r/Lasiksupport

Hey guys, just wanting some advice and opinions, my son is 10, his left eye has always deviated, we are booked in for a surgery consultation prior to booking him in for surgery. It’s strictly for cosmetic reasons, he wants it as kids are cruel and he would prefer to do it now, so he doesn’t have to pay to do it when he is older. I’m wanting any and all opinions/ advice. I’m supportive of his choice but also scared as that’s my baby, what’s recovery like and is it worth it?

I did the surgery a year ago, a complete disaster. Huge pupils and decentered ablation. Since then its been just pure suffering and misery. Constant visual distortions be day or nighttime, constant blurriness, ghosting, starbursts, halos, glare, glow, floaters, they just suck out the joy of life that i once had. Everything always looks ugly and wrong. I cant stop thinking about it and dwelling on my situation. I have tried scleral lenses and they help with some of the issues but they introduce a lot of new ones, same for miotic drops. I just cant bear the thoughts of having to live the rest of my life like this. I feel that my old self is completely gone, my goals, my hobbies, my joy for life, everything gone. I feel i will never be happy again. I feel that i died that day on that bed. I never found a way to cope with the situation, i feel my life is pretty much done at 26 years old, im just an empty shell now, waiting for death to come. Sorry, i just needed to vent a bit.

Hey everyone, I’m currently 5 days post-LASIK and I’ve been dealing with a lot of anxiety about my vision.
My initial prescription was a -6 in the right eye and -5 in the left

My vision seems mostly clear overall besides the halos/glare, but something just feels *off*. A lot of the time it feels like I’m looking through one eye more than both together, and my right eye seems slightly blurry most of the time. I also keep feeling kind of cross-eyed or like my eyes aren’t working together properly.

Reading is especially weird — when I try to read a book or focus on text up close, it feels like my vision starts doing strange things and I become super aware of my eyes. It’s hard to describe, but it almost feels like my brain/eyes aren’t syncing correctly.

I know I’m still very early in recovery, but my anxiety has been pretty high and I keep worrying something is wrong. Did anyone else experience this during the first week or two after LASIK? Did it improve over time?

Would really appreciate hearing other people’s experiences.

I got LASIK 3.5 years ago. I have some minor side effects (starbursts from car headlights and fluorescent bulbs). Recently, I suffered from some dry eye. The optician I visited told me I had large pupils, and was a bad candidate for LASIK (was complete news to me...).

I've read online side effects can be caused by pupil-size mismatch relative to the treatment area. Does anyone know if there's a way to test if my pupils shrinking with age might help? Only way I can think is to see a doctor and get some drops to shrink them, and see if that helps.

I'm about to turn 37. I'm aware this will probably take a decade or more, if it helps at all.

I know they arent exactly the same, but I bet in 100 years we will look back.on it as barbaric.

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.

After friends of mine had laser eye surgery two years ago and everything went well for them, I also decided to get my eyes lasered. Another reason was my mother, who had her eyes lasered back in 2007 and is still thrilled to this day. Her initial prescription was around -6.00.

I had my femto lasik surgery done at a regional clinic in south Germany, and my initial prescriptions were -7.00 and -8.00 when I was 33 years old. The consultation appointments are not conducted by the doctors, but by, let's say, regular employees. The process moves very quickly. Appointments for preliminary examinations are scheduled, and the surgery takes place within three weeks. The first and last time I had any contact with the doctor performing the surgery was on the day of the procedure itself.

My surgery went well, and fortunately, I had no complaints afterward. In the end, my vision was at +0.25 and -0.25, which, according to the clinic, is a success.

Unfortunately, after two years, I am experiencing a slight regression in both eyes and am now at -0.25 and -0.5, plus an astigmatism of -0.5 in both eyes. Sadly, during the consultation, I was not informed that regression is very likely with such high initial prescriptions. This is due to the large amount of corneal tissue being removed, which in turn tries to regenerate. This creates a very thin new layer of cornea, which leads to nearsightedness (to explain it very simply).

In my opinion, this is crucial information, because there are alternatives like ICL, where no corneal tissue is removed and therefore no regression can occur. During the consultation, such a regression is referred to as "undercorrection." I think that is highly misleading. It is never explicitly pointed out that your vision can deteriorate again due to the natural healing process.

I do have the option to get a enhancement (touch-up surgery), but I will not be taking advantage of it. For one thing, because of my high initial prescription, so much corneal tissue has already been removed that I don't know how the eye will behave in the future—for example, whether corneal ectasia might develop. Secondly, I got off easy and currently have no visual discomfort, pain, or dry eyes, which could potentially be triggered by a second laser procedure.

Ultimately, I currently see worse than I did before with contact lenses. At dusk and at night, I see very poorly without a light source, and I need glasses for driving both during the day and at night. Furthermore, I can no longer wear standard contact lenses; instead, I require rigid, gas-permeable contact lenses specially fitted to my cornea, which cost several hundred euros.

My conclusion is that if it were possible, I would undo the surgery. I never had any issues before when using contact lenses or my glasses. I also cannot recommend the clinic I’ve been due to the inadequate consultation.

At the moment I live with constant fear that my eyes will get worse and that I will have major eye problems in the future.

25F India, been wearing glasses for ~10 years and finally exploring specs removal surgery. I recently had a full refractive evaluation done at Eye7 with Dr. Rahil Chaudhary and wanted to hear from people who had similar numbers/situations.

My details:

• Right eye: ~ -5.00
• Left eye: ~ -5.75
• Mild astigmatism/cylindrical component
• Corneal thickness: ~509–517 µm
• Corrected vision: 6/6
• Eye pressure normal
• Pentacam/Belin Ambrosio scores slightly borderline but still within acceptable range

What I was advised

1. ICL
2. WaveLight / Contoura Vision as a possible option as well

I’m not rushing into surgery and plan to take multiple opinions before deciding, so I’d really appreciate honest experiences from people in similar situations.

Would especially love input on:

1. If you had similar corneal thickness/power and had to choose between ICL vs Contoura/SMILE/LASIK — what did you choose and how has it been long term?

2. Any experiences specifically with Eye7 Eye Hospitals / Dr. Rahil Chaudhary / Dr. Sanjay Chaudhary for ICL or Contoura?

3. Recommendations for highly experienced Specs removal surgeons in Delhi NCR? Looking for someone who does a high volume of ICL cases, not just LASIK.

4. For people who got ICL:

• How was night vision/glare/halos?
• Any dryness issues?
• Any anxiety about having a lens implanted inside the eye?
• Would you still choose it again?

5. Did anyone here get multiple opinions where one doctor suggested LASIK/SMILE and another suggested ICL? What ultimately helped you decide?

I’m okay prioritizing safety/results over cost — just trying to make the most informed long-term decision possible.

Would really appreciate any honest experiences, good or bad. Thank you 🙏

I had smile pro a little less than 2 months ago. Had -3 CYL and -1.5 SPH on both eyes. My vision was quite unstable in the first weeks following the surgery but it got eventually better. However, I still deal with a reflection-like artifact beneath the actual object in high-contrast settings such as white text on black or neon lights at dark. The amount of ghost/reflection change as my eyes (or lens?) try to auto-focus.

Things that give me hope that this can still resolve with time:

(1) Putting on drops seems to help a bit but that lasts only half a minute and even then the amount of ghosting only decreases, it doesn't completely disappears.

(2) The problem was more pronounced in the first week so that I'd see the effect also during the day. It got better.

Now my question: can this be due to the decentered treatment? If yes, do I have to live with this or can it be corrected with topo-guided PRK or sth similar? I have about 430 microns of cornea left.

I must also mention that my contrast perception have changed ever since I had the surgery. I notice my floaters more even though I don't see any new ones. I suspect the two issues might be related because I have the ghosting problem as mentioned only at high-contrast situations. Otherwise, I don't see any ghost image in lower-contrast scenes.

i’m scheduled to work tomorrow and it’s really tight i forgot to request off but my boss is easy going if i need to . but my dad is 72 and getting his right eye done tomorrow. will he be put under and will need after care or will the amnesia wear off and he will be good to make his own food and stuff after ? one of his friends will be dropping him off and picking him up once it’s done. how was your guys experiences?

Hello everyone!

I am turning 20 soon and I was thinking about getting the SmartSight surgery done.
I’ve got rather strong myopia (-6.0 right, -6.5 left with mild astigmatism). My ophthalmologist said I was a great candidate based on all the tests they’d done, but also mentioned “possible regression” which is generally unlikely but still possible as my eyes could still not be fully developed. I had my vision checked and it stayed pretty stable (20/20 - 20-22 or 0.9-1) for a year.
My question is: Would you wait for a few more years just to make sure the vision is stable enough, or would you go for the surgery?

I would really appreciate if someone’s got similar stories/experiences to tell!

Thanks in advance!🫶🏼

I'm about 11 months post-SMILE Pro surgery. Initially, I had a significant amount of anterior corneal haze after the procedure, but it improved over 4–5 months with steroid use. Even about 5 months ago, the haze was still pretty visible through a slit lamp. I recently visited an ophthalmologist who told me that while the haze has improved, some remains. Today, I came across Losartan 0.08% Ophthalmic Solution, which could reportedly help with corneal scarring and haze, especially in late-stage cases. Does anyone know if Losartan eye drops actually help treat anterior corneal haze?