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[–] JDPoZ@lemmy.world 20 points 5 days ago

Had all-laser LASIK done in 2007.

Was scary, and the excimer laser sounded like a giant electrical wasp, but overall, I’ve had zero problems. Best procedure I’ve ever had done.

My older sibling had it done back then, too. No issues. 2 other close friends did the same. Not a single issue.

Give it a rest people.

Go get checked to see if you’re a valid candidate, and have the procedure done by a professional ophthalmologist with an “all-laser” setup who has more than a decade or so of experience and also has the $200,000 equipment to do it right and a lifetime contract-backed guarantee, and you will be happy with the choice you made.

[–] Shanedino@lemmy.world 20 points 5 days ago (1 children)

Risk management isn't solely based on how bad the outcome is but also on how likely that outcome is.

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[–] Philharmonic3@lemmy.world 31 points 6 days ago (3 children)

What's the success rate? Oh yeah, over 95%. Get outta here

[–] SkaveRat@discuss.tchncs.de 45 points 6 days ago (1 children)

Xcom players: nah. Fuck that

I feel this in my bones...

...unlike the Muton who just Neo'd his way through 4 overwatches.

[–] taxiiiii@lemmy.world 56 points 6 days ago* (last edited 6 days ago) (1 children)

meaning around 1 in 20 people who do it end up facing consequences? that sounds like quite a lot actually, at least when its about longterm health.

[–] TranscendentalEmpire@lemm.ee 16 points 6 days ago (2 children)

A little less so when the main consequence 1/20 people face is something like dry eyes.

[–] blarghly@lemmy.world 9 points 6 days ago

Or halos, which are just a little annoying

You've clearly never dealt with dry eyes.

5% is way too high of a chance of getting permanent chronic dry eyes.

Go look at horror stories on the dry eyes subreddit and take note of the people considering a permanent solution.

[–] Obi@sopuli.xyz 26 points 6 days ago (2 children)

I just don't mind my glasses that much that I want to put myself through this/take the risk/pay the cost. I've had them since I was a child, I'm used to them and as far as I know, that's still what has the least side/adverse effects.

[–] neon_nova@lemmy.dbzer0.com 4 points 6 days ago

Yeah! This ^ Lasik doesn't sound worth the risks at all.

[–] nomy@lemmy.zip 5 points 6 days ago (1 children)

I can think of two specific instances in my life when wearing glasses saved me from serious eye damage, I'm sure there were more.

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[–] dejected_warp_core@lemmy.world 29 points 6 days ago* (last edited 6 days ago) (3 children)

You missed the part where not all LASIK procedures are "bladeless". As in: there is an eye knife and guess which way you gotta look for that to work.

Bonus:

[–] QueenHawlSera@sh.itjust.works 13 points 6 days ago (1 children)

I don't have eye problems of any kind. Don't even need reading glasses....

And even I cried upon reading this.

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[–] the_tab_key@lemmy.world 6 points 6 days ago (1 children)

Have had it done, bladed. Yes, you look straight at it, but you can't see shit anyway because of the drops they put in your eyes first. I was much less concerning than I expected.

That was only for one eye though. The other was not a candidate for LASIK, so I had the alternative procedure known as PRK. This one is super fun because instead of cutting the cornea off then put it back on (LASIK), they just scrape off the outer layer of the cornea.

[–] breecher@sh.itjust.works 4 points 6 days ago* (last edited 6 days ago)

Yeah, the vision during the procedure was not an issue at all. The smell of burnt eye as the laser works away was a bit off putting though. I can attest that burnt eye smells a lot similar to burnt hair.

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[–] dukeofdummies@lemmy.world 19 points 6 days ago (4 children)

I did it because I was blind. Hella blind. -6 and -9. When covid hit I suddenly realized that if supply shortages ever hit hard and I lost my glasses, I was absolutely fucked.

I could not drive, I could not use two monitors, I would be functionally blind... I always joked I would be dead weight in the apocalypse but in the midst of a hurricane, a wildfire, I could be absolutely fucked. With months before a replacement pair could be acquired. And with all the shit that went wrong with covid... I just wanted to hedge my bets.

[–] UnderpantsWeevil@lemmy.world 21 points 6 days ago* (last edited 6 days ago)

if supply shortages ever hit hard and I lost my glasses, I was absolutely fucked.

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Bob's Discount LASIK Barn or whatever it is called down by the Confederate flag monument on the 5 had a big sign for the Nazi "America first" congressman and I feel like I wasn't about to trust my eyes to them anyway but I especially want to avoid them now, Jesus fuck

[–] RBWells@lemmy.world 17 points 6 days ago (1 children)

I was a very early adopter, as soon as lasik came out I got it, the radial-k that preceded it couldn't handle my prescription. It's regressed over the intervening 30 years, but even now I wear thin light glasses and can at least sort of see without them.

You know what sold me on this, even though the vision isn't as good as I could get with hard contacts? My mom had to go back to glasses after wearing contacts for years because the contacts wore away her corneas! At least the glasses I have to wear at this age are only like a -2 prescription, that's much more comfortable than what they would have been.

[–] lka1988@sh.itjust.works 10 points 6 days ago (2 children)

My mom had to go back to glasses after wearing contacts for years because the contacts wore away her corneas!

That's a slightly horrifying thought... My wife has keratoconus and has to wear hard contacts (scleral lenses, but functionally the same thing) in order to see at all.

[–] RBWells@lemmy.world 8 points 6 days ago (1 children)

Yeah it was unsettling.

My hope lies with science. Two women at my work had to have cornea replacement and both of them don't need glasses at all anymore - one is 65 and one is 70.

And oh yes I was profoundly nearsighted and hard contacts gave me superhuman vision. They are the best correction by far. But I am really hoping that good artificial corneas are available soon.

[–] Alfredolin@sopuli.xyz 5 points 6 days ago (3 children)
[–] RBWells@lemmy.world 4 points 5 days ago

Welcome to the USA.

She is planning to retire in a couple of years. Both of them say this is their last job.

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[–] phoenixz@lemmy.ca 16 points 6 days ago (1 children)

There definitely are risks and i feel doctors can be too cavalier about those risks

Having said that, i got the procedure done 5 years ago, and install have better than 20/20 vision. The only issue inhad afterwards was that i could see things up to 1cm away from my eye ball, now that is 30cm at the least and since the last year or so i cannot read the 2 pixel size texts on medicine bottles anymore

Beyond that, I'm super happy with the result

[–] moakley@lemmy.world 19 points 6 days ago (2 children)

That's a lot of typos for someone with perfect vision.

[–] diablomnky666@lemmy.wtf 8 points 6 days ago

Seeing well doesn't equate to intelligence. In fact you lose +1 INT when you take off your glasses.

[–] phoenixz@lemmy.ca 1 points 4 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago) (1 children)

Mobile phone keyboards have little to do with vision, though

Edit: reading my comment quickly I found 1 autocorrect thing. That's the "a lot of typos"?

[–] moakley@lemmy.world 1 points 4 days ago (1 children)

It was a joke. Also, I count two.

[–] phoenixz@lemmy.ca 1 points 3 days ago

... Ok, I did not get it

[–] bdjegifjdvw@lemmy.world 14 points 6 days ago (1 children)

One of the best decisions I every made, going from essentially blond without glasses to not needing them. Especially as someone who enjoys a lot of outdoor activities, not being made helpless by a lost or broken pair of glasses is a huge weight off my mind

[–] cryptiod137@lemmy.world 20 points 6 days ago (2 children)

essentially blond

Lasik changed your hair?

[–] rekabis@lemmy.ca 7 points 6 days ago

Right? This is an absolutely awesome autocorrect fail.

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[–] Matriks404@lemmy.world 14 points 6 days ago (1 children)

I don't plan to do LASIK, unless:

  • I am not able to put my glasses on;

  • When my glasses break, I am not able to go outside and drive by bus to the nearest glasses repair shop.

[–] vala@lemmy.world 12 points 6 days ago

Please try to ride the bus instead of drive it if your glasses break.

[–] Ledericas@lemm.ee 10 points 6 days ago

also people with damage to thier cornea, like from shingles even if it made a small scar on the sclera, makes in ineligble for lasik.

[–] Anomalocaris@lemm.ee 8 points 6 days ago (5 children)

night lenses,

game changer

no idea why they are so obscure (besides conspiracy theories)

wear them while sleeping. perfect eyesight.

used to wear them for a few years, stopped, because one possible side effect is that it will improve your eye sight.

I no longer need glasses.

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[–] UnderpantsWeevil@lemmy.world 7 points 6 days ago (2 children)

Wife got lasik over ten years ago. Vision is great. We live in one of the moist parts of Texas, so dry eyes have never really been an issue. Absolutely none of that other stuff is relevant.

That said, she's no longer perpetually wearing a semi-efficient pair of goggles, so when our son tries to grab for her face his fingers go directly into her eyeball rather than being deflected harmlessly away by super-hard transparent glass. Also, completely fucked when it comes to cutting onions.

I'll keep my glasses, thank you.

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[–] Pnut@lemm.ee 3 points 5 days ago

My cousin had his done for like $3000 several years ago. No issues. He actually has surprisingly good vision.

[–] rekabis@lemmy.ca 6 points 6 days ago (4 children)

I never had it done for two main reasons:

  1. Actual cutting of the cornea.
  2. A cripplingly negative response to anything that surgically impacts my body. Even giving blood triggers an overwhelming need to inject it right back into me.

Knowing what I do about CC and the astronomically high likelihood of global civilizational collapse before mid-century, I should really have something like that done so I can do without glasses if absolutely necessary. Assuming I live that long, that is. Which, judging from the current advanced age of my own parents, is a decent “likely”.

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[–] pbjelly@sh.itjust.works 6 points 6 days ago (2 children)

I got it done cause I was doing archery and my astigmatism meant I had to shift my glasses onto my nose for it. Contacts would have solved the problem but my eyesight was close to 20/20 and was only ruined by my astigmatism so I never bothered getting fitted for them. Plus, I kinda liked buying stlyish frames which I could wear cause my prescription was so light.

In the end, I had a consultation with a reputable optometrist that rejected a lot of people with thin corneas, dry eyes, and would try to sus out if you’re shopping around for a “yes.” They did not try to minimize the risks and kept reminding me it’s an elective surgery and anything can go wrong in surgery (although, rare).

The main side effects for me were: a painful, burning sting that lasted for 30 mins after surgery (due to correcting my astigmatism), which a nap cured, some lasting light sensitivity at night (LED headlights feel so bright), and a dryness that went away after a few months. What they don’t say is that you’re still healing for more than a few months after surgery so a lot of side effects can linger and fade away with time, and a few may stick.

Now if you don’t want LASIK, there is PRK which doesn’t cut anything off but has a more complicated healing post-surgery regiment and your vision is not 20/20 until at minimum a week after surgery. It also has its own problems depending on how you handled post-op.

In the end, if you realllllly want it and you find a trusted surgeon, and they’ve discussed all risks cause everyone’s eye is different, it’s certainly nice to no longer rely on glasses. But again, absolutely not necessary surgery.

Either way, if you ever get cataract surgery, it’s practically the same procedure of cutting up your eyes and replacing some lenses. (Also if you get LASIK, keep your records cause you’ll need em for cataracts).

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