Lasik Eye Correction

Eye surgery?

I hope to join the Army, and I need corrective eye surgery. I have heard horror stories about lasik, and want to know the safest, and most painless way to get your eyes corrected. Remember it is 2008. I really prefer having a healed cornea.

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1. Honestly, Lasik is the only corrective eye surgery that I know of. My mom had it done. She had absolutely horrible vision. She was almost legally blind. Anyways, she's really glad that she had it done. She has wonderful vision now and didn't have any complications from the procedure. Other than the fact that her eyes get drier than before, which is normal.
2. Lasik eye surgery is very safe nowadays. My cousin got her dental implants and Lasik surgery in India by a company called Indian Health Guru Consultants. The Price for dental and Lasik surgery is very less in India. She paid 25% of the price she was quoted in America. Indian Health Guru Consultants is very famous in India They arrange Dental surgery, jaw surgery, Lasik eye surgery, Dental Implants etc for foreign patients in India. I read a lot about them in the Newspapers and magazines- about their patient stories. They arrange financing for USA, Canadian, UK and other international patients who plan to have surgery abroad for low cost, as dental and eye surgery is not covered by insurance. They also have photos pasted of their International patients. You can checkout their website. There are huge cost savings. As a doctor I personally believe that surgery can be easily handled in India, as the quality of healthcare available In India is simply best in the world. The surgeons are USA/UK trained and facilities are 5 star. http://www.indianhealthguru.com Hope this helps.
3. "the safest, and most painless way " Ah, those two contradict. There are "flapless" laser treatments that preserve more corneal integrity than standard Lasik methods (research LASEK: "a certain number of patients may have thin corneas or are involved in certain contact sports and therefore LASEK eye surgery would be more appropriate.") but the healing period is longer, and there is generally more discomfort. As with lasik, the risk of problems is low, but it exists, and yes, some do have horror stories. I've seen a few, and a lot of people who varied from happy (had some side effects like night glare, but overall were pleased) to very happy (vision spot-on and no side effects noticed.) As might be said of a battle: the casualty rate is very low, but if you're one of them, the casualty rate is 100%. It isn't evenly shared out.
4. Do lots of research. You only need to surf the net to get an idea of what can go wrong. Good luck.
5. I had Lasik surgery in April 2008. It was great! I had really horrible vision, I could not even see the giant E in the vision chart without glasses. the procedure was painless, the Doctor told me step by step what he was doing. They give you some valium to calm you and they numb your eyes with eye drops so you can't feel a thing. My husband watched the whole procedure just outside the room. I had a tiny bit of dry eye off and on again but they give you several drops you have to use for about 2 weeks to and month after. My corneas healed perfectly, without any complications.It has now been almost 2 months and I am loving life. I had 20/15 (better than perfect) the day after surgery and now have 20/20 vision and I do not need any type of drops at this point. The only issues i had were the dry eye which is very common and some itching after the procedure. You are not allowed to touch or rub you eyes for a few weeks. My only suggestion would be to make sure you go to a well researched physician. I went with a larger Eye Hospital in Pennsylvania and I was very happy.