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Experiences with Laser Eye Surgery?

Posted by Cliff on from the is-it-worth-the-risk-to-your-retinas dept.

GodLessOne asks: "I am about to get my hands on a reasonable lump of cash and I am working on my list of ways to make it an ex-lump of cash. All of the normal geek things appear on the list, but one item that I keep considering is corrective laser eye surgery. Would anyone care to share their real world experiences? I worry that the people selling it are the only ones saying how wonderful it is, and what percentage of people show a marked improvement afterward. Are there any stories out there relating how bad it can be if it goes wrong?"

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  1. Re:And the short answer is... by Simonetta · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    I would too, but I can't see anything at all now after the operation. The eye doctor said that it was because I jack off too much.

  2. The short answer is... by Sad+Loser · · Score: 1, Flamebait


    wrong.

    IAAD, and I am short sighted. I need glasses for pretty much everything. (cue formulaic joke).

    The current technologies are primative, and if they go wrong, you are completely f@scked.

    Also, we have no long term data on how these eye mods go as they get older. With case mods, you just go and get another case.

    My eyes are not great, but I have glasses which can correct my vision to 6/5 (we think in metric). I am not prepared to take the risk of irrepairably damaging my eyesight just to ditch two of my four eyes. Don't do it.

    [ As an aside, the ophthalmologists who do this sort of operation have a reputation as money grubbing shysters, and grossly oversell the benefits of the operation. All the ones I have met who do this sort of thing are pricks, and I wouldn't go near them. But don't let that put you off. ]

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