Posted on 09/22/2010 1:08:07 PM PDT by Nachum
My wife and I both had LASIK 5 years ago. It was closer to a miracle than a surgery outcome.
This guy is hands down the best there is and who did our surgery!
David M. Schneider M.D. - The Premier Vision Correction
http://www.midwesteyecenter.com/lasik-eye-surgeon-cincinnati-ohio.php
Dr. Schneider has been directly involved in the development of the technology and procedures for LASIK eye surgery in Cincinnati, Ohio for more than 22 years. Dr. Schneider has performed more than 50,000 vision correction procedures.
I used to wear my glasses while sleeping cause I was afraid if something happened during the night I wouldn’t be able to see/find my glasses!
I had it in 2004 and I still have 20/20 vision.
"The goal is to achieve a more optically perfect eye, though the final result still depends on the physician's success at predicting changes that occur during healing. In older patients though, scattering from microscopic particles plays a major role and may outweigh any benefit from wavefront correction".
I guess the particles they are talking about are "floaters", which I have plenty of (unrelated to the procedures). The way tissue heals is pretty much a crapshoot -- sometimes it matters and sometimes it doesn't. Scar on posterior ==> doesn't matter. Scar on Jennifer Anniston's nose or my eye ==> it does.
How severe was your myopia beforehand?
I don’t remember the exact figures. I did wear glasses since 6th grade.
Another factoid in the Wikipedia article is that the laser tends to undercorrect more the further it moves out from the center of the visual zone. This also helps to explain the poor night vision.
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