Lasik Eye Correction

Eye problems?

I have strabismus since I was like 2-3 years old...after I had surgery to correct crossed eyes. I had patching as well. I don't really know how to explain what condition they're in b/c sometimes when I look in the mirror my eyes' muscles seem to be OK...not as strong as normal eyes, but still OK. The problem instead seems to be that they do NOT move together. I can move my left eye around (and I'll be doing this in the mirror) and it looks fine, but then my right eye won't move. My right eye will then only move if/when I turn my left eye all the way to the side...and then my right eye will follow...it's like they are only "aligned" when it moves to the sides or straight ahead...but they are not so when just moving. I don't think this has restricted myself in life too much...only two people in my whole life (I'm in my early 20's) have mentioned it...one in high school...and he was a class mate friend...he said it isn't that noticeable. And my other friend in HS/college who said "You didn't have that in HS, did you?" And I have had no problems in the dating arena. Girls are always making out with me,lap dances, giving me head on a first date, my last serious girlfriend we were living together w/ a promise ring. However, in my professional life, I feel like it can hold me back at times. Like in interviews it kinda makes me shy to look at the guy straight in the eye and talk and in result my personality comes off as shy and stuff. When I'm actually really outgoing and talkative around people I know. I'm thinking about getting this corrected some time in the next few years with surgery... but I'm a little scared. Like I've seen 4 people with this condition (2 at work, 2 at my college)...the ones I saw in the customers looked weird. Mine don't look like that (I see them in the mirror, pictures, videos). His eye muscles work well, normal, but his eyes aren't aligned. Can you picture that? So his eyes move "normal speed" however they are off on alignment. They m move at the SAME TIME...but not together...so it is very noticeable. The other customer, and the one guy at my school, his eye is always off to the side while the other is looking straight. My eyes do that sometimes...but I can CONTROL IT, and revert my eyes back to looking straight when I want. But my eye muslces are actually WEAK compared to the above. My eyes don't "smoothly move" but instead they kinda drift over to the side when I look that way. So I mean will the surgery mess them up like that? Improve the eye muscles but still be mis aligned? Bc that looks worse to me.

Public Comments

1. Ask your eye doctor what the best approach would be for you personally. It is a case by case thing.