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I had mine done 18 months ago at 42 years old. With my glasses I was already having issues with near sightedness. Had to take glasses off to read where as 2 years earlier I could focus on reading even through my prescription.

I asked for the best eye doctor to do my LASIK and found a great retina specialist. He’s an eye physician that does LASIK at night. I would only get this done with the best eye surgeon not the best LASIK guy.
He used the Femtosecond FS200 and EX500 lasers for my procedures.

He said to do one eye so I don’t lose near vision being I was 42. But I’d lose depth perception and asked about 100/95% like I read. That’s what I got.
It worked great 20/20 and 20/30 with my eyes and still reading well with no glasses.

I never saw halos. I saw rainbow glare when I looked into light sources for about 2 months and had dry eyes for about 6 months.
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I’m absolutely sick and tired of contacts.

Had myself convinced I was going to look into Lasik in January of 18 but I knocked up my wife with a bonus baby and never pulled the trigger.
 

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I was not a candidate for Lasik due to the thickness of my corneas so they went with PRK. I had this done in 1999 over in Windsor, Canada. PRK is much more painful and you need a good 1-2 weeks to recover. So I had to sleep with special eye patches. It really was painful right after surgery and my eyes watered and was extremely sensitive to light. I had to wear those huge sunglasses - even indoors. But eventually it healed and to this day I have good far vision. I do see star bursts around night lights but that doesn't really bother me. My night vision is pretty good.

I have started using Costco readers for small print up close this year. But I can still get by without them.

PRK vs LASIK - What are the differences? In LASIK, an eye surgeon makes an incision (with either a laser or a blade) in the cornea to create a flap of tissue. ... In PRK, the eye surgeon does not create a flap of corneal tissue. Instead, the outer layer of the cornea is removed to expose an area for a laser to reshape.
 

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I’m absolutely sick and tired of contacts.

Had myself convinced I was going to look into Lasik in January of 18 but I knocked up my wife with a bonus baby and never pulled the trigger.
I hated contacts! I wore hard lenses a few years in the 90s. Felt like I had sand in my eyes and they would hurt. Eventually I ditched them and just wore glasses until I had laser surgery. I got the surgery for a bargain as well - $999.
 

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What he said. I had mine done at 32 in 3012. Money well spent...
So they did eventually invent time travel?! Always wondered if it would be possible. How did things turn out after Trump's reelection?
 

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So they did eventually invent time travel?! Always wondered if it would be possible. How did things turn out after Trump's reelection?

Oh crap it slipped out. Commoners are not supposed to know! Both reelections went great!
 

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I really want to get it done but I can't seem to stop wearing my contacts for the seven required days. I absolutely hate glasses
 

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I had LASIK done last Thursday, 12/5. So far so good. I'm seeing 20/15 in one eye and 20/20 in the other. Have the halos and blurry bright lights. Eyes stung a bit before going to sleep after the two minute procedure but no other problems. Had it done at TLC Eye Center in Little Rock and paid about $3,700. I'd do it again if I needed to.
 

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