I'm now seriously considering LASIK eye surgery and so I've been doing some research online. I have seen some horror stories out there though.
Anyone here ever gotten it? Any problems? Were you 20/20 when it was over?
I'm sick of going out on runs w/ my glasses and not being able to see anything because of the rain all over them.
I went through it and came out perfectly no complaints...doing the other eye now.
I did both eyes at once. There was even some minor complications with my surgery but nothing permanent. I am now 20/20 and would do it again in a second. It is a great feeling not to have to worry about glasses.Best advice, spend the money and go to someone reputable. From what I remember, there is a direct correlation of permanent problems and number of surgeries the surgeon performed.
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I went through it and came out perfectly no complaints...doing the other eye now.
i did the same research a while ago. one thing i found out was that the particular type of eye "problem" that i have which causes me to be near-sighted would be corrected almost fully by the surgery. the stumbling block for me was that it would come back and i'd be wearing glasses/contacts again in ten years or so. and apparently, at this point, one can/should only have the surgery done once. so i'd be risking those horror stories for maybe ten years of not using corrective lenses. i wasn't sure i wanted to risk f***ing up my eyes for life to begin with, largely for the sake of convenience of not wearing glasses - for ten years it was an obvious decision.
i know plenty of people who had the surgery and are fine. i don't know anyone who reaches the level of the horror stories, though some have trouble at night with bright lights.
I have met and heard stories that the eye surgery will correct the problem for a few years, but then the eyes will eventually start going bad again. When they do this, you cannot have the surgery anymore and the eyes end up worse than not having the procedure. Special glasses and contact lenses have to be prescribed to correct vision.