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laser eye surgery...
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| HomerSimpson |
Has anyone on this bord done it? how was it like for you? share you thoughts on this please...
is it too risky? does it hurt?
I'm concidering doing it, but I would like to know if it has good results. |
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| Floorfiller |
| i know people that have had it done and it worked for them. it seems like a pretty simple procedure these days...pretty safe. |
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| lücid |
my friend said it was the best thing he's ever done.
i would consult with your local eyecare physicians and get some information from places around you. |
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| UWM |
| I'm going to get it done after I've got full-time employment for a while, as the procedure that I want to get done is quite expensive and not covered by insurance. |
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| idoru |
| My aunt had it done and it worked fine for her. |
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| DJ RJT |
| I want it too. Soooo much $$$$$$$$ though... :( |
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| all-nite-freak |
if i could afford it id do it for sure...
ive always wanted to be able to shoot lasers from my eyes. |
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| Zewad |
i know about 10 people who have done it..
for us in the Army its free, but the wait list is like 6 months... so a lot of my friends were impatient b/c we were about to head to iraq and nobody is allowed contacts there,.. so they footed the 2500 to do it through a civilian doctor.. called and had it done within 2 weeks... the only thing is that you cant drive home... but the next day you are as good as teh day you were born... and in most cases better than the day you were born... |
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| THE_Chris |
Best to do research on the net first, but dont listen to everyones horror stories.
Personally, I was thinking about getting it done, but Ive decided not to. Contacts & glasses will do me fine. |
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| jonze234 |
| i was thinking about this too since we just got new insurance at work that will help pay for the surgery. |
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| igottaknow |
There are two criteria you need to meet: the quality of your vision and whether your vision has stabilized.
| quote: | So let's say that you're nearsighted (that means that you can see things fine close up, but things far away are blurry). Now you have to find out if your case is extreme or not. See, the more severe the near or farsightedness is, the more likely that the surgery will be a bust. It also doesn't work well for extreme astigmatisms, or people with large pupils (because the laser won't be able to reach all of the parts it needs to). In other words, you have to have normal-bad vision, not coke-bottle-bad vision.
You also have to have stable vision. This means that your eyeball has finished growing and changing, and your prescription basically stays the same. This is why younger people with growing eyeballs cannot have laser eye surgery: because their eyeballs have not finished forming, and laser eye surgery can't account for future developmental changes. Don't worry though, young people are used to getting rejected. It'll build their character, even if they continue to bump into trees. |
like others have said you need $2,500 or insurance the will cover it otherwise its a moot point. |
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| lücid |
| quote: | Originally posted by DJ RJT
I want it too. Soooo much $$$$$$$$ though... :( |
noooo!!! you're so cute in glasses. |
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