Vision Correction/Lasik surgery

[Beemnseven]

Originally Posted by SeasonTicketHolder

They pin your eyelids open so you can't blink. It really isn't that uncomfortable. There were times where I felt like I was blinking but I actually wasn't. It was custom Lasik; I don't know what interlace is. The worse your eyes are, the more cornea they have to burn through. Therefore, if your eyes are bad, you need to have a thick cornea. In my case, I'll probably only be able to get one or two adjustments. My doctor said only one of my eyes might need one down the line.

What do you mean by this? That you'll only have one or two adjustments then you'll have to go back to glasses again? I don't know how "bad" by eyes are comparitively, but I do have an astigmatism.

To me, glasses at this point are just a nuisance. Not being able to watch TV at night in bed, not being able to see the clock, dealing with the inevitable scratches and scuffs on my lenses, having to get prescription sunglasses which have to be of a certain curvature -- I can't get the kind that wrap around and cover the sides of my eyes the way some other shades can.

Thanks for the info. The horror stories like Schneed wrote of are enough to keep me from doing it so far.