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I had lasik over PRK for a couple of reasons: Better correction of astigmatism, and smaller likelihood of corneal scarring, which can result in starring, coronas and halos around light sources, particularly at night. My night vision is at least as good now as it was before the surgery, with no need for glasses. The recovery time for lasik is also significantly shorter, particularly with the new "bladeless" procedure. Most people can return to work in 1-2 days.
Dr Buckley did mine in 2000 and I am still very pleased with the results. It was the best $2600 I ever spent.Quote:
Originally Posted by T-Giv
Spivak, wife is happy with hers from there. $$
FYI, You get what you pay for. (usually)
I know some folks went cheap and are totally screwed up and ended up getting repairs at Spivak or other more expensive places. They still have permanent issues with their vision, it wasn't completely correctable.
The Dr said LASIK was a better option than PRK for my astigmatism. I had an abnormal reaction to the procedure though: by the time I got home, my eyes felt like they were on fire and were pouring tears. I couldn't see anything, and couldn't open my eyes. I took an Oxy, washed it down with a couple beers, and passed out. The next day I was totally fine and could see perfectly. The doc said I shouldn't have been in any pain and I should have called them right away.
I also had dry eyes for about a month and had to carry around a bottle of artificial tears, but I think that part is fairly typical.
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I don't have the nerve to let somebody cut on my eyes, that just gives me the willies. But I'm gearing up to have gastric bypass surgery on my stomach for weight loss, and that's an ass-puckerer too. I really need it though, and I can get it done for $0 cost to us, so why not. If I could get Lasik for free too I might consider that as well.
Oh, FWIW, I went to Ikon/Icon/whatever it is once for an evaluation, and that place struck me as a big-box joint, kinda like the "Earl Scheib's of Lasik". I could be wrong.
I highly recommend 20/20 Institute. Both my wife and I had it done there and couldn't be more pleased. Its been at least 5 years for me and about 7 for my wife.
My wife's 20/20 is still 20/20. I had the version where one eye is corrected to 20/20 and the other is only slightly modified so I can read up close. To this day I still don't NEED glasses, however as they mentioned, since I'm older my close up eye would degrade over time. While it has slightly and I on rare occasion pick up a pair of reader glasses, I don't NEED them… I had my annual exam with my regularly eye doctor, and the 20/20 side is still 20/20!
We also paid around 2100 an eye with the lifetime guarantee. Which neither of us has had to use….
Wright Eye Center in COS. Had it done this year and love it. 20/20 in one eye and 20/15 in the other. Finally free of glasses after 30 years.
Wright Eye Center did mine
My consultations will decide if I get PRK or Lasik.
I am leaning towards PRK, since I don't like the idea of an eye flap.
The recovery time is a lot longer, but it just seems more permanent a solution.
I got 20/20 last year from Dr. Cutarelli at Cutarelli Vision at DTC. It ain't cheap, as it should not.