r/RefractiveSurgery

Hey guys, just wanting some advice and opinions, my son is 10, his left eye has always deviated, they’ve wanted to do laser on it since he was around 5 but I have put it off as he wasn’t really old enough to have an opinion, and it doesn’t effect and won’t improve his vision, we are now booked in for a pre-surgery consultation. 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? Is he too young for this procedure? The doctors are saying it’s very common and to me the fact that they have been recommending it for years says he is, but I’m getting mixed opinions.

40 year old male, with almost -4 astigmatism in both eyes and a sphere of 1.5 and 2.5.

I underwent PRK 11 weeks ago. Had no discomfort whatsoever post procedure but experienced significant ghosting, starbursts, and halos.

11 weeks out now and my vision still hasn’t stabilized or reached its peak. Ghosting and starbursts are better, and halos mostly gone. I can now read my laptop screen without needing to enlarge the text. Can read a license plate 2 cars away. A couple of weeks ago, I could read a license plate 3-4 cars away, but seems to have gone down again as I’m experiencing dry eyes and likely surface irregularities. As for greater distances, while vision has improved since surgery, still feel like it’s mostly fuzzy - I can’t really see faces or text at distance. Finally, despite these improvements, details at intermediate and further distances are still fuzzy.

I’ve had significant dry eyes the last 1-2 weeks. Maybe from changing weather, but that had meant my vision is less than ideal when I wake up.

Very much feeling stuck or that vision has plateaued. I have my 3 month check up coming up, and I know vision can continue to improve for another several months, but wondering if I still have room for improvement given my pre-op prescription or if I’m stuck with residual prescription.

Sturbust mydriasis-dependent

I had femtolasik two months ago, with mini monovision. My eye is getting less dry, and I'm almost forgetting I don't have glasses. My daytime vision at distance and medium range is perfect, and up close is almost perfect (I occasionally wear reading glasses). However, in low light, things get worse. The typical situation is in tunnels when I'm driving, I get stunned lights (especially if the lights are white and LED), which radiate in all directions, but especially in three-pointed shapes like the Mercedes logo. I drive safely, but it's a bit annoying and I'm afraid it will stay that way forever. If I look at an LED in the dark, I see the rays, and if I slowly increase the brightness, the length of the rays shortens until they disappear completely. It's clearly a pupil-dependent phenomenon. In these cases, can I still hope for them to reduce, or is it permanent? Can it also get worse over time?

Interested in hearing from anyone who is already in 40s and got standard lasik corrections (distance) rather than monovision. Did you feel it was worth it? Was using readers okay once you needed them, even if earlier than later? TIA!

Hey everyone, I’m considering vision correction surgery for nearsightedness/myopia and I’m trying to decide between ICL (implantable contact lens/lens implantation) and LASIK.

Age: 21
Gender: female
Prescription:
Right eye: -7.75 sph, -1.25 cyl
Left eye: -7.75 sph, -1.25 cyl

Which procedure is generally better for myopia?

Note: my doctor suggested ICL but it sounds terrifying to me

Hi,

29 years old, -8.0 SPH -2.0 CYL right eye, -7.0 SPH -2.0 CYL left eye done in 11 May this monday.

I went to the doctor today (16 May) for Bandage Covering Lens. He checked my eyes and he said there are yet to be healed places in my kornea. So he applied new covering lenses with small myopia to make me feel better. He told me to come monday check and remove newer BCL

Before removlng old BCL i could only see near distance like 2 meters max. Further distances are blurred like having myopia or astigmatism.

Truth to be told, I was downcast after reinstalling new BCL with some myopia boost contact lenses because most of the post op comments were like “ I was able to see very good before removing BCL”.

Will I be able to see like my glasses like pre-op? Or when will my eyesight will improve? Other than, non-sore or burning eyes I feel like nothing improved in terms of vision…

Salve, sarei interessato a sottopormi a un intervento di chirurgia refrattiva. Ho 21 anni e, durante l’ultima visita 1 anno e mezzo fa circa, la mia miopia è peggiorata soltanto di -0,25 in un occhio. Il dottore mi ha detto che probabilmente sono entrato in una fase di stabilità.
La mia miopia è di -5.00 e -4.75
A 21 anni, di solito, è possibile effettuare il laser?

Inoltre, porto le lenti a contatto e a volte mi capita di addormentarmi con le lenti indossate. Questo potrebbe compromettere permanentemente l’idoneità all’intervento laser? Non ho mai avuto sintomi gravi.

This is just a break down of my PRK recovery so far. Background; -4.0 in both eyes and some astigmatism in both. I also am a significant steroid responder (found out accidentally a few years back taking pred drops for something else. My pressures got to 50 in each eye within 10 days. This is an important detail since I had to do a NSAID and a ABX drop instead of the combo of 3 they usually do that has prednisone in it.

Day 0 surgery was easy 10 minutes, no pain went home, slept and kept eyes closed rest of the day. Felt like I could see almost 20/20

Day 1 some burning in Lt eye, but nothing much in the right. No real pains lots of haze, blurry. Very light sensitive

Day 2 more severe burning all day and crying from the Lt eye. The Rt was now burning some. Haze, same and blurry. Slightly less light sensitive.

Day 3 no burning at all, no pain, slightly less haze, still light sensitive

Day 4 no pain, more or less the same

Day 5 post op app, Lt 20/30 Rt 20/25 and got lens removed. Right after removal my vision seemed to be worse the entire day and started to feel dry. (On this day I also started glaucoma drops to keep eye pressures down twice a day and a less powerful steroid drop 4 times a day.

Day 6 (today) woke up EXTREMELY dry to the point where it hurts to blink. I’ve used so many refresh drops and nothing seems to help much. I have noticed when I put in the drops I feel like I can see 20/20 and very clear along side some continued haze. Not as light sensitive but I am still wearing my sunglasses just incase. I also drove yesterday and today, while it’s rough I can still see enough to drive. Looking at texts on phone is hard as everything is almost double. Currently I hope I can get rid of this severe dry eye if so it woudnt be so bad.

I am looking into getting Refractive Lens Exchange (RLE) AKA PRELEX (Presbyopic Lens Exchange) pretty soon. My wife wants our next vacation in a resort in Mexico. I understand that RLE in Mexico is significantly cheaper and was considering maybe doing that while on vacation (2 birds, 1 stone and all). I would really like to hear back from people who have done this. Your thoughts on where to get done, is it work it, as well as your experiences with this would be helpful. Please if you have no experience in this matter and are only giving your opinion, please keep in mind that your opinion won't change mine.

Hi all, does anyone here have knowledge on the best surgery for anisocoria? I wanted SMILE due to my -7 prescription but unsure if LASIK is better due to being customisable. UK based

Hi everyone, I am writing to see if you have knowledge or previous experience on my situation.

I had a LASIK enhancement surgery in my dominant ​eye on May 1. The surgery was to correct a refractive surprise from a cataract surgery. In the 1-week post op appointment, the ​optometrist found "organic matters" underneath the flap. She is referring me back to the ophthalmologist. I have yet to meet with the ophthalmologist.

My questions are Is this serious? Is it common? What happened to contribute to this situation? Did I do something wrong during the one week? What can i do to avoid this if the surgeon decided to reopen the flap to clean the matters?

i got lasik done 10days ago , when should i resume riding my motorcycle without any eye protection ie sunglasses or transparent glasses?

(i know it's recommended to wear eye protection even if one didn't get any eye surgery)