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If so, pros/cons? My eyes are getting bad as I get older. Oh, and approximate cost? I know it's a very quick procedure with a 24 hr healing period. Thank you in advance......

Has anyone here had LASIK eye surgery, and have you been happy with the results? I'd especially like to hear from those who have had it on one eye. I have one eye that is very good, and one with astigmatism that seems to get worse as I age. I'm thinking of having Lasik on the bad eye. Thanks very much to anyone who has the time to reply.

Detroit TV meteorologist Jessica Starr commits suicide after sharing 'struggles' caused by Lasik eye surgery. ( Full title). A Detroit meteorologist whose final social media posts highlighted her lingering struggles after getting Lasik eye surgery committed suicide Wednesday. She was 35. ... She underwent Lasik SMILE eye surgery in October and was forced to take time off of work, a struggle she addressed in a Facebook video in early November. I’m still healing… (but) I’m ready to get back to my life,” she said, noting that doctors told her it would take about three months before she felt 100% again....

A married mother of two and meteorologist for Fox 2 Detroit died by suicide, the station said Thursday. Jessica Starr, 35, who lived in Novi, Michigan, is survived by her husband, Dan, and her two children, a 5-year-old son named Noah, and a 3-year-old daughter named Riley, the Springfield News-Sun reported. The station did not provide more details about her death. [snip] Prior to her death, Starr spoke out publicly about her recovery from Lasik surgery, which she had done in October. She was out of work for several weeks and struggled with dry eye following the procedure, reported the...

My wife would like to get Lasik surgery to correct her farsightedness. I haven't really paid much attention to it since it first became common but back then I remember reading that, while it corrected your vision to 20/20 in the near term, over time your vision could actually end up being worse than it would have been if you didn't get it corrected in the first place and just aged naturally. Have they improved the technology to the point where that is no longer a problem? I have read up on the procedure but most of the sites are...

In Washington, D.C., a culture that embraces regulatory oversight and rule-making and where bureaucracies are everywhere, no federal agency is more warren-like than the Food and Drug Administration, which regulates the safety and efficacy of food, pharmaceuticals, cosmetics and medical devices. The health and well-being of every American depends on the FDA's rigorous collecting, sifting and interpreting of data to approve products ranging from those that cure nail fungus to devices that electronically zap the brain to relieve anxiety. FDA regulators are scientist bureaucrats who tirelessly navigate the tedious but essential world between reports and medicine in a poorly lit...

A former Food and Drug Administration official who helped get the vision correction surgery LASIK approved back in the 1990s but later spoke out against the procedure is taking his concerns directly to current regulators at the FDA. Morris Waxler, who is now an independent regulatory consultant, filed a citizens petition today urging the agency to take steps to stop what he calls "the epidemic of permanent vision problems" caused by LASIK. Waxler's petition implores the FDA to take actions to crack down on the procedure, including issuing a public health advisory that warns the public about the dangers associated...

Can a market-based health care system work? We can begin to answer this question by looking at Lasik, a medical procedure that's not covered by health insurance. And has gotten better—and cheaper—over time. "How to Fix Health Care" proposes three simple reforms that will put us on a path to a health-care system that's better, more affordable, and more accessible. And get this—these market-based reforms can be implemented without creating new government programs or raising taxes.

Was told by lasik surgeon today that my corneas are ok for lasik, but are too thin for a touch-up if one was needed. He recommends PRK. Based on my research, both procedures are safe and effective with some dotors even saying that PRK is more so. I'd appreciate your toughts and experiences. Thanks.

Rajesh Khanna, MD Believe in Khanna LASIK and change (improve) vision especially if you are named Barack Hussein Obama. (Vocus/PRWEB ) January 18, 2009 -- In honor of the Presidential Inauguration on Tuesday, January 20, Khanna Institute of LASIK Surgery is offering free LASIK surgery to any US citizen named "Barack Hussein Obama". "This is a historic moment in American and world history," says Dr. Khanna. "I can relate to the emotions that President Elect Obama must be experiencing. My father was also a non-US citizen." Dr. Khanna has helped people with lazy eyes stimulate their vision by performing LASIK...

BETHESDA, Md., June 17 — Almost every Thursday during the academic year, a bus carrying a dozen or so Naval Academy midshipmen leaves Annapolis for the 45-minute drive to Bethesda, where Navy doctors perform laser eye surgery on them, one after another, with assembly-line efficiency. Nearly a third of every 1,000-member Naval Academy class now undergoes the procedure, part of a booming trend among military personnel with poor vision. Unlike in the civilian world, where eye surgery is still largely done for convenience or vanity, the procedure's popularity in the armed forces is transforming career choices and daily life in...

http://www.NewsAndOpinion.com | (UPI) Vision-correcting LASIK surgery can cause double vision, but this problem can be minimized if ophthalmologists exclude people with certain eye conditions from undergoing the procedure, two eye experts said in a study released Monday. "People who have a history (of particular eye disorders) are at higher risk, and they should call that to the attention of their doctor," Dr. Burton Kushner, an ophthalmologist at the University of Wisconsin in Madison and lead author on the study, told United Press International. The patients also should ask if they are likely to have double vision after the surgery, Kushner...

Good evening, FRiends. I have been considering getting laser eye surgery to correct my vision (ahsytigmatism (sp?)). Any FREEPERs have any advice on this procedure? Is there any major drawbacks? Would you do it again? P.S. If you don't mind disclosing, how much did the procedure cost?

After almost 40 years of wearing glasses and contact lenses, vision correction was no longer a matter of mere vanity for Phyllis Ward. "I just wanted to see better. I first got contacts in elementary school, but I never felt as though I could really see," said Ward, 50, who lives in Houston with her husband and three children. In May 2001, Ward underwent Lasik surgery on both eyes. Lasik is short for Laser-Assisted In Situ Keratomileusis, a treatment for nearsightedness that uses pulses of ultraviolet laser light to sculpt the cornea, the transparent frontal portion of the eyeball. More...

I just underwent LASIK eye surgery here, and so far, everything is perfect except for halos at night. Since I value my fellow freepers opinions, please share your experiences if you've had the procedure. The only thing that went wrong is that the doctor forgot to put a second set of numbing drops in my eyes, so I felt everything, from the blade slicing in, to the laser, to the swiping of my eyes. And yes, it hurt as bad as you would think it would.