The doctors and assistants in the office that I went to for my LASIK surgery all had LASIK or some other type of corrective surgery performed. Even the receptionsists had the surgery done. Not a single person that worked there wore glasses or contacts anymore.
That's one of the many reasons why I went to them for my surgery, even though they were very expensive. I think the main problems you hear about stem from inexperienced doctors and old equipment.
And I love it. I'm going to reiterate what a lot of people have been saying that you should definitely get a doctor that has had a lot of experience with the procedure.
It has been a little over a month since my surgery and I was -5/-3 with an astigmatism of less than -1. My vision had not changed in over four years (which they told me that your vision has to at least have been stable for a year in order to be a candidate for the surgery). You must realize that this is a surgery and I would not mess around with my eyes. I went to the best for my surgery although the cost was very high.
The part of the surgery that is the most critical actually isn't the surgery itself but the measurements they take of your eye before the surgery. These measurements are what they use to program the laser. It took over three hours to get all the measurements done while the surgery itself only took maybe thirty minutes. The place where I got my LASIK surgery had access to equipment that not very many places do. They had a machine that uses lasers to take a precise prescription of your eye. No looking through lenses and trying to tell which looks better, number one or two, one or two... Also, if they use a ruler in a dark room to try to measure the size of your cornea in complete darkness I'd suggest going somewhere else. Since I had a fairly large pupil (which was determined by the measurement of my pupil in complete darkness) they used a different laser on my eyes; one that would cover a larger diameter to accomadate my larger pupils. The rooms where they performed the surgery with the lasers were also climate controlled. They controlled the humidity and the germ level and everything. They had every angle covered. The doctor had even hired a statistician to compile his results since he knew that his results were better then average. For myopia of a -5 and an astigmatism of -1 or less, his results for patients seeing 20/20 the next day were 98%. That definitely helped sell me on the surgery with my doctor.
After the surgery I was seeing 20/16. I'm a developer and I have no problems with my eyesight at work. I had my surgery on a Friday and was working again with no problems on Monday; I could have easily of worked the next day though. The only problem I had with the surgery is some slight haloing/starbursting around lights at night but it is fading dramatically with each passing week. I was aware of this problem when I got the surgery though as I had talked to a lot of people before and they said that they experienced the haloing/starbursting as well but that it faded after a few months.
My experience with LASIK was excellent and I would highly recommend it. Just make sure you get a reputable doctor with lots of experience and high quality equipment.
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The doctors and assistants in the office that I went to for my LASIK surgery all had LASIK or some other type of corrective surgery performed. Even the receptionsists had the surgery done. Not a single person that worked there wore glasses or contacts anymore.
That's one of the many reasons why I went to them for my surgery, even though they were very expensive. I think the main problems you hear about stem from inexperienced doctors and old equipment.
And I love it. I'm going to reiterate what a lot of people have been saying that you should definitely get a doctor that has had a lot of experience with the procedure. It has been a little over a month since my surgery and I was -5/-3 with an astigmatism of less than -1. My vision had not changed in over four years (which they told me that your vision has to at least have been stable for a year in order to be a candidate for the surgery). You must realize that this is a surgery and I would not mess around with my eyes. I went to the best for my surgery although the cost was very high. The part of the surgery that is the most critical actually isn't the surgery itself but the measurements they take of your eye before the surgery. These measurements are what they use to program the laser. It took over three hours to get all the measurements done while the surgery itself only took maybe thirty minutes. The place where I got my LASIK surgery had access to equipment that not very many places do. They had a machine that uses lasers to take a precise prescription of your eye. No looking through lenses and trying to tell which looks better, number one or two, one or two... Also, if they use a ruler in a dark room to try to measure the size of your cornea in complete darkness I'd suggest going somewhere else. Since I had a fairly large pupil (which was determined by the measurement of my pupil in complete darkness) they used a different laser on my eyes; one that would cover a larger diameter to accomadate my larger pupils. The rooms where they performed the surgery with the lasers were also climate controlled. They controlled the humidity and the germ level and everything. They had every angle covered. The doctor had even hired a statistician to compile his results since he knew that his results were better then average. For myopia of a -5 and an astigmatism of -1 or less, his results for patients seeing 20/20 the next day were 98%. That definitely helped sell me on the surgery with my doctor. After the surgery I was seeing 20/16. I'm a developer and I have no problems with my eyesight at work. I had my surgery on a Friday and was working again with no problems on Monday; I could have easily of worked the next day though. The only problem I had with the surgery is some slight haloing/starbursting around lights at night but it is fading dramatically with each passing week. I was aware of this problem when I got the surgery though as I had talked to a lot of people before and they said that they experienced the haloing/starbursting as well but that it faded after a few months. My experience with LASIK was excellent and I would highly recommend it. Just make sure you get a reputable doctor with lots of experience and high quality equipment.