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POLL: 20/20, eyeglasses, contacts, Lasik?
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Lasik in late 2001. Went from 20/400 to 20/15 in 10 minutes. Drove myself to the follow-up appointment the next day without any corrective lenses. I did the math and figured out at the time that the Lasik paid for itself after 7-8 years of not having to pay for contacts, solutions, and a backups set of glasses.

Best money I have ever spent. I went to a clinic that did/does a lot of eye surgery research, and they said I was a good candidate. Even with that, your heart tends to skip a beat in the pre-surgery meeting with the surgeon when he says "well, if we need to we can go back after six months to do any touch-ups."

If you have a well-regarded surgeon based on personal recommendations from people who have had the surgery, and that surgeon says you aren't a good candidate for Lasik, don't press forward. The only people I know who have had issues had pre-existing issues with dry eyes or thin corneas and wanted the surgery too badly.
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Re: POLL: 20/20, eyeglasses, contacts, Lasik? - by John B. - 09-23-2009, 08:20 PM

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