u/SpiritualKindness

Got LASIK done in Sept 24...suffering from dry eyes, starbursts, glare, light streaks mid blink, weird aberrations I hardly see anyone else talk about, blurry vision in dim lights, regular and irregular astigmatism, you know the drill

My Scleral lenses journey hasn't been linear. They're not popular here and so I can't find a good fitter, nor can I find someone who doesn't want to upsell me on some magical touch up surgery (Ray tracing guided laser being the latest, which I'm starting to consider out of desperation)

But ultimately LASIK has stolen my will to live.
Every blink is a reminder of a decision I'll regret for the rest of my life.

I feel crushed the second I wake up because of how extremely dry my eyes are, my first second of the day is an instant reminder of this decision.

My night life is now non existent. I can't enjoy a nice romantic date out, I can't enjoy the nightlife of a beautiful city. Just two years ago I was obsessed with going out at night, I enjoyed that the most, now it has been stolen from me.

I was planning to move to my dream country this May, but I don't care to anymore

If this is going to be the rest of my life, then I don't want that life to be very long.

I couldn't find more than a couple touch up success stories from those who suffered from HOAs (Ghosting + Starburst + Glare)

Is Topography Guided PRK / Ray tracing guided laser touch ups a scam? Another way to suck money out of now desperate people?

Are Sclerals the only option?

If you've gotten a touch up, please share your case and story.

I'm currently in Egypt and we only have standard Scleral lenses. I'm down to travel anywhere in the world to get eyeprintpros + OVITZ done..

What's the best country I can travel to get the most out of my buck? Probably not the states, as they'll cost $10-15k.

Currently considering Milan, Italy -- where a pair will cost no more than $6k for EyePrintPros + Ovitz.

Has anyone ever done a ray traced laser touch up to fix their nighttime problems? Please answer me if you did.

Went to this eye doc for Scleral lenses fitting to correct my HOAs. I have a small ablation zone due to my pre op high prescription, and decentered ablation in my right eye plus dry eyes. Sclerals should be perfect for my use case.

But now he's telling me about this new laser technology called Ray-tracing guided lasik. He said it's possible to do a touch up without flap relifting, and that it's not really LASIK by definition because it's on the surface to help with my corneas irregularity.

I'm not gonna do it, but I'll get the special eye scans done anyways....

He said if the scans prove I'm not a fit, or if I'm not comfortable, then we can proceed with Sclerals fitting...

I've gone to 3 doctors so far for Sclerals but it seems like not one of them is a fan of them, why is that? They either prescribe miotic eyedrops or just tell me to live with it, and that I'm a perfectionist.