I wanted to do lasik surgery but my brother is also interested. What is the age limit for surgery?

anmolbhard004 said:
nope my sister got her lasik done in 2012 she's still not wearing any spectacles that time only few hospitals used to do lasik , we got it done at Sankara Nethralaya Chennai.
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I have encountered 2-3 people ranging from 40s to 55 age and even though they have been cleared of any eye power they have been advised to use a zero powered specs/lenses hence my statement.
 
I had PRK done a couple of years ago and my sister had LASIK even before me. For us, it was painless. She has developed a small number in one of her eyes. I, on the other hand can see that the image is still not clear as it used to with glasses. I can see that one eye is better than other at some distances. I had perfect near vision which is not the case after PRK. I can read subtitles from TV but I find white color seems to spread. It is not as sharp.

One intersting thing is, One day after PRK, I had to go for eye test and it was better than 6/6 for both my eyes and I was extremely happy with it. But as healing progressed, it was not the case. My left is bad at near vision(wasn't before PRK)
One thing that people dont't talk about is eye fatigue. My eyes get easily tired now. Earler, I never faced this.
If I could undo it. I would.

My advice, If your work involves screen time, then avoid it and use spectacles like a good nerd. Resultes can be different for everybody though.

Feel free to ask anything about it. There are other techniques like SMILE available too but haven't researched on them.
 
Just get a good pair of glass lenses from a good brand (smudge+scratch+fog proof + UV filtering) with a comfortable frame, and contacts for looking into someone's eyes.
 
Party Monger said:
ITs not a small risk. Go to twitter and search. You will find real people telling you how much pain they are in. Its not worth the risk.
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Lol, wut? I have had many family members and relatives who have gotten LASIK and it has been smooth sailing for them, Recently my friend got hers done and she was back to her routine in 2 days. Yes, there's a small % of people that might develop complications but your point is just fear mongering. And twitter is the absolute last place to get "legit" info from.

If you are in Bangalore, here are the best hospitals to get the LASIK done: Narayana Nethralaya, Prabha Eye clinic, Nethradama
 
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I am no expert.

There is a difference between
1) how likely an issue will happen and
2) how it will affect your life if it happens. And that vs what will it change if it works, how is it today.

The 2nd part is the risk which i did not like and did not find the tradeoff worth it - for me.
Even if something works for 99% people, 1 in 100 will have a terrible time and that or even 1 in 1000 seems too high for me for this case.
All we get back is we lose glasses probably for few decades

pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov

Eighteen-year prospective audit of LASIK outcomes for myopia in 53 731 eyes - PubMed

Myopic LASIK performed in Asian eyes is safe and effective with high refractive predictability in a comprehensive LASIK programme with appropriate clinical audit.
pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
The overall complication rate is 0.98%, and since 2010, the annual complication rate has been <0.8%.
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People with severe eye issues might find it worth the risk if this solves it. And yes most people apparently have no issues. Good for them.
But id rather not try and get unlucky in this case.
 
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puma007 said:
By brother in 43's wanted to do lasik surgery along with me. Surgeon accepted my surgery treatment but denied for my brother. is 43 is that risky number for lasik surgery
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reconsider , esp if your power is high.
Mine is -8 and i stayed away. i use Contact lenses which are at worst a minor 1 minute inconvenience in the morning

I know at least two people in my immediate circle who had high degree myopia and encountered retinal detachment issues after Lasik.
For one it was minor but now he needs to be ultra careful at all time to avoid any impact.

The other friend had major issue which took months and multiple follow-up sessions/ additional procedures including intravitreal oil injections ( and several months of eye patches) to resolve.

Both are very well-to-do and would have used the best available places for the procedure.. in case someone assumes that the place they chose for the procedure may have been questionable
Tracer_Bullet said:
There is a difference between
1) how likely an issue will happen and
2) how it will affect your life if it happens. And that vs what will it change if it works, how is it today.
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This - the risk % may be be low
But the risk impact to reward ratio is terrible
 
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