Lasik Eye Doctors

[Guylee]

Mine was done by the Army. If they can get it right, anyone can.

[KestrelBike]

Mine was done by the Army. If they can get it right, anyone can.

That took some serious balls to let them do that. (but I'm sure the price was right!)

[KestrelBike]

The pool water burns me when I open my eyes in the pool. I had PRK though where the flap is totally removed.

If it makes you feel better, pool water burns my eyes bad, too, and I haven't had lasik and don't wear correctives. Or are you comparing the levels of burning before/after Lasik?

[Snowman78]

So I am going to finally pull the trigger and get lasik.
I have some consultations set up with 20/20 Institute, Spivak and ICON.

Has anyone had the procedure done by any of the above?

Did you ever get it done? If so who did? how did it go? What was the final cost?

I just set up some consultations for Monday!

[DeusExMachina]

When I can make insurance elections again, I'll be having this consulted for then done in the beginning of the year. Likely Spivack.

A coworker recently told me that when you elect an amount of money for Flex Medical, that amount is deposited into the account on Jan 1 of the new year, and the per-paycheck amount is removed throughout the rest of the year. So I'll be paying for it pre-tax and whatever discount VSP gets me.

[Irving]

When I can make insurance elections again, I'll be having this consulted for then done in the beginning of the year. Likely Spivack.

This is my plan as well. Have been reading these threads lately. Do you still have to wear your glasses for a month first?

[DeusExMachina]

This is my plan as well. Have been reading these threads lately. Do you still have to wear your glasses for a month first?

No idea. When it gets closer to October I'm going to set up some consultations. My eye affliction is apparently rare (bad bad astigmatism, that's it) so I don't know what my options are or what the restrictions are on how often your prescription changes.

[CHA-LEE]

You usually have to stop wearing your contacts for a Month before the procedure. This is required to get your cornea back to is "Normal" shape so they can verify the thickness and shape then use those measurements to remove the appropriate cornea material during the LASIK procedure. Think of it like wearing a ring on your finger for a long time. It will eventually leave a "Ring" indention in your finger. When you take the ring off your finger doesn't instantly recover the "ring" indention. It takes time for your finger skin to settle back into its normal shape. The same thing happens with your eyes when you wear contacts regularly.

[Great-Kazoo]

Have any of you getting or planning on doing this , inquired about depth perception after surgery? With my vision / cornea issues was told that i can have my vision corrected BUT would not have depth perception.

[Irving]

Thanks Cha-lee, that's pretty much what I anticipated. I've been trying to wear my contacts less lately. I'm on my last pair, and instead of buying more, I'm using this as an excuse to pull the trigger on lasik.

Kazoo, I'll have to ask.