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Is LASIK Eye Surgery For Everyone?
Can everyone who has a problem with their eyesight apply to have LASIK? Clearly, LASIK has got great potential and benefits but just like with any new procedure there are risks associated.
The risk of complications or impaired eyesight after LASIK vision correction can be greatly reduced if you make an effort to establish if you are a good prospect to have LASIK surgery. Not everyone who wants their vision corrected is necessarily a good candidate to have LASIK surgery. Here are a few things to consider before you decide on LASIK:
• If you are risk averse, you probably shouldn’t have LASIK laser surgery. There are possible complications that can come about as a result of LASIK that you should consider before having the procedure done.
• Does your insurance cover LASIK vision correction? How would LASIK laser surgery or possible complications affect your career? If having this procedure would impact your life negatively you might consider another alternative.
• Although the cost of having LASIK done is getting cheaper, it is still quite expensive and you’ll want to make sure it isn’t prohibited by your employer.
• A requirement for LASIK vision correction is that you must be an adult with refractive stability. Refractive instability is common among patients who are 20 or younger with fluctuating hormones. This is caused by several conditions including diabetes, pregnancy or breastfeeding or taking medications that cause fluctuation in vision.
• People who regularly engage in contact sports or suffer from a condition or disease which may affect the healing of a wound might have to consider an alternative to the LASIK vision correction surgery.
There are a number of other situations one should discuss with your doctor prior to deciding on LASIK laser surgery. If you suffer from conditions such as herpes or shingles that affects the area around the eyes, you should disclose that information. Also, any other conditions, including glaucoma, ocular hypertension, eye diseases, eye injuries, previous eye surgeries, or keratoconus should also be discussed.
Please ask your doctor to screen you for the following conditions prior to LASIK eye surgery:
• Blepharitis
• Large pupils
• Thin corneas
• Previous refractive surgeries
• Dry eyes
Only once you have considered and cleared all of the above conditions or discussed them with a LASIK surgeon, can you determine if you are an excellent candidate for LASIK laser surgery.
Jimmy Roos
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Why is LASIK surgery so popular if PRK surgery is so much better?
As I understand it, LASIK involves cutting a flap out of your corneal layer (which can fold out again – *scary*!). However, PRK doesn’t involve any cutting, but "re-shapes" the eye with lasers.
So are there any advantages to LASIK over PRK which makes the former so much more well-known and popular? Why doesn’t everyone get PRK instead of LASIK?
I don’t really know the answer to you question but I had my eyes corrected about 20 years ago before LASIK was an option. (They called it RK, Radial Kerotonomy -sp?)They didn’t even use lasers back then (laser???… what’s a laser??? You mean like in Star Wars???). The Doctor who did my eyes went to Russia to study under the guy who invented the procedure. They gave me a couple of Qualudes and then made 6 cuts in each eye with a diamond tipped scalpal. Back then they would only do one eye at a time so they wouldn’t leave you blind if something went wrong… it was a new procedure. You had to wait a week before having the second eye done. The price was $1250 an eye (I was making $6 an hour back then). My results were 20/20 in one eye and 20/15 in the other…. I was thrilled. Now I’m 45 and still don’t wear glasses but I did have to go to Walmart and get a pair of $2 glasses to read small print…. my eyes are aging just like everyone elses. Would I do it again?…. hell yes!!!
PS. The reshaping of the eye DOES involve cutting… RK makes six cuts/slits around the the center of the eye to collapse the pupil a little so the entering light of vision is refocused to where it should be. My eyes weren’t round, they kind of were shaped like footballs. They still are but the incoming light of vision is re-directed now.
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The guy who told you about his RK did not have typical results. Most people that had it wear glasses. Some wear different prescriptions depending on the time of day. PRK involves taking the top layer of the center of your cornea. This area is then reshaped by the laser. This gives you the same effect as having a larger corneal abrasion. This means that you don’t see real well and your eyes really hurt for a while. Bandage contacts help with this but it is still a hassle. When the flap is put back down in a LASIK procedure, the eye is pretty much back to normal. There are new ways of creating the flap that give better results. Interlase is an example.
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optometrist
PRK is not "better" than LASIK. they are just different.
LASIK has a significantly faster healing time, which is why it is more popular. most people can return to work/school seeing well & not in pain 2 days after LASIK. not so with PRK, which takes weeks to heal & is more uncomfortable. as you pointed out, PRK has no "flap", but it is much more likely to have corneal "haze" that needs to be treated.
each of them have their merits & disadvantages (there are more than i just listed). you should discuss your options with your doc. but its kind of silly IMO to announce that PRK is "better" than LASIK. i do not consider that to be true at all. theyre different.
both PRK & LASIK are significantly better than RK, which you likely not talk any US doc into performing on you in 2010
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http://myeyepod.blogspot.com/