Anyone Have LASIK Surgery?

[hawkerpilot]

Intra-Lasik

Had the new Intra Lasik done with excellent results. Intra-Lasik uses a laser to cut the flap and a different laser to do the correction....no blades at all. Was 20/300 with astigmatism and now have 20/15 and 20/20 with no astigmatism. Eyes were a little sensitive at night for a month or so but now completely normal.

 

[DenverDude2002]

Im sticking with contacts until my eyes stop shifting every friggen 6 months. Anyone know at what age eyes stop changing? Its wierd because my left eye actually improved over the last year and is now equal with my right one, left one was 20/150 a year ago, now its 20/70. Eye doctor said its the wierdest thing shes ever seen

 

[Looking4Traffic]

Shifty Eyes

Denver Dude:

How old are you? When I was about 22, my vision was 20/15. Then I went to graduate school and was reading about 6-8 hours per day. Less than 18 months later, I was 20/300. $#%^@

The Doc told me that some people have a "genetic propensity" for farsightedness or nearsightedness which manifests itself when you put your eyes through rigorous circumstances over time (i.e. by reading a ton and requiring my eyes to focus up close all the time, my genetic propensity for nearsightedness was accelerated.) I still read a lot but haven't had any significant prescription changes since I was about 26 (which was longer ago than I'll admit here.)

Regarding your switch-back to better vision -- I'm just speculating -- but I wonder if you put your eyes through a similar kind of rigor over a shorter period (perhaps temporarily changing the shape of your cornea) then let up and the eye relaxed when you stopped. I knew a guy who had the same problem when he was reading porn about 20 hours a day but then successfully completed a 12-step program and is a lot better. Really. I am . . .

 

[VFR on Top]

That $4M jury award to the UA pilot was later reversed when an expert witness surgeon changed his story.

Wavefront-guided LASIK is now the gold standard, I wouldn't consider anything else.

 

[vmc-hound]

I had the LASIK and overall am happy with it. but my night vision has not recovered since the surgury a year ago. I am just starting to fly and might have to look (ha ha) into doing something else for a living...think about it hard