Don’t Get Lasik Surgery Until you Ready This!
If you are thinking about getting Lasik Surgery, be aware that there are some slight risks involved. Although these risks only occur only 5% of the patients, before getting Lasik surgery, take a look below at some of the pot ential complications.
Halo, this is one of the most common side effects associated with getting Lasik Surgery, this includes small glares, a halo’s that are associated with night vision and sometimes the patient may experience dry eyes.
Under Corrected or Over Corrected Vision: When this occurs the patient will need further treatment or corrective lenses and or contact lenses. The great news is that these complications do dissipate between a few days to 3-6 months after Lasik surgery. For more information it is best to ask your doctor and ask for stats from his or her patients.
Implantable Lenses for Natural Occurrences:
Although Lasik Surgery can correct vision, it does not prevent the onset of Presbyopia, which in laymen terms is the decline in vision that those in middle age and after experience. This can be noted when one has to ready with corrective lenses. The best treatment and the most reliable treatment for Presbyopia is contact lenses. Some patients do not like the daily hassles of messing with contact lenses, dry eyes, etc, and opt to have a lens implanted to replace their eye’s natural lens. This is an option if you experience nearsightedness, which most common resulting from Presbyopia. From a professional and medical opinion this is the best option for those whose vision cannot be corrected with Lasik Surgery. Now, on to more Lasik complications.
Light Sensitivity.
This complication is one of the most common of those who undergo Lasik surgery. This side effect will generally last around 5 days after Lasik Surgery.
“Starbursts”, Glare and the Infamous Halo
These are classified as general vision problems when the flap of the corneal does not correctly adhere after replacement. This side effect will disappear after the first month. Another cause for this is when the pupil will dilate larger than the previous treatment zone.
Dry Eyes
This side effect shows itself through redness of the eyes, sometimes blurred vision, itchiness of the eye, eye crusting, or the false sensation that an object is in the eye such as dust or dirt.
Astigmatism
This is when the cornea becomes warped as a result of Lasik sugery, this warping is due from scarring and results in a complete failure of the Lasik surgery. Those who experience this side effect will still have to wear corrective lenses.
The great news about these side effects is that the further advances in Lasik technology can reduce the amount of these side effects. Infact there this a new Lasik procedure call Intralasik which is bladeless and uses a laser. The result is less complications with the flas that can cause Astigmatism. Since these new developments, the risks for the above side effects diminish rapidly and as science and technology drive forward less instances will be noted by patiences.
Help answer the question about lasik
Lasik Complications???? Help!?
i am 15 years old, my eyesight is not that bad, i can play sports without glasses, i only use it for reading,watching TV and if i ever drive. i was planning on getting Lasik in the Future.
i saw stories in the news and on the web of complications, like jermaine dupri getting blind,tiger woods having post lasik problems and a pilot who won a $4 mil. dollar lawsuit because he lost his job due to LASIK complications.
DO YOU GUYS THINK BY THE TIME I AM 25 THERE WILL BE A SAFER CURE TO NEARSIGHTEDNESS? i would never risk my eyesight, i am waiting for something better than LASIK.
thanks.
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Yes, complications do occur, in a percentage of cases, from the minor to the very serious.
About 96% of people, even if they do have some side effects would still recommend the procedure to a friend.
(Most common side effects:
Rx not as near zero as hoped for.
Dry eyes, temporarily or permanently.
Haloes and glare at night, temporarily or permanently.)
The essential thing about contact lens wear is that the Rx can be changed if the eyes do, and that if there are any problems the lenses can be changed or discontinued.
To my mind that flexibility is worth a little inconvenience, but that is a personal decision.
Opting for laser treatment, certain risks have to be taken on board as possible lasting effects. Hence the consent from that is to be talked through and agreed to. (sample below, along with the FDA Lasik site.)
Over and under-correction are recognised possible side effects or undesireable consequences of Lasik.
That should have been explained in talking through the consent form: see sample below.
If it wasn't, he has grounds for complaint.
Planning the amount of corneal removal is based on an *average* corneal reaction to the laser, but healing responses vary so, even with correct technique, an Rx reduced to zero is only aimed for, not assured.
If there is no other reaction or problem, top-up treatment may well be a possibility.(with the same small risks as the original op), but it would be quite usual to wait three months to make sure the prescription has done all the changing that it's going to.
(Re-lifting the flap for the adjustment is quite easy for much longer than that.)
NO!!
LASIK not is safe!!
LASIK destroyed my life.
I lost my job and studies, and now I can not read without my eyes hurt due to dry eye.
I will regret for life.
Before …take this advice:
TOP TEN REASONS NOT TO HAVE LASIK SURGERY
http://www.lasikcomplications.com/TopTenReasons.htm
Don't Get LASIK
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VdoazH-ncd0
LIVING WITH LASIK
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wA62X6-3a6o&feature=related
LASIK causes dry eye.
The dry eye is forever.
PD: LASIK was the worst decision of my life. LASIK promotes permanent conditions with no cure:
-Dry Eye Syndrome
-Double Vision
-Night Halos/Starbursts
-Depression
-Loss of Visual Acuity
-Accelerated Aging of the Eye
-Lack of Natural Tear Production
-Each Year Post LASIK Vision Gets Progressively Worse
-Cell Tissue Mutation
I think both would suck equally, but check out http://safelasikguide.com for ideas on how to be careful with eye surgery in general.
Lasik eye surgery is very safe nowadays. My cousin got her dental implants and Lasik surgery in India by a company called Indian Health Guru Consultants. The Price for dental and Lasik surgery is very less in India. She paid 25% of the price she was quoted in America.
Indian Health Guru Consultants is very famous in India They arrange Dental surgery, jaw surgery, Lasik eye surgery, Dental Implants etc for foreign patients in India. I read a lot about them in the Newspapers and magazines- about their patient stories.
They arrange financing for USA, Canadian, UK and other international patients who plan to have surgery abroad for low cost, as dental and eye surgery is not covered by insurance. They also have photos pasted of their International patients. You can checkout their website. There are huge cost savings. As a doctor I personally believe that surgery can be easily handled in India, as the quality of healthcare available In India is simply best in the world. The surgeons are USA/UK trained and facilities are 5 star.
http://www.indianhealthguru.com
Hope this helps.
Yes. sure there will be as technology are getting better as the years goes by.
A permanent contact lens is what I know of.
It's nothing new. News is merely rehashing old complications with LASIK. Basically, FDA is reviewing the number of complications that come with LASIK. Can be mild as 30% experience dry eyes. 5% can experience night time halo effect (see double or triple vision of shinny objects like headlights or the moon). 1% can experience loss of vision.
Most important consideration is that eye doctors should evaluate who's a proper candidate or not. Among those who had complications are the ones that doctors ignored disqualifying factors with the patient's eyes and operated anyways. FDA is reviewing those cases as well.
Hi–It doesn't seem right to me that you should need driving glasses and
also different tv glasses.
I would go back for a re-check with the Doc—-
one pair of glasses should work OK for both TV and driving,
i think you need a slight power adjustment.