Some background I have been wearing contact lenses my entire adult life, 16+ hours every single day, without any issues. That's despite leaving the contact lenses in on backpacking trips (frequent in summer) and overnight flights (couple of times a year), which is a bit iffy. My correction is around -8 D, with 2 D astigmatism, so I can't read anything without touching it with my nose; my odds of survival outside the house are slim, so I always need to remember to bring along backup contact lenses and/or glasses ? I have a pair of emergency glasses, but I never use them because it would take m ..read more

Not sure why I'm posting this. Maybe for therapy. Most of you know the risks. If I had found this subreddit prior to getting LASIK done I don't think I would have done it. 1.5 years post LASIK. I was 37 at the time. I had a mild prescription, only needing glasses to drive and watch TV, but I had mild astigmatism in my left eye which was making it hard to read spreadsheets and such for work. Decided to get LASIK without looking into all of the side-effects and how common some of them were. I found a "LASIK-mill" as I now know they're called, but it was very well reviewed and the surgeon had co ..read more

In both auto and subjective refractometry, the determined spheric and cylindric diopters have an accuracy of 0.25, which means the optimal value can be anywhere in a range of ±0.125 diopters. In contrast, the aberrometer can measure the corresponding values exactly. In the case of non-wavefront-guided treatments, are these rounded values considered, causing a slight under- or overcorrection? Are these treatments rely on the auto or the subjective refractometry data? In the case of wavefront-guided treatments, are the exact values considered for both the higher and lower order aberrations? su ..read more

Schwind Peramis is a combined topography device and aberrometer. In the other hand, Schwind Sirius is a combined Scheimpflug camera with a topographer. But, they say Sirius can also measure wavefront. Does it mean it can do the same ocular wavefront measurements as Peramis (so measure wavefront of the whole eye, through the pupil), or is it only corneal wavefront? Can wavefront optimized and/or wavefront guided treatment be done using the Sirius device? submitted by /u/Zix312 [visit reddit] [comments ..read more

Hello, I had PRK 3 months ago and have been experiencing issues with my dominant eye (right). My right eye is significantly blurrier than the left, which is really nice and sharp. My eyes reached this point at about the 2-month mark, and since then, I have not seen any change in my right eye. I went to the 3-month follow-up appointment and was told everything looked fine, but there was no explanation for why my right eye has remained stagnant. I obtained a copy of the autorefractor results and discovered I have some astigmatism (-1.00CYL) in my right eye and (-0.25CYL) in my left. I was not t ..read more

What would you do in this situation? I got lasik yesterday. I have my anti inflammatory eyedrops and my antibiotic eyedrops. But I slipped up and my dog chewed on my antibiiotic (moxiflioxacin) submitted by /u/z3-Elysian [visit reddit] [comments ..read more

Hello! I’m 30F here, +6 in one eye and +5.50 in the other with an astigmatism. I was born cross eyed (only one eye) in ‘93 and had surgery in 95-96 to correct it. I do go cross eyed when not wearing glasses in that eye. Finally considering this surgery after realizing my insurance covers most of it. Has anyone had lasik with this issue and did it help? Honestly I wouldn’t mind wearing glasses after surgery as long as the prescription isn’t that strong. I’m fed up of being completely incapacitated when not wearing glasses. I booked a consultation and I’m not sure if I’ll be eligible with these ..read more

Hi everyone, just wanted to share my experience from this week when I went to my PRK surgery appointment. I’m not necessarily looking for anyone to berate me or change my mind, but rather to see if anyone has received similar advice or had a similar experience, and can comment on this. A bit about me: - 28yo female - L eye -1.0 (unsure if mild astigmatism, can’t remember) - R eye -1.75 with mild astigmatism causing some ghosting during the day/night and starbursts at night - wear glasses full time - started wearing glasses at age 13 to see the whiteboard in school, tried contact lenses for 2 ..read more

Anybody who had a corneal haze after around 1-3 months after transprk? What's the situation now? I noticed it around 2 months post prk. Now one year later, it's still there. Should I get another surgery done? Can steroids still work now? I'm really scared and confused. I had a prescription of around -4L -8R and had surgery around 1 year back. Looking for advice. Thanks submitted by /u/BrokeHorcrux [visit reddit] [comments ..read more

I am turning 50 this year and finally got the courage to see if I can get eye surgery. I didn’t feel the urge to really explore earlier also since I have just been used to glasses. The last two years my prescription has gone up a bit more than usual. It went from 5 to what it is now in about 5yrs time. Currently -7 left and -6.75 right (although my current glasses are still at -6.5 for both eyes). Slight astigmatism and last checkup, I have also acquired +1 for both. I haven’t purchased reading glasses, I am ok with phone/book around 12” or so away from me. I rarely look at anything closer an ..read more