Beauty-Box Posted September 15, 2006 Share Posted September 15, 2006 Hi all, I had my eyes zapped with a laser last month because I was so short sighted. I was just wondering if any of you have had it done. I went to optical express in Manchester. Love from Rebecca xxx Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nicola H Posted September 15, 2006 Share Posted September 15, 2006 I haven't had it done Rebecca I don't actually wear glasses, but OH is thinking of having it done he is short sighted and hates wearing his glasses..........Did it work ? and would you recommend Optical Express ?.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CannyCat Posted September 15, 2006 Share Posted September 15, 2006 I've considered having it done... but my eyes are so bad they dont make disposable contact lenses strong enough and the 'worse' your eyes are, the higher the liklihood of complications. So I passed Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paola Posted September 15, 2006 Share Posted September 15, 2006 My best friend had hers done and she wished she had done years earlier. She could not have the straightforward laser treatment. I think she had to have her eyes cut open and then laser treatment that way. Sounds very painful but well worth it Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bunee1 Posted September 15, 2006 Share Posted September 15, 2006 YUK YUK YUK YUk YUK Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cinnamon Posted September 15, 2006 Share Posted September 15, 2006 My daughter,who is 13 & wears lenses, is desperate to have it done as soon as she is old enough,so I will be checking back here to see how everyone else has got on. She will NOT be having it if it means her eyes have to be cut Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
One Man Banned Posted September 15, 2006 Share Posted September 15, 2006 I looked into this a few months ago and they cut a "flap" of the clear lens from the front of the eyeball and then the laser can get at the bit of the eye otherwise it's blocked by the lens. When they're done they just fold the flap back down and leave it to heal. It's always slighty weak though and possible it would only ever be closed but can be flipped open (not in everyday use though as you couldnt "pick it up" they stuff they use is TINY! Sorry that sounds really gory doesnt it! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beauty-Box Posted September 15, 2006 Author Share Posted September 15, 2006 Hi, I had the Lasik. First they put anaesthetic drops in so your eye is numb. Then they lie you back under a machine. They put a patch over the eye they're not working on. They put a suction cup on the front of your eye, which lifts and cuts a circle leaving one part attached. They use this as a hinge and peel the flap away. Then they use the laser to reshape the layers underneath. They then put the flap back and it starts to heal straight away. Then they do the same with the other eye. The worst bit is when they create the flap. You feel pressure on your eye and your sight goes very dim. You get a smell like burning hair when they are using the laser, but it doesn't hurt. My eyes watered quite bad after, but it soon settled down. You can feel the benifit the next day. It was quite expensive for me because my eyes were so bad, but it was worth every penny. I don't have to mess about with contact lenses and glasses now. They do a free consultation, but you need to be over twenty-one with a stable prescription for a year. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aunty e Posted September 15, 2006 Share Posted September 15, 2006 this is going to sound really stupid, but you can't move your eye can you? I would love to have it done, having worn glasses since I was six (mentally scarred by chants of 'speccy four-eyes'), but I'm always worried I'd move my eye/head and ruin it all, resulting in blindness. I have a VERY stable prescription though. Hasn't changed since I was sixteen. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ms Cluck Posted September 15, 2006 Share Posted September 15, 2006 hi I was considering having this done but I did a bit too much research on the internet and frightened myself stupid with the stories I read. Is it the Cornea they cut ? I thought that never healed if it was cut - or is my info wrong, as I said, I got my info fm the internet Lyn Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted September 15, 2006 Share Posted September 15, 2006 laser eye-surgery is much safer than phaser eye-surgery... Phil Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Egluntyne Posted September 15, 2006 Share Posted September 15, 2006 I wear monovision contact lenses. Left for reading, right for distance. Took a while to get used to them (about a month). Now...absolutely fantastic. Laser surgery....long term outcome not well documented enough for me to take the plunge. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Karen & co. Posted September 15, 2006 Share Posted September 15, 2006 I feel a bit like that too Eglutine, my lenses at the moment are great plus I'm a coward karen x Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beauty-Box Posted September 15, 2006 Author Share Posted September 15, 2006 this is going to sound really stupid, but you can't move your eye can you? I would love to have it done, having worn glasses since I was six (mentally scarred by chants of 'speccy four-eyes'), but I'm always worried I'd move my eye/head and ruin it all, resulting in blindness. I have a VERY stable prescription though. Hasn't changed since I was sixteen. If you move your head or eye during the procedure the laser stops, But this is unlikely. You just have to look at a light and it only takes seconds. Lots of people I know have said they would never have it done, which I totally understand. But it worked for me. To Lyn: The flap they create is a superficial layer of the cornea and they laser the middle layers. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chicken on a mission Posted September 15, 2006 Share Posted September 15, 2006 I have to admit that I was worried that I wouldn't be able to keep looking straight ahead and that something awful would happen. That put me off I would love to have the lasik done and that will have to wait for at least another year because of the cost. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Charlottechicken Posted September 15, 2006 Share Posted September 15, 2006 Well done for having the courage to go ahead with this procedure! I am very short sighted with a stable prescription and really don't mind my glasses, but it would be lovely to be able to see properly without them. This procedure has become so cheap now as well, but I just haven't got the nerve to go ahead. Knowing my luck something would go wrong and I am soooo squeamish about anyone fiddling with my eyes Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cate in NZ Posted September 15, 2006 Share Posted September 15, 2006 I've thought and thought about having this done, I still fit the criteria, and have worn contact lenses for not far short of 30 years now , and am becoming aware that my lens wearing years are probably drawing to a close. They're simply no longer as easy or comfortable as they used to be But, I am so squeamish about eyes that I really can't see me ever plucking up courage to do it. I worked as a nurse in A&E in the dim and distant past, and as part of the job I had to do frequent placements to the eye casualty department.... we all had to rotate into there as an essential part of the job. I absolutely hated it... all those eyes, and flipping up eyelids... and injections.... even the simple straightforward stuff like removal of foreign bodies.... I'm cringing even thinking of it . No, I couldn't do it.... too squeamish, even though I'm pretty convinced that it's as safe as any surgical procedure could ever be. I'm so impressed that you've done it though - there really is a part of me that wishes I was brave enough . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AnnieP Posted September 16, 2006 Share Posted September 16, 2006 My brother had both eyes done around 5 years agao and has never looked back, so to speak I would like to have it done, but simply am not brave enough, As I can only wear daily disposable contact lenses, it would work out cheaper for me in the long term...... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted September 16, 2006 Share Posted September 16, 2006 Both my optician and my GP told me that they wouldn't have it done until the long-term effects had been properly tested. The optician said he had been offered it completely free-of-charge, but he still wouldn't do it. My GP also told me he can no longer wear contact lenses and his glasses give him a headache every day, so he had good reason to have the surgery, but wouldn't. Since neither of these medical professionals would consider it, I stopped thinking about it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Black RockStar Posted September 16, 2006 Share Posted September 16, 2006 I had the Epi-Lasek procedure on both eyes on August 4th. I was a -2.00 in both eyes and now i am 20/20+. My procedure was where they soften the cornea, move it to the side to allow the laser treatment then put it back and protect it with a transparent contact bandage which you wear for 4 days. Having the contact bandages in was very irritant, especially as i had always used glasses and not contacts. However, now its great Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
theherd123 Posted September 16, 2006 Share Posted September 16, 2006 As I can only wear daily disposable contact lenses, it would work out cheaper for me in the long term...... Maurice wears daily disposables too - he buys his from the internet from a company called 'contact for lenses' they worked out so much cheaper than Boots! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Night Nurse Posted September 17, 2006 Share Posted September 17, 2006 I've also thought about this, as I can't get daily disposable contacts either......I've got a bad astigmatism (eye shaped like a rugby ball instead of a football).. However, what stops me is the fact that in a few years I am going to see the start of age - related changes to my eyesight (comes to us all after 40......), and will end up needing glasses for reading anyway.... I will then constantly mislay said reading glasses, if my parents' performances are anything to go by (spectacles usually found lurking on top of head) Am just going to sit it out and wait for the inevitable bifocals instead Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cate in NZ Posted September 17, 2006 Share Posted September 17, 2006 I know just what you mean Andy, why do people seem to continually lose their glasses (spoken by someone who lost a contact lens earlier this week ) I think you've probably got a point BTW, great to see you around again Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Karen & co. Posted September 17, 2006 Share Posted September 17, 2006 I was living in the hope that as I get older and need glasses for reading my prescription for distance would somehow reduce and I'd reach a happy point where my vision improves Fat chance now I'm just heading rapidly for the bifocals karen x Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
