Vision correction surgery (LASIK or other) with high prescription

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I'm 55 and my eye doctor recently said its a good thing I never did Lasik as my eyes would be really messed up now. I'm about an -8.0 on each side, and now need multi-focal lenses. I'm not sure exactly how it would be messed up but that's what he mentioned.

I have had some elevated pressure and needed laser surgery treatment to reduce it to help prevent future glacoma. Maybe that's why.

[Anonymous]

LASIK has an underreported rate of long-term side effects. The majority of people will still be very satisfied that they did it. However, the risk of lasting complications is somewhere between 10 and 30 percent, which should be intolerably high for something not medically necessary.

From https://www.namd.org/journal-of-medicine/3067-the-patients-who-regret-laser-eye-surgery-%E2%80%98my-life%E2%80%99s-stood-still-since-then%E2%80%99.html: “Dr Morris Waxler, a retired FDA adviser who voted to approve Lasik in the 1990s, is now one of its biggest critics. He says he regrets his role in bringing the procedure to the public.”

Risks are chronic pain, severe dry eye, halos and starbursts around objects in visual field, and poor night vision, among other complications.

If you’re a social media person, check out the subreddit r/Lasik. Many people get ok-to-good vision results but have difficulty with other permanent effects.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Would you have LASIK if you knew?
1. The LASIK flap never heals. Weak scar tissue around the flap edge holds it in place -- like a small Tupperware lid. But the flap itself is not attached and can be accidentally dislodged for life.
Moreover, the LASIK flap creates a permanent portal in the cornea, which exposes patients to
increased risk of corneal infection.
2. The cornea is permanently thinner and weaker after LASIK. Corneal biomechanical failure (ectasia) may occur shortly after LASIK or many years -- even decades -- later.
3. Researchers have found that LASIK patients may need cataract surgery up to 15 years
sooner than people who avoid LASIK. To add insult to injury, the LASIK-altered cornea causes problems with cataract surgery.
4. Osman et al. (2017) found that LASIK using the latest blade-free technology leads to posterior vitreous detachment (PVD) (floaters) in 85% of eyes that did not have pre-existing PVD.
5. LASIK leads to falsely low intraocular pressure (IOP) measurement, exposing patients to permanent vision loss from undiagnosed glaucoma.
6. Corneal nerves responsible for tear production are severed and destroyed during LASIK. No study at any time point has found that corneal nerves fully recover to normal densities and
patterns after LASIK. Damaged nerves may lead to chronic dry eyes.
7. Injury to corneal nerves during LASIK may lead to incapacitating neuropathic eye pain.
8. Since LASIK does not eliminate the need for reading glasses after the age of 40 and studies
show that visual outcomes of LASIK decline over time, virtually all LASIK patients will end up back in glasses – sometimes sooner rather than later.
9. The FDA's latest LASIK study found that up to 46% of subjects who reported seeing no visual distortions (halos, starbursts, glare, and ghosting) before LASIK reported visual distortions after LASIK, and up to 28% of subjects with no symptoms of dry eyes before LASIK developed dry
eye symptoms after LASIK.
10. LASIK complications have led to corneal transplants, blindness, loss of eye, disability, suicidal
ideation, and suicide.

Proceed with caution and get a second opinion from an opthalmologist who does not perform LASIK procedure on healthy eyes.

Thank you for posting this PP. <3