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Invention to Impact: The story of LASIK eye surgery

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Re: Invention to Impact: The story of LASIK eye surgery

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Post by ecaradec »

graboid wrote: post #12

Did anyone here do the eye surgery where they make a cut and slide in a permanent contact lens? My eyes are too bad for lasering, but this method would apparently still work. The doc tried to sell it to me as the better method irrespective of how bad your eyes are, since it is reversible (you can remove the lens).

Yes I did. The result is perfect as far as I can tell. Not everyone is eligible to that method: you need to have enough space in your eye so that it is doable. So checking for that is a first step to be sure it is doable. The only serious risk is an infection, so each eye was done in a different operation room. I was also told that the result is better than lasik, it is more costly though.

Re: Invention to Impact: The story of LASIK eye surgery

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Post by Euphorbium »

M0r13n wrote: post #11
Euphorbium wrote: post #9

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I had it, or a newer version of it. I had pain before , which I considered to be a migraine, triggered by bad vision in one eye. But the vision was very close to perfect, one clinic refused to do it. After the procedure, and some amount of healing time the vision was perfect, but the pain came back and became stronger. So I suffered strong migraine like pain for years. Untill last month somebody here recommended NAC…

I never heard about the supplementation of N-acetyl-cysteine with regards to the treatment of dry eye disease (DED). Could you elaborate on your experiences with the supplementation of NAD? I am unable to find any real useful information in the web

This one was probably best https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8234027/

Also read the wiki https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dry_eye_syndrome

Re: Invention to Impact: The story of LASIK eye surgery

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Post by diggan »

kaiwenwang wrote: post #8

https://lasikcomplications.com/

> As of 2018, roughly 9.5 million Americans have had LASIK

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LASIK

How many of those end up with life-altering complications? For being a website trying to highlight how problematic something is, it oddly is missing a bunch of data to back it up.

Re: Invention to Impact: The story of LASIK eye surgery

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Post by moffkalast »

diggan wrote: post #23
kaiwenwang wrote: post #8

https://lasikcomplications.com/

> As of 2018, roughly 9.5 million Americans have had LASIK https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LASIK How many of those end up with life-altering complications? For being a website trying to highlight how problematic something is, it oddly is missing a bunch of data to back it up.

> From the report: "In [FDA] studies, ~15% of patients experienced night vision symptoms that were worse or significantly worse than preoperative night vision symptoms. Approximately 20% of patients experienced dryness symptoms that were worse or significantly worse than preoperative dryness." View complication table from report.

Says it right there?

Re: Invention to Impact: The story of LASIK eye surgery

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Post by lordofgibbons »

kaiwenwang wrote: post #8

https://lasikcomplications.com/

There is no surgery without risks but this FUD website caused me a lot of anxiety and had me to delay getting lasik.

I can without a doubt say it has been the best money I've ever spent. I spend a lot of time outdoors and hike and camp. Doing that with glasses or contacts absolutely sucks. Either your glasses get finger oil on them, or your contacts get some dirt and you have to take them out (but first you have to find clean water to wash your hands). I'm so much happier now.

Since then, a lot of friends and family members have also undergone the procedure, and none of them have had any problems, and all of them are extremely happy with the results.

edit: I had super dry eyes for the first 2-3 or so months (specially since I'm staring at the monitor all day), but that was expected and I was told about it by the doctor. Eye drops did the trick, and it went away completely after 6 months.

Re: Invention to Impact: The story of LASIK eye surgery

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Post by mbana »

mgrandl wrote: post #13
ekianjo wrote: post #3

Earlier quoted context omitted.

what are the reasons to regret it?

There is no way to prove it, but I am pretty sure I developed Keratoconus due to Lasik.

Are you attempting to fix it?

I am tempted to get a contact lense inserted into one eye to correct it.

I think I developed it as due to Lasik, but it only occurred in my left eye. My right eye is still good.

Re: Invention to Impact: The story of LASIK eye surgery

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Post by diggan »

moffkalast wrote: post #24
diggan wrote: post #23

Earlier quoted context omitted.

> As of 2018, roughly 9.5 million Americans have had LASIK https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LASIK How many of those end up with life-altering complications? For being a website trying to highlight how problematic something is, it oddly is missing a bunch of data to back it up.

> From the report: "In [FDA] studies, ~15% of patients experienced night vision symptoms that were worse or significantly worse than preoperative night vision symptoms. Approximately 20% of patients experienced dryness symptoms that were worse or significantly worse than preoperative dryness." View complication table from report. Says it right there?

As someone who never had any issues with my eyes, is worse night vision and/or increased dryness something that is considered "life-altering complications"?

Re: Invention to Impact: The story of LASIK eye surgery

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Post by graboid »

ecaradec wrote: post #21
graboid wrote: post #12

Did anyone here do the eye surgery where they make a cut and slide in a permanent contact lens? My eyes are too bad for lasering, but this method would apparently still work. The doc tried to sell it to me as the better method irrespective of how bad your eyes are, since it is reversible (you can remove the lens).

Yes I did. The result is perfect as far as I can tell. Not everyone is eligible to that method: you need to have enough space in your eye so that it is doable. So checking for that is a first step to be sure it is doable. The only serious risk is an infection, so each eye was done in a different operation room. I was also told that the result is better than lasik, it is more costly though.

Thanks. And yes, I forgot to mention, here in Germany it as apparently also more costly than regular laser surgery.

Re: Invention to Impact: The story of LASIK eye surgery

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Post by graboid »

wolfi1 wrote: post #17
graboid wrote: post #12

Did anyone here do the eye surgery where they make a cut and slide in a permanent contact lens? My eyes are too bad for lasering, but this method would apparently still work. The doc tried to sell it to me as the better method irrespective of how bad your eyes are, since it is reversible (you can remove the lens).

a colleague of mine had one, for one eye he needed minor surgical after-treatment but since then he is content with the result

Thanks.

Re: Invention to Impact: The story of LASIK eye surgery

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Post by RasmusFromDK »

Tangentially related: for those who are considering LASIK in order to save money on contacts: I created https://lenspricer.com/, which compares contact lens prices across almost all online stores.

Buying them online at the cheapest price can lower your cost significantly (like up to 80%+ - the price you pay at nation-wide stores is often very overpriced compared to online prices).

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