Lasik eye surgery

[HeKing]

[maverick21]

Best money you can spend with your clothes on. I had it done in H'burg 8 years ago for a little over $2500 for both eyes.


The only part about it that made me nervous was when they first started and they told me "ok, you are going to dark in your left eye as we begin" and no kidding it went black as the west side of charleston square at 11pm on a Friday. But over all it took less than a minute on each eye and has been great ever since.

[donia]

definitely worth it! my left eye has a pretty bad astigmatism and am having an adjustment after this season on it, but overall I can still see much better than before i had it. like don miller said, if you are into shooting sports, it is well worth it. i'm a "sweater" and my wife was tired of always fishing my glasses out of the yard where threw them because i couldn't see through the sweat on them....and i couldn't keep them from fogging over while hunting in cold weather.

[Drakeshead]

[skywalker]

Had mine 6 years ago......$1300 for both eyes at Lasik Institute in Atlanta.........best $$ spent.

[donia]

[Dr. B]

We've been doing LASIK in my office for the past 10 years and it is a wonderful procedure. Please do not price shop. This is your vision and your quality of life you're talking about! I would suggest having CustomVue LASIK with wavefront technology. It's a superior procedure and can correct your vision better than contacts or glasses. It's a much more precise procedure compared to standard LASIK. We also use a Femto laser to create the corneal flap. There is less dryness after surgery and a more uniform flap is created when using the laser. So at our office, we have 2 lasers being used. One to make the flap and a Visx Star 4 excimer laser for the actual correction of the blurred vision.

Take the time to research your doctor. Do your due diligence. Be educated and informed about risks ect. Although well over 95% of people are estatic with their outcome, there are risks and although rare, complications do occur.

Just to give an example of what to look forward to, this morning one of my good friends came in for his 3 month post-op visit. His vision is 20/10 with both eyes. That's twice as clear as 20/20! In about an hour from now he will be boarding a plane to Pasadena. His comment to me was how pumped he was to be able to fly without having to deal with contacts and how awesome he going to be able to see during the game. Again, it's all about quality of life and liberation from corrective lenses to see clearly.

I'm in Montgomery so that's probably too far for you to drive (although we've had folks to travel farther) to have it done. However, if you would like to talk, I'd be happy to any questions or concerns you may have. Good luck!

Benjamin Harris, O.D. aka: Dr. B
Primary Eyecare Associates
Montgomery, AL
dr_harris@pea1.net

[Buzbe]

I had lasik done over 10yrs ago, by Dr. Rawlings in Ocean Springs, MS 228-875-6950. I would recommend him to anyone, he also teaches surgery at Tulane Medical Center in New Orleans. 10 yrs and No problems.

[Greenhead22]

Lasik was the best graduation gift I could have ever received. I had it done in Jackson by Dr. McCaa. I went from 20/450 to 20/20 in less than 45 sec. She had just gotten the newest machine in about three years ago, and the price was high, like $4200. I didn't want any issues that could happen with the ones that only charge about $1500.

[kaustin]

One word. AWESOME!!!!!!

[Jeff]

[riverat]

Haik and Humble in Monroe i think have gone down to 750 an eye last i heard and they did me and a ton of people without any problem. i would trust them to do it again. i was only like -2 but it is well worth the contact/glasses thing.

[mudsucker]

[Smoke68]

[4-EYED GADWALL]

Best money I ever spent. I did mine 7 years ago Dr Connie Mccae in Jackson. she sends me a Christmas card every year.