Is ilasik a good option

[sunshinelover]

Hi All ,

i am hesitating whether to go for Lasik surgery or not , i am 33 yrs old , and my glasses revealed is -6.75 both eyes ... i went to many doctors within my city (cairo/egypt) all of them considered me as a good candidate , if I am going to perform Lasik ,I will select a good doctor from USA OR GERMANY , I do not have any issues considering costs , what I am afraid from is the complications , I read a lot of good stories and some terrible stories , I do not know , what is the correct decision

i hope very much to have sharp vision , I hate glasses , but i am afraid from Lasik

Thanks

I would go for contacts instead if you can torelate them. Contacts are good these days.
I got allergic to contacts in the 80s, had LASIK and the method before that, MKM, which was even more brutal, and I was minus 12. I was lucky then, no complications except the fact that my vision have relapsed over time. BUT today I have developed dry eyes which make my life a constant struggle, and doctors think my refractive surgery may well be a factor in this. In mycket eye clinic they do not do LASIK over thé limit minus 6. Above that they do Change the intraocular lense instead. I have done this as well in one eye, and I would have gone for that instead if I needed a surgery today.

I chose the most experienced dr. where I live, he was also the most expensive. This dr. trained other dr's here on how to do the procedure apparently. But none of this saved me from the way I am now.

The only thing sure to save you from a horror story outcome is not getting LASIK. If you get LASIK, just make sure you can live with it if you end up like me, or one of the many others here on this board - if you don't think you can handle that in the worst case scenario, then don't do it. I realize odds are you'll have a successful surgery, but there is also a chance you'll end up with problems - please do not underestimate the impact that those problems can have on your life, your ability to work, your ability to do the simplest things like keeping your eyes open without pain.

I assume Egypt has a fairly low humidity climate - that makes any dryness that much worse. Do you work on a computer regularly? If you end up with badly dry eyes from LASIK, you will likely have to change careers to one that does not require computer use.

Again, odds are none of that will happen... but what if it DOES? Can you handle it? It happens to some people, why not you? My LASIK surgeon claimed it wouldn't happen to me, or any of his patients - clearly he didn't know what he was talking about - all of his experience and training didn't prevent this.

[bakunin]

Hi,

You will find here only people who will say to do not go for Lasik.

There are a lot of people here who didiLasik with the best doctors.

The truth is that none doctor is able to know if your nerves will regenerate, neither how they will regenerate.

The cornea is the part of the body with more nerves. Do not destroy your life for a aesthethic reason.

Do not trust the doctors who perfom it. They want money, and they repeat the biases researches done to support lasik.

If I had read about the lasik problems on the web, and this board in particular, I would never have chosen to do it.

[Ibrahim]

Hi All ,

i am hesitating whether to go for Lasik surgery or not , i am 33 yrs old , and my glasses revealed is -6.75 both eyes ... i went to many doctors within my city (cairo/egypt) all of them considered me as a good candidate , if I am going to perform Lasik ,I will select a good doctor from USA OR GERMANY , I do not have any issues considering costs , what I am afraid from is the complications , I read a lot of good stories and some terrible stories , I do not know , what is the correct decision

i hope very much to have sharp vision , I hate glasses , but i am afraid from Lasik

Thanks