Been thinking about getting Lasik for a while since I have pretty terrible vision. Of the handful of people I’ve talked to about it that have gotten it, every one of them has loved it, no one has regretted it and said that it's basically the best thing ever. Wondering if anyone here has gotten it and what their experience has been so far.
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Great experience - worth it. If you are in Chicago area, PM me and I will recommend my doctor
How much was it? I fucking hate glasses.
I'm interested as well. Would you mind sharing how long ago you had Lasik done? How bad was your vision before?
I heard for those that had it done, there vision degrades again over time. Not do to the procedure but just naturally due to age.
My old man got it twice, one in his 20s and one in his 50s
In a different city but appreciate it! Good to hear that it's worth it.
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Also wondering about this. Since I started in banking my vision has deteriorated slightly from being pretty bad already. What's your prescription? For reference, mines -4.75
Feel you. I have -4.75 and -6.00 (not the same in both eyes cause I am "special") and my eye doc who had LASIK himself was -8.00. Prescription hasn't changed since banking, but it did get worse in one prescription change in college after a history of deteriorating each year before then. Seems my eyes are settling down now according to the doctors so I am hopefully getting the surgery done next summer.
I am curious if anyone has ever gotten the surgery while being an Analyst since I am pretty sure you are blind for a few days afterwards?
Mine are both -4.75 too
I’m curious about the price range.
Price ranges for the New Jersey or Philly or areas?
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Mid-Atlantic, there was a special in the month I went for my consultation where it would have been $3.2K, but when I'm scheduled to take it early next year to take advantage of new FSA money, it'll be around $4K.
What about the disadvantages? I can only do PRK, which is a different form of LASIK. I've always heard that people develop halos around any lights and your eyes get perpetually dry.
PRK hurts - a lot. Recovery time is more like 4-5 days and first 2 days are basically eye burning. But once you are past it, apparently better outcome than LASIK. Tbh you probably got thin cornea so it has to be PRK
I've heard it's more painful than regular LASIK but didn't know by a lot. Is it actually better than LASIK result-wise? Honestly, might be ok with sucking up the pain for a better outcome. Have you done it yourself or have friends who have done it?
I did. I was at a -7 in both eyes. Now my vision is 20/20 with 20/15 in my left eye and 20/25 in my right eye. I also had horrible dry eyes and blepharitis, which had me terrified that I couldn't continue in the accounting profession or any office job for that matter. Both have gone away since I got LASIK. It has literally changed my life for the better.
I paid around 4k and the doctor who performed the surgery had been doing it longer than I was alive and had tons of awards. I cannot recommend LASIK enough.
Very relatable. My eyes (both -7.0 as well) have been f'd up for about 15 months now. Prior to IB, I would wear contacts from the minute I woke up to the minute I got in bed and had no problems. Last fall they began stinging/burning all the time, likely due to drying out from looking at a computer screen for 17 hours/day. Went to doctor, which was pretty worthless, tried prescription eye drops, been using fake tears, etc, but not very helpful. I basically had to stop wearing contacts altogether, which sucks because with -7.0 eyes my lenses are thick af. I only wear contacts for 90mins a day now at the gym. Now I am in PE where I am working ~50-60 hours but the burning and stinging is the same. Over the summer, I got to the point where I could wear contacts with reasonable comfort as long as I wasn't at work staring at the computer screen, but have gotten worse since then. I think this is due to the weather change. Whenever there is heat on they burn a lot. Thinking about lasik now because I hate glasses but have been concerned that it could dry them out even more, and the unbearable burning i feel when i wear contacts will be become permanent. Curious if doing one eye at a time is an option to reduce that risk. Any tips for dry eyes that worked for you prior to getting lasik?
I normally wear glasses at the gym and go at an off-peak time, and yesterday accidentally knocked my glasses off when doing a tricep pulldown, it was actually pretty funny.
It sounds like you have the same issues I had. I couldn't wear contacts for more than an hour before the stinging pain kicked in. I recommend going to see an actual dry eye specialist, not a generic eye doctor. The specialist will give you proper medication to help with your eyes.
I'd also recommend just not wearing contacts at all. It sucks, I know. I used to wear contacts from 8am-midnight since I was 16 up to the age of 24, so it was difficult to start wearing glasses again. Your eyes will probably end up rejecting contacts eventually. Buy eye drops and keep your eyes from getting dry as much as you can.
And like I said before, glasses suck so I recommend LASIK.
I got it. I don't recommend it, not because I didn't like it but because it may preclude you from obtaining better solutions that are being developed. After 4 or 5 years, I needed glasses again as my eyes changed and now other interesting solutions on the horizon are cutoff for me.
Choose a style for you that looks great with glasses. Wear prescription sunglasses. LASIK ain't permanent for most people, so better get used to life with glasses.
This is really useful to know, thanks for responding. This is basically what I'm scared of. Did they say it something like that could develop before you got it?
Yeah, the eyes for most people (not all but many people) are constantly changing. They want you to have at least 2 years of stable prescriptions because that will indicate that, at the very least, your eye changes have slowed down. But for the vast majority of people, they will eventually need reading glasses anyway as they age.
My advisory is to look into alternatives, such as Intacs or lens replacements (like, they literally replace the lenses in your eyes with artificial ones). Some of the alternatives are even reversible if the results aren't good (e.g. halo effect that doesn't go away). Replacing the lens could even permanently preclude the need for reading glasses when you're older.
I'm not saying don't get LASIK. What I'm saying is that LASIK, while it absolutely does the job, reshapes the eye by cutting it down, making it more difficult in the future to "correct" for vision (because now you have less eye to shape). If you can opt for an alternative that doesn't do that, I would look into that *first*.
Thanks for your insight, would you kind enough to elaborate on any new visions corrections solutions that may be available in the future. And what prevents you from being able to use the newer methods.
It's been a year or so since I looked into it, but I know I was rejected for the most updated lens replacement techniques because I had already gotten LASIK.
Got it and love it. I had 20/40 vision and now I'm at 20/15. I paid $3.2k total at the Lasik Institute, which is a national Lasik provider.
Only downside was that my eyes were dry for about 6 months, which required hourly eye drops (which is more of an inconvenience if anything).
Got Lasik right before the pandemic shut everything down (literally on the last day they were allowed to do procedures) and it's been an absolute godsend. Highly recommended. Had astigmatism and went from -5 to 20/10 in both eyes, which is incredible - when comparing Lasik providers it's not just on price, but what they target for vision post correction (my place targeted 20/15, many places aren't as good as that).
Definitely paid a premium for mine (7.5k total) but this place is insanely legit w/ a ton of pro athletes who have gone before, and that price includes a lifetime guarantee so if my vision ever degrades I can go back for free. Didn't feel like being cheap on a surgical procedure for my fucking eyes either lol.
If anybody wants a good place in SF, just hit me up. Personally have no issues with dry eyes or light sensitivity or anything like that.
It's not that simple. *When* your eyes change you can only get an enhancement if your eyes have been stable for 2 years.
To those considering LASIK, understand that reviews of recent LASIK procedure are almost worthless. LASIK absolutely produces terrific vision. That isn't the issue. The issue is that it isn't permanent and free enhancements come with a catch--you have to get PRK for enhancements and your eyes must be stable for 2 years so you will have sub-optimal vision (yes, glasses) while you wait. With extensive use of computers it will be very difficult to achieve stable vision for many people. Obviously, others will achieve long-term stable vision, but for almost everyone with vision crappy enough to consider LASIK, by the time they enter their 40s they will be looking at needing reading glasses. It's possible that former LASIK patients may then miss out on advancements in permanent vision correction.
LASIK works very well but is a temporary solution. Understand that going in.
Oh no.... So I'll only have 20 YEARS without glasses before I have to get them again :( That sucks!
If it's so great, how come every optometrist I ask about it says not to get it. They tell me: If you don't have dry eyes, you will get dryer eyes; if you already have dry eyes, it will get super dry after Lasik.
I haven't had any issues with dry eyes, for what it's worth.
I'm assuming your comment was tongue in cheek, but way to ask the ice salesman whether you should buy an ice maker.
lol solid point; looking back on it of course they don't want people to get Lasik over glasses and contacts
LASIK is an old, declining technology. Research and Ask about SMILE or if you’re eligible/recommended for ICLs (intraocular collamer lenses). SMIlE is basically lasik 2.0 with better outcomes and ICLs are reversible contact lense implants that leaves your cornea intact.
Just had mine done couple weeks ago at the Lasik Vision Institute in Brooklyn. Great team, more than fair pricing. Definitely worth it. I’d say now is the best time to do it since we are WFH.
I, too, had a pretty terrible vision, and then I decided to do LASIK eye correction. I had LASIK surgery seven months ago. It was perfect for me. LASIK takes only less recovery time. You can even drive the very next day after the surgery. I have eye drops to use for one year. I'm very much satisfied and happy with the LASIK eye correction and it improved my vision.
I ended up getting it done and it's been great so far. Every so often my eyes do get dry though, so they said that would be fairly common for the first couple months. Interesting that it lasted up to a year for you, could be the same for me. Either way, I've liked it a lot.
My dad got LASIK and was around 35 at the time. He's almost 50 now and said he can't get LASIK again and has been wearing glasses when driving, reading, pretty much anything darker at night. Apparently once you get the surgery once if you don't have enough of something (not sure what specifically) in your eyes you can't get the surgery again. Take that for what it's worth.
Edit: He basically had 15 years of good eye sight before reverting back to glasses.
A few notes here based on my experience with LASIC (~2 years ago)
1. You may have 2 shots, but that's about it as the Cornea (?) gets to thin.
2. LASIC procedures have improved significantly in the last 15 years, so you're probably looking at a longer time horizon
3. Don't know your dad, but his loss of eyesight may be due to a different reason than the LASIC fixed
This makes sense. 2 shots is what I've heard as well (maybe it's different for my dad since the surgery was 15 years ago and maybe the cornea is already thin? I'll ask if it's worth confirming for OP's sake. Totally agree on 2 and 3 as well, I'm sure the procedure has improved a ton since then but it seems like age plays a big role. Not sure if LASIK would work for 35 year olds with bad eye sight going on 50, 15 years ago.
dont get lasik that shit will fuck up your eyes
Best decision of my life. Amazing, seriously. If you're in LA there's this guy that's actually super cheap and does a good job. He's this crazy Korean guy that loves to talk real estate and will almost certainly mention that he owns some of you even think about something real estate related. They quoted me $2,200 all in ($1,100 per eye) and dropped it to $2,000 if I didn't go through my insurance ($2,200 was net of insurance).
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