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Do you wear contacts, glasses, or nothing?
mistersampo:
--- Quote from: tomoya-kun on December 23, 2010, 04:02:30 PM ---My father performs laser surgery, it's quite safe.
The absolute failure rate would be around 2% (damage to vision), but the rate for complications would be around 10%. An average of 20% of my father's patients must have a follow up surgery due to complications.
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1 out of every fifty people leave the operation worse off than when they started? That doesn't sound "quite safe" to me. You might come in needing to wear glasses to correct your vision, and they fix it. That's fine and dandy. However, you might be one of the privileged few who leave needing bottlecap lenses and birth control goggles just to see. No thanks. I'll just wear glasses and play it 100% safe with something as important as my vision. Really, once it's gone, you don't get it back. That's just how it works.
Meomix:
--- Quote from: JoonasTo on December 21, 2010, 05:33:08 PM ---Because laser surgery isn't safe, permanent or cheap?
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Say what?!
mgz:
--- Quote from: Meomix on December 26, 2010, 04:58:45 PM ---
--- Quote from: JoonasTo on December 21, 2010, 05:33:08 PM ---Because laser surgery isn't safe, permanent or cheap?
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Say what?!
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its not safe - you can end up worse then you thought or in the occasional case blind or MUCH worse then you started. Thus it isnt safe yet.
Its not permanent, in many cases years after receiving the surgery you need to get it done again or your vision ends up deteriorating again again the effects of this vary from person to person and how long it lasts varies also.
Its not cheap - considering if you have half decent vision insurance you can get your glasses for like nothing once a year or 50 bucks once a year, vs spending 2-5k on lasik surgery which might last 10 years you tell me which is cheaper.
Soryon:
Both my parents and a few relatives had lazer surgery and are all doing fine.
May not be cheap but as far as I know it was payed for by insurance.
Fool010:
--- Quote from: mistersampo on December 21, 2010, 02:20:02 AM ---I don't really see the point in Laser surgery, for myself anyway, because I think that glasses are awesome.
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Hell no, I got rid of mine as soon as I've been able to afford it. I never asked to have them, and I never considered it was the way I was supposed to look like.
Had surgery 12 years ago, with excellents results that still haven't worn off. I'm glad I did, and would do it again if I had to ... though failure rate when I had it was about 40%. The only notable downside surgery had was an extreme increase in photosensitivity.
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