laser eye surgery

anyone got it? i wanna.  did you go blind? 

they’ve got surgery that can give you laser eyes now? sign me tf up

I mean, it costs so much money it better give me super powers.

my sister had one of those. no probs so far, but me wonders what will happen, when presbyopia kicks in.

otherwise read the rules

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I'm a candidate, my eyes are sooo bad (-8.0), but they've started getting a little better as I've gotten older which probably would've messed it up had I done it.

I don't mind wearing contacts, so I'm not going to get the laser eyes.

I'm @ -3.5 but when I'm wearing my contacts or goggles I can't read too close... reminds me of my grandparents pushing the pages away from their eyes so that they could read... I do that now as well... old people... 

But doesn't no glasses ever again sound nice ? To me the only cool thing about glasses is the fashion aspect but other than that, fuck it.

  On 10/17/2022 at 2:31 AM, YEK said:

But doesn't no glasses ever again sound nice ?

ftloc I can't decifer this sentence...

Doesn't the thought of not wearing glasses again sound nice ? 

I've done it. in fact I think I made a thread on here about it when I was considering it. it was a game changer for me. my vision was previously -8.0 in one eye and -8.5 in the other. my current clarity will of course decline with age but it'll start from a much better place than before.

I had PRK done cos my corneas were too thin for LASIK. the process is obviously unpleasant and PRK has a longer and more uncomfortable recovery time. I lived with taped eyepatches on and didn't go outside for about 4-5 days.

I experienced some some side-effects. for a couple of years I would occasionally wake up with painfully dry eyes. this stopped eventually. the more lasting side-effect is that my night vision is a bit less defined now, like it's harder to tell dark shades apart from each other. but for me, all that was a small price to pay for clear vision first thing in the morning without glasses or contacts.

everyone has their own individual health risks (smonking bad, no surprise) and appetite for risk-taking, plus the specialist you go with has a big impact. those are the things you want to keep in mind if you're weighing up the decision. I would suggest if you're serious about it that you do the initial consult, get an accurate assessment that includes your personal risk profile, and then sit and think on it for a while before making a choice.

  On 10/17/2022 at 6:54 AM, usagi said:

I've done it. in fact I think I made a thread on here about it when I was considering it. it was a game changer for me. my vision was previously -8.0 in one eye and -8.5 in the other. my current clarity will of course decline with age but it'll start from a much better place than before.

I had PRK done cos my corneas were too thin for LASIK. the process is obviously unpleasant and PRK has a longer and more uncomfortable recovery time. I lived with taped eyepatches on and didn't go outside for about 4-5 days.

I experienced some some side-effects. for a couple of years I would occasionally wake up with painfully dry eyes. this stopped eventually. the more lasting side-effect is that my night vision is a bit less defined now, like it's harder to tell dark shades apart from each other. but for me, all that was a small price to pay for clear vision first thing in the morning without glasses or contacts.

everyone has their own individual health risks (smonking bad, no surprise) and appetite for risk-taking, plus the specialist you go with has a big impact. those are the things you want to keep in mind if you're weighing up the decision. I would suggest if you're serious about it that you do the initial consult, get an accurate assessment that includes your personal risk profile, and then sit and think on it for a while before making a choice.

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I read the lasek site and it said that no one has ever gone blind from it... so I guess that's an urban legend. The consultation is free so we'll see.

all out blindness maybe not, but eye complications definitely.

fingers crossed then

*rolls the dice*

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I'm just going to leave this here...

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Lol! It's always an option.

I went blind for a year after lassie. Not kidding. Worst pain of my life too. turns out I had herpes in both eyes. No pain killersa either. Worst nightmare of my lief. at least I got my money back and my vision. But it was almost a whole year of total blindness and pain beyond anything I can describe.  Then after it healed I had horrible dry eye for a year. Turns out a warm compress heals that. but I used 100 vials of eye drops a day for a year. 20 bucks a day. Dry eye is another level if fucked. This was about 5 years ago.  My eyes are about 20/30 now. And its wonderful. So I like that part. The doctor didnt tell me I might not get my sight back. My cornea got damaged, but that eventually healed too. But it took years.

I am the less than 1 percent though. I m sure it'll work idiot for you. Its great once it heals. 

idiot? excuse me?

  On 10/17/2022 at 4:20 AM, YEK said:

Doesn't the thought of not wearing glasses again sound nice ? 

oh yeah kind of but I think I've seen pics of you with glasses and they suit you quite well 

or did I?

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The forehead thermometer is infrared, not laser. It doesn't blind, it doesn't kill, it doesn't give cancer, it doesn't kill neurons.

related? maybe not, but funny none the less...

  On 10/18/2022 at 2:31 AM, cruising for burgers said:

oh yeah kind of but I think I've seen pics of you with glasses and they suit you quite well 

or did I?

Yes, probably

I'll post a pic what i look like without them after the surgery  

On a side note, all you fuckers need to post your ugly faces on here... stop hiding behind your avatars.

We used to have that collage of everyone's ugly faces, that one where Joyrex looked like Matt Damon.

  On 10/18/2022 at 3:28 AM, randomsummer said:

We used to have that collage of everyone's ugly faces, that one where Joyrex looked like Matt Damon.

Yeah like 20 years ago or something

so I guess by now he looks like 20 years older Matt Damon?