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Old 04-16-2008, 05:42 AM
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Default Has anyone here had "laser" eye surgery (or any variation) ... or know someone that has?
been considering it for years but still chicken **** about it....

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Default being very nearsighted, the risks would be higher for someone like me..
Wearing contacts for so many years, if it ain't broke, don't fix it..
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Default where is the increased risk?
in your level of nearsightedness or prolonged contact lens usage?

and what risk are you talking about exactly?
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You should have listened to the Nuns!
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Default Done 8 years ago - no issues and procedure is way better now
used to walk into wall corners at night without contacts in, now 20/20
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Doesn't it hurt your night vision?
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Default the more nearsighted you are the more irregularly shaped your eyeball is...
to correct that with laser surgery, they have to shave off a larger amount to make your eyeball rounder increasing risks..

some people who have had corrective surgery that originally have bad vision complain of seeing occassional halos and perfect corrected 20 / 20 vision is not guaranteed..
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some ppl complain that they see halos... I'm sure procedures become better with new technology..
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Default yup my friend just had it (lazik- sp?) done a couple months ago.
his vision improved so much he ended up dumping his gf.


no but for real, all good things about it.
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Default How nearsighted are you?
I'm pretty bad myself, but I dont think terribly so.

Ill be honest, I've never heard expressions like "shave"-ing amounts of eyeball....

I'll need to do some more research, the last thing I want is to make matters worse
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