Lasik’s Risks Are Coming into Sharper Focus

Re:Lasik’s Risks Are Coming into Sharper Focus by jcadam on Tuesday June 12, 2018 @12:58PM (#17295229)

Bah, my eye Rx is -8.5 diopters. Taking off my glasses/contacts doesn't "soften" the external world - it makes me unable to function. If I forget where I put my glasses after taking out my contacts at night before going to bed, I have to call my wife to find them for me. If I try moving around too much, I'm liable to hurt myself.

I'll probably want to get LASIK at some point :)

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Re:Lasik’s Risks Are Coming into Sharper Focus by aschneid on Wednesday June 13, 2018 @02:34PM (#17305822)

I was at that point when I had it done. The only problem with having that bad of an eyesight, they have to use the laser for longer. It helped I had extra thick corneas, but the surgeon I went to said some folks can't have the surgery with eyes that bad.

Of course, that was 15 years ago, so maybe different guidelines now.

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Re:Lasik’s Risks Are Coming into Sharper Focus by gm-conspiracy on Tuesday June 12, 2018 @01:06PM (#17295321)

I am -7.5 and agree w/ GP, especially for identifying SMD components and other details.

But, yes, sometimes I need help finding my glasses, too.

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Re:Lasik’s Risks Are Coming into Sharper Focus by reitanqild on Tuesday June 12, 2018 @02:58PM (#17296704)

Both eyes worse than -6.

I use special always-on contacts since 5 years ago or so, change them once a month. This reduces the hassle a lot.

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