Feb
I spent £350 on new glasses last year and I have problems reading small print now!! I am 53 and dont want to have to keep spending loads of money on glassses that will end up like the glass at the bottom of a milk bottle as they will be that ruddy thick!! Has anyone whose had this done had mega problems or would you reccomend having the treatment? Does it hurt, does it last a long time and will I really be able to see as well as the adverts claim?
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i have had eye surgery in 2003 when i had a cateract removed at the age of 27 and with the right care there is no reason for added pain. i also had my eye laser treated by the nhs as my eye clouded over again. the laser treatment didnt hurt at all, but you have to be really carefull afterwards. This is not always the case with any surgery that it wont hurt as people are very different from each other. Things can and sometimes do go wrong as there are always risks with any surgery. Due to the nature of why i had my eye done I find that it only gave me better sight for a month due to scarring. Nobody can tell you if you are likely to scar your eye inside as until it happens there is no way of knowing. I hope this helps. you can be refered to hospital for a more detailed look at why your sight is worse. and it may reveal a cateract. If that is why your sight is bad you can have it removed. i hope this helps. this message was sent with love.
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having the surgery is risky but many people these days do it because of their careers
i had a friend who wanted to join the police force… she was 21 but wore glasses which were thick as 4 magnified glasses put together.
she went in for the surgery and said she has never regretted it.
she may have had problems after the surgery but has never mentioned it to me, so I'm a bit clueless in that department.
i think she said it cost between £500-£1k per eye
so v.expensive
but remember you could end up blind with this procedure or it could just be the best thing you have ever done
if you are willing to take the risk.. then find the best doctor out there!
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When I had my cateracts attended to, they also did the laser thing at the same time. I can now see better than anytime in my life. I've had to wear glasses since the age of six and although I still do, they don't look like the bottoms of milk bottles. However, like all surgery, there is a small chance in this trearment that it can go wrong. I was given the percentage but I can't remember what it is, but it is quite small.
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I went for a free consultation lasting some two hours,to see if I was suitable for this treatment, and they explained several different types of Lazar treatment that I could have,and whats involved,the actual treatment on each eye last about twenty seconds,you are conscious while having the treatment ,but will have had a local anaesthetic,drops in the eye's,so wont feel anything,and most people can see soon after they are finished.(this outfit is not the cheapest)
The cost can vary,anything up to £3600,but this also includes any aftercare service for life.
Why not look at ultralaze .com for more in depth info?.
by the way ,this treatment will not cure reading problems,you would need reading glasses, but maybe not so powerful.
hope this helps,
I didnt have the treatment,but friends of mine have ,and are pleased with the outcome.
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ive had eye lasers fitted and once they healed, i found i can kill a deer at 350 paces with them, and see through womens clothing, also i can read satelites from inner space.
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i had it done three weeks ago and i will never regret it. it was not painful at all, just slightly uncomfotable, and my eyes were NOT sore after, just a little dryness and i was given eye drops for this. the next day at my follow nup eye test i had 20/20 and it has improved from that in the last two eye tests ive had. the results are amazing, and i would recommend it to anyone.i had very bad eyesight, and it worked excellently for me! it cost 4000 euro
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my mate works at the hospital he says that the two doctors there that perform the laser i treatment wear glasses.
what dose that tell you
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Your prescription will probably increase for all your life but you can never go blind from prescription changes. Your prescription is unlikely to get much higher than it already is.
You're becoming presbyopic, this means that you (like every other person who is over 40) will need 2 prescriptions, 1 for distance and 1 for reading. You can incorporate this into varifocals or bifocals so you only need 1 pair of glasses.
Laser surgery is cosmetic surgery so has all the risks associated with surgery. As I said before, your prescription is going to change, so after a year or so after surgery you may need glasses again, if not for all day use, then for tasks that have legal requirements like driving. Laser surgery is unlikely to solve your problem with having 2 prescriptions.
Laser surgery never frees you from glasses completely forever….. If you want to be spectacle free try contact lenses, they're not that bad, otherwise millions of people would not wear them!!! Also they are much better now than even a year ago so a bad experience in the past should not put you off trying again
Good luck!
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you would be better to find out what the failure rate is as I don't think it is reversible if anything goes wrong
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Lazer eye surgery only corrects distant vision and assgimatisum and it sounds like you wear your spectacles all the time so you might benefit from the surgery but not being able to see close vision ie reading is I'm afraid down to age and lazer surgery cant correct this so you would always need reading specs. Make an appointment at a reputable clinic because there is a huge criteria that you have to pass before surgery can be carried out, they wont take your money for the sake of it. Yes there are many risks including loss of sight and more commonly night blindness. ask lots of question at your appointment—-take a list in with you