[The_Blur]

Originally Posted by Ject

Yeah I wouldn't be able to deal with the whole 'cutting' of the eye part... freak out and what not.. I had major issues letting my optometrist put contacts in one time.

I could not do contacts. I have been wearing glasses for 10 years. Contacts did not work for me. Putting them into my eyes was an impossible task. This I could do. It is a little intimidating, but you can definitely handle this. If you can handle the doctor doing the pressure test on your eye at your annual optometrist appointment, then you can handle the opthalmologist performing laser eye surgery on you.

Originally Posted by manimsoblack

Ahh! Just reading that made my eyes moist with fear. lol.

While it might sound tough, it all goes by in a few seconds per eye. The procedure is easy, and your eyes are numb during the process. You can't feel it, and you get to reap the rewards of perfect vision later.

Originally Posted by Dragoneye

Oh, well...allright.


Wow...they suction your eye?! lmao. Does that part feel funny/painful? You mentioned the no vision part...but what about physical pain?


Geez...I had no idea what to expect, but your description is actually worse than I was expecting...still -- I want to do it. I can't put in contacts because I'm a fool and blink too much, but this actually sounds doable. Go figure.

Thanks for the writeup Blur.

EDIT: By the way...if you don't mind me asking, about how much does this procedure cost? Last time I read anything about it, it was ~$600 per eye. I wonder if it's gone down at all...

The suction feels like a little bit of pressure. Try pulling on your eye lashes for a couple of seconds. It feels like that.

This is definitely more doable than contacts. I did it, and I could not do contacts. I tried, but contacts simply would not work for me.

The costs quoted in advertisements are wildly inaccurate. Those estimates are based upon perfect candidates. There are no perfect candidates. Nowadays, the best bet is a custom procedure based upon scans of your eyes. As a result, the price skyrocketed from what I expected to pay. I paid $2,800 for my procedure. They originally quoted me $4,200. I got my price because they were more willing to negotiate when I cancelled my pre-operation appointment due to the cost quoted to me in my initial visit with the facility. They probably figured that I was comparing prices, so they eagerly discussed taking some money off of my price. I had already talked them down to $3,150 during my initial visit. They then offered me a lower rate after cancelling.

I want to add that my eyes are still bloodshot from the procedure. I'm hoping that this goes away soon.