Laser eye surgery cost -5.00 prescription ?
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I have been wearing contacts now for 8 years
In that time I have gone from a prescription of -0.25 to -5.00 in the worst affected eye.
I am fed up of having blurry sight and the discomfort of contacts and glasses
Companies say that eye surgery cost from £800 but I understand that is for someone with nominal sight issues.
Has anyone with similar prescription to me had laser surgery and if so, was it worth it and how much£?
In that time I have gone from a prescription of -0.25 to -5.00 in the worst affected eye.
I am fed up of having blurry sight and the discomfort of contacts and glasses
Companies say that eye surgery cost from £800 but I understand that is for someone with nominal sight issues.
Has anyone with similar prescription to me had laser surgery and if so, was it worth it and how much£?
I was -4.75 prescription
Saw a deal on groupon for laser eye surgery about 3 years ago, I was in a similar position to you, contacts became uncomfortable and a chore whereas glasses are just awful (imo anyway) so I took the plunge. It cost 1300 then I think. It was with a consultant ophthalmologist who ran his laser business in his spare time. I did a lot of research and generally the high street places that have to advertise on the telly are the ones to avoid.
I cant remember the distinction between lasik and lasek but it was the one where they cut my cornea with an automated cigar cutter type thing to make a flap, then they lifted the flap and lasered some cornea off, then refitted the flap of cornea down. The procedure itself was honestly fine, laser light show was kind of cool and very peculiar smelling your cornea being burnt off.
Don't believe the tv adverts where they depict someone coming out of the procedure 5 minutes later with perfect vision. For me it was blurry for a good week or two especially the first couple of days but you could see improvements every day. You should be prescribed with several eye drops to take several times a day.
Its definitely the best thing I have ever done, people take good sight for granted but I know how your prescription is, when you wake up and can read the time crystal clear on your alarm clock next to the bed when you couldnt before, thats when you know it will have been worth it. In terms of issues, I suffered with dry eyes for a while and tbh still do 3 years later in some respects, especially in air conditioned and dusty environments, I was told that I was probably his second worst sufferer for dry eyes he's ever had, that's just the way the cookie crumbles I suppose but its hardly debilitating.
Saw a deal on groupon for laser eye surgery about 3 years ago, I was in a similar position to you, contacts became uncomfortable and a chore whereas glasses are just awful (imo anyway) so I took the plunge. It cost 1300 then I think. It was with a consultant ophthalmologist who ran his laser business in his spare time. I did a lot of research and generally the high street places that have to advertise on the telly are the ones to avoid.
I cant remember the distinction between lasik and lasek but it was the one where they cut my cornea with an automated cigar cutter type thing to make a flap, then they lifted the flap and lasered some cornea off, then refitted the flap of cornea down. The procedure itself was honestly fine, laser light show was kind of cool and very peculiar smelling your cornea being burnt off.
Don't believe the tv adverts where they depict someone coming out of the procedure 5 minutes later with perfect vision. For me it was blurry for a good week or two especially the first couple of days but you could see improvements every day. You should be prescribed with several eye drops to take several times a day.
Its definitely the best thing I have ever done, people take good sight for granted but I know how your prescription is, when you wake up and can read the time crystal clear on your alarm clock next to the bed when you couldnt before, thats when you know it will have been worth it. In terms of issues, I suffered with dry eyes for a while and tbh still do 3 years later in some respects, especially in air conditioned and dusty environments, I was told that I was probably his second worst sufferer for dry eyes he's ever had, that's just the way the cookie crumbles I suppose but its hardly debilitating.
I was -5 in both eyes paid £2200 with optical express for their middle option. Had no issues with mine got a bit painful a hour or so after the procedure but after a few hours sleep I could sit and watch TV, took a few days before they felt perfect but that was what I was told would happen.
This was 5 years ago.
This was 5 years ago.
Tell me more about this flap cutting. How do they keep your eye still? How do they stop you from instinctively wanting to look away as a tiny razor comes at you? What if your eye moves, will it cut into your eye? Did you panic? Did you squirm? It's the one part of the procedure I can't get my head around.
Oakey said:
Tell me more about this flap cutting. How do they keep your eye still? How do they stop you from instinctively wanting to look away as a tiny razor comes at you? What if your eye moves, will it cut into your eye? Did you panic? Did you squirm? It's the one part of the procedure I can't get my head around.
I had cataract surgery, it went like this:Took three lots of drops over a three hour period in the waiting room. Also had a pre med jab that calms you down.
Walked into the surgery, eye was numb but not totally.
Laid on the operating table, more drops and a guy, I presume an anaesthetist, massaged my eye with the heel of his hand. I couldn't blink or feel anything.
Then, surgeon pops up. I'm wide awake and totally conscious, talking to the nurses who were holding my hand ( average women, not that hot:-) I see a syringe heading for my eye and then nothing! No sensation, no panic, no sight while the operation took place.
It took 20 minutes and was like a miracle.
I'm squeamish but it was totally pain and panic free.
My missus is about an 8 at the moment and basically blind without her specs. I'm a more comfortable 3.
Do your eyes 'go back' after a while? We both want it done, her more than me, but I dont wanna spunk £5k up the wall just for a 5yrs worth - although glasses don't cost much less over that long!
Do your eyes 'go back' after a while? We both want it done, her more than me, but I dont wanna spunk £5k up the wall just for a 5yrs worth - although glasses don't cost much less over that long!
Oakey said:
Tell me more about this flap cutting. How do they keep your eye still? How do they stop you from instinctively wanting to look away as a tiny razor comes at you? What if your eye moves, will it cut into your eye? Did you panic? Did you squirm? It's the one part of the procedure I can't get my head around.
You've watched A Clockwork Orange? The scene where the main characters eyes are being clamped open? well...In all honesty its a piece of piss. You are told to keep still and to be honest you do it naturally anyway as you are concious of the fact there's a delicate procedure about to take place on your eyeballs.. You can't look away physically as your eye is clamped wide open and you cant see the razor coming, I remember just concentrating on a spot above me in the ceiling while all the flap making went on. Didn't squirm or panic, I'm not squeamish and I fully understood the potential risks etc etc.
The strangest and most interesting part is afterwards, the cool 20 second light show of the laser and then the realisation that you can smell burnt eyeball.
king terrifyingLong sighted here - £3200 at Accuvision (probably more expensive than most short sighted as more complex)
+4.25 and +2.25
4 months in, zero prescription and my amblyotic left eye is almost damned as near perfect (although will never be 100%)
I don't wear glasses any more, at all.
Worth every penny, wish the technology had been available for my eye condition years ago.
+4.25 and +2.25
4 months in, zero prescription and my amblyotic left eye is almost damned as near perfect (although will never be 100%)
I don't wear glasses any more, at all.
Worth every penny, wish the technology had been available for my eye condition years ago.
seany87 said:
You've watched A Clockwork Orange? The scene where the main characters eyes are being clamped open? well...
In all honesty its a piece of piss. You are told to keep still and to be honest you do it naturally anyway as you are concious of the fact there's a delicate procedure about to take place on your eyeballs.. You can't look away physically as your eye is clamped wide open and you cant see the razor coming, I remember just concentrating on a spot above me in the ceiling while all the flap making went on. Didn't squirm or panic, I'm not squeamish and I fully understood the potential risks etc etc.
The strangest and most interesting part is afterwards, the cool 20 second light show of the laser and then the realisation that you can smell burnt eyeball.
Couldn't put it better myself, It's over so quick with me the surgeon just appeared to do the procedure then was off to speak to the next person on the conveyor belt! In all honesty its a piece of piss. You are told to keep still and to be honest you do it naturally anyway as you are concious of the fact there's a delicate procedure about to take place on your eyeballs.. You can't look away physically as your eye is clamped wide open and you cant see the razor coming, I remember just concentrating on a spot above me in the ceiling while all the flap making went on. Didn't squirm or panic, I'm not squeamish and I fully understood the potential risks etc etc.
The strangest and most interesting part is afterwards, the cool 20 second light show of the laser and then the realisation that you can smell burnt eyeball.
Best couple of grand I've ever spent just wish I got it done sooner.
-0.25DS to -5.00DS is a considerable change in prescription in 8 years, unless you are in your early 20's and it has changed during your teenage years . Before considering laser I would advise my patients to wait until they have a stable prescription and make sure there is no underlying reason (apart from the normal changes which happen as you grow) before considering laser.
I had mine done earlier this year and was -4.5 and -5. I had mine done at Moorfields which is expensive (£4500). If I rated my eyesight with contacts as 10/10 before and 0/10 for no glasses or contacts then I would say it's 9/10 now. I don't need glasses or contacts now but because i am in my 40s they made both eyes different to delay needing reading glasses. One eye is better close up and the other is better at distance and my brain is still adjusting to these.
Overall I recommend it but it may not be as crystal clear after as it was before.
Overall I recommend it but it may not be as crystal clear after as it was before.
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