Anyone gotten LASIK done?

[m76steve]

my wife had the surgery about 3 yrs.ago and after the initial healing her sight is almost as good as when she was in her twenties. we are both over 55 yrs. & she has worn glasses w/heavy lenses almost all her life plus when she younger she had scarring from dirty contacts. the lasik repaired all that & cleaned up her vision to wonderful. total cost $4000.00 & not covered by insurance at that time. she had no money-i paid for it-no regrets-now she only uses glasses to read with...

 

[vespergirl]

Date: 12/29/2008 7:45:33 AM
Author: Julianna
I got mine done when I was 29 (April of 200. It cost me $4000, no insurance coverage. I got custom, which is not bladeless, but the laser is a different laser than the ''normal'' LASIK. There was no corporate discount or any other discount to be had, but I found the whole pricing process to be a bit shady, akin to bargaining for a used car...so you might do better than I did. I suck at flea markets, too.

My vision was 20/1000 in both eyes. My contact prescriptions were -7.5 and -8.0. The doc told me that one should not get LASIK til one''s eyes settle (which is to say, they haven''t changed prescription in three years). Else you pay for the process and then your eyes change again, and then you''re back to square one. It''s not so much that your eyes are ''developing'', more that they''re degenerating. Unfortunately. Mine finally bottomed out, so I went forward with it.

I went to TLC in Reston, VA (the doc who did my eyes did Tiger Woods'' eyes, guess he''s good enough for me.) I had to do what you are having to do: 14 days of glasses so that my corneas went back to their normal shape, then a consultation, and then THREE WEEKS of glasses again before the surgery itself. The worst part of the whole experience was having to wash my face with antibacterial handsoap for three days prior, it wrecked my skin. Otherwise, it was pure fun and joy. I saw 20/15 the next day, and, after 9 months, I am 20/20.

Best of luck! Hope you end up getting it done someday, even if you have to wait a bit longer.

Hi Julianna! I live in Reston, and have thought about getting LASIK done in the next couple of years. Can you please let me know the name of your Dr. so I can look him up? There''s nothing like a recommendation!

Thanks!