Laser Eye Surgery - Who's had it?
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Do your homework, have several evaluations done. A ideal candidate has a correction of less than -3 .If your vision is worse than that they should get you to 20-60/80 more or less than have a second correction to get you closer to 20-20. They should do one eye first than a few days later if your first eye has done well do the second eye. You should have good corneal thickness ,not have dry eyes, among many other things. Those places that charge $499.00 per eye most likely do not include follow up visits , are building up their practice, or worst case reusing the cutting blades (not using a laser to cut the flap). Royalties paid to my former employer are $450.00 per eye per procedure do the math. A good doctor charges around $4-5,000.00 .
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Originally posted by WFO Racer
Do your homework, have several evaluations done. A ideal candidate has a correction of less than -3 .If your vision is worse than that they should get you to 20-60/80 more or less than have a second correction to get you closer to 20-20. They should do one eye first than a few days later if your first eye has done well do the second eye. You should have good corneal thickness ,not have dry eyes, among many other things. Those places that charge $499.00 per eye most likely do not include follow up visits , are building up their practice, or worst case reusing the cutting blades (not using a laser to cut the flap). Royalties paid to my former employer are $450.00 per eye per procedure do the math. A good doctor charges around $4-5,000.00 .
Do your homework, have several evaluations done. A ideal candidate has a correction of less than -3 .If your vision is worse than that they should get you to 20-60/80 more or less than have a second correction to get you closer to 20-20. They should do one eye first than a few days later if your first eye has done well do the second eye. You should have good corneal thickness ,not have dry eyes, among many other things. Those places that charge $499.00 per eye most likely do not include follow up visits , are building up their practice, or worst case reusing the cutting blades (not using a laser to cut the flap). Royalties paid to my former employer are $450.00 per eye per procedure do the math. A good doctor charges around $4-5,000.00 .
As a patient counselor for a top surgeon in the Los Angeles Area, you want to make sure that exhaustive preoperative testing is done before anyone tells you you're a candidate. Prescription alone only can tell so much about candidacy - you want to look for things like getting your pupil size measure with an infared pupilometer (the gold standard of pupil testing), corneal thickness (pachymetry), topography, dry eyes, etc. - and you want to meet the surgeon from the get-go. After all, these are your eyes, and at the end of the day, it's a surgical procedure that is highly surgeon-dependent, so it's nothing that you want to bargain shop for.
If you have any specific questions, please do not hesitate to ask - S2020 gives some great sound advice as well.
Here are a few more links for your research/reading:
www.lasikconsumerreport.com
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From: Kuna Idaho
Got mine done last summer. I am now 20/25. I much prefer it this way. I do get a little more 'dry eyes', but I use drops and it's fine. No more contacts for ice hockey or skiiing and I get to wear cool sun glasses again. The Mrs. is getting it done this summer.
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had it done so did brother, and my younger brother is having it done in the next few weeks.
no problems at all. referred at least 6 people to my doctor, all had zero problems.
the best thing i have done. and as far as complications, it happens, but it is such a small statistic, sucks when it happens, but it does, im sorry that it happened though
no problems at all. referred at least 6 people to my doctor, all had zero problems.
the best thing i have done. and as far as complications, it happens, but it is such a small statistic, sucks when it happens, but it does, im sorry that it happened though