to use drops.
But now its perfect. No sight problems. Very comfortable with it and very happy i went through with it.
As for it not being permanent, well I think you'll find it pretty much is. but it won't stop old age problems which you would get anyway. specifically long sightedness.
I did the LASEK surgery because i wanted to play sports and the LASIK can (although unlikely) leave the eye flap loose if there's an impact to the head.
Cost me around £900 for both eyes.
My eyes were in pain for around 2 days after the surgery, then i had blurred vision for another 3. so about a week after i was able to see well enough to drive.
A month later my eye sight was still improving. I could see well, just not reached 100% yet.
It took 2 months for my right eye to reach 20/20. My left on the other hand after 2 months went to -1.25.
A year later its now down to -0.75. so it took a long long time for my left eye to get stable. I have the option of re-treatment on my left eye but i was recommended against it so i didn't go through with it.
For almost a year after the initial surgery, about once a month I'd get dry eyes and have to use drops.
But now its perfect. No sight problems. Very comfortable with it and very happy i went through with it.
As for it not being permanent, well I think you'll find it pretty much is. but it won't stop old age problems which you would get anyway. specifically long sightedness.
Can someone tell me if there is a limit for how bad your eyes can be for being lasered?
My eyes are both -9.5 and are still dropping at around -0.5 to -1 a year at the moment, but when they settle down and it's time to get them done they will probably be a lot worse.
My eyes are both -9.5 and are still dropping at around -0.5 to -1 a year at the moment, but when they settle down and it's time to get them done they will probably be a lot worse.
I am tempted to stick it on finance and have done with it, my prescription has gotten steadily better to -0.25 in both eyes over the last 4 years, and hasn't changed in a while.
Having said that, I don't really mind wearing glasses/contacts for sport.
Having said that, I don't really mind wearing glasses/contacts for sport.
apparently there is a limit.
I think its around -11. But a quick google suggests some places go up to -15.
I asked my surgeon out of interest and he said it works up to about -12 which really surprised me, though you have a lower chance of reaching a perfect prescription. I seem to get the impression if you don't get a perfect prescription and you're not happy they re-do the procedure for you. A girl at my old work had it done when she was young and her prescription was still changing so she went short sighted again. They advised her to wait 5 years, then they repeated the procedure for her and she hasn't had any regression since.
Had my eyes done few years ago, it was, in theory, very simple procedure, and I was well within criteria to have it done. But it didn't go well, I still wear glasses, they undershot prescription and overshot astigmatism and because they insisted on doing both eyes in the same time, they screwed both of them. I also have slight hazing/halo effect around lights at night and few extra "floater" effects in my eyes guaranteed for pretty much the rest of my life.
So my experience is most of the cheap high street places do machine gun operations, up to 4 customers per hour and quality suffers. You also sign weaver releasing them from ANY responsibilities. You have only one chance in your life to have it done properly without increased possibility of complications, so either do it with proper surgeons at places like St.Thomas or risk glorified supermarket prescription scribes guiding medically unqualified technicians with few month prep and equipment manufacturer "diploma" in gamble on your eyes after 6 hour shift and two dozen patients.
So my experience is most of the cheap high street places do machine gun operations, up to 4 customers per hour and quality suffers. You also sign weaver releasing them from ANY responsibilities. You have only one chance in your life to have it done properly without increased possibility of complications, so either do it with proper surgeons at places like St.Thomas or risk glorified supermarket prescription scribes guiding medically unqualified technicians with few month prep and equipment manufacturer "diploma" in gamble on your eyes after 6 hour shift and two dozen patients.
Something else to consider if they can't do laser surgery is implanted lenses. That can do -25 to +12 apparently, the go right inside the eye itself. Costs more than laser though.