It depends on the person - my eyesight is poor, but my eye doctor from home (who has done a lot of research in the field) said that I would be a good candidate. It really does vary from person to person.

When my doctor said that I was not a candidate for LASIK because of my +7.00 prescription, I was disappointed because I wanted to stop wearing contact lenses. Little did I know at the time all the eye problems that were in store for me with the acanthamoeba keratitis. So now no LASIK, no contacts, eyeglasses, eyedrops, blurry vision, and monthly doctor visits for a year, but I'm improving so that's good.

Why not just get the surgery where they put a semi-permanent contact lens inside your eye? You can have it removed at any point. It leaves your eye intact without permanent change. Plus I heard it works for people with bad vision.

-Rudey

I really, really, really want to have this done but I am a giant chickens**t :(

ME TOO!!!

I hate hate HATE eyes. Anytime someone touches their eye or something, it freaks me out. Doubly for the people who turn their eyelids inside out. It took me about 5 months to learn how to put my contacts in and out. Horrible.

Me too! I hate doing for my yeearly exam and getting that "puff" of air blown in your eye. :mad: That always freaks me out.

I can relate! When Mr. 1228 drove me down to Seattle to get it done, we got on the elevator and honey, the minute the door opened, I was ready to run the opposite direction.

Coming up on the 18th, it will be 2 years since I had it done...no regrets

Same here. Everytime I can sense the air coming, I back away from the machine. It takes my doctor at least 5 attempts (on each eye) to see whatever it is he needs to see.

It took me FOREVER to be proficient at putting contact lenses in. I use to have to get up an hour earlier in the morning when I first got them because that's how long it would take me to put them in. It now takes me under 30 seconds but practice makes perfect. I've been wearing contacts for almost 10 years.

I'm a good candidate for Lasik (-2.50) but I'm scared. :( Plus, if you get your nearsightedness fixed, I've heard it can mess with your ability to see up close.

I used to bribe my younger brother to help put my contacts in (I got them when I was 16--he was 11 at the time).

My vision was left eye -7.00 Right eye -6.50 Cylinder -4.00 (VERY bad astigmatism)

I went to get glasses turned in my prescription and the folx at the glasses place were like "DAMN!"

I'm going in for a preliminary check up on the 6th. My eyes are pretty bad. -6.75 and -7.5

I'm willing to just about any amount of money to get them fixed. I can wear contacts fine and have to trouble with them, but I'm in the Army and dealing with glasses/contacts are something I just don't want anymore.

I haven't had the puff of air test in years. Now my doctor numbs my eyes and touches a device to it. It's weird seeing the circle of light coming at me, but I don't flinch.

ewww it took me til 10th grade to be able to put in a pair of contacts. and STILL! to this day, it freaks me out :o ... i would love to get the LASIK done, because i have the worlds thickest glasses, and im soo sick of putting contacts in every day .. but i already have light sensative eyes and the worst astigmatism EVER ... so, sadly, i will live with my eyeballs the way they are now ;)

I feel you. I now ONLY will buy glasses from my docor's office because seriously, even though I'm -7.5 (THICK AS HAYLE) he can make them super thin and light - probably the equivalent of someone with a -2.0 to -3.0.

Now granted, I do plunk down $500 a pair but its so worth it. I can wear them outside and they are light as can be.

One year, when funds were TIGHT, I went to Lenscrafters instead. Even with their featherweight lens my glasses were so thick, Mr. Magoo would have done a double-take! I took them back and headed STRAIGHT for my doctor's office immediately.

Never again. :o

I wear contacts (Focus) about 80% and my glasses the other 20%. I don't think I can imagine the feeling of not needing either.

The doctor can decide how to focus your eyes. Most people have one eye focused up close and one farther away so that they can see close up for reading and far away for distance. I was extremely near sighted and because of that and my other eye problems (I had extremely bad double vision -- prisms of +7) my doctor focused both my eyes at middle distance. This was a big issue of discussion between my regular opthamologist at UCLA's Jules Stein Institute (who has been treating me since I was 7) and my Lasik surgeon, Dr. Maloney. The results are amazing. I can't express how wonderful it is not to have to wear glasses anymore.

I know that I lucked out with my LASIK (ten years ago!), and now have mono-vision (I see far in the one eye, and near in the other), but my understanding is that a lot of doctors can actually plan it that way. In fact, many of the pro athletes who need to see things both ways (Tiger Woods) had it done purposely!

I haven't been to an eye doctor in a few years, and need to go to one. The doctor who did my eyes moved to Arizona, and I need to find a new one.