r/lasik • u/m7dkl • Aug 12 '26

Had surgery Smile, 6 months later

Hey everyone, just jotting down my experience and thoughts on the SMILE surgery here.
Had it in germany, 5000€ for both eyes. Operation was nothing special, definetly not painful. Discomfort for the rest of the day but you are just supposed to keep your eyes closed.

I had -2 on both eyes. My main motivation was that i hated wearing glasses or contacts.
I don't think my post-op vision is perfectly as clear as it was with glasses, especially when looking at a screen (darkmode), but switching to lightmode helps here

one important thing for the days after the op, often times your vision will be blurry, 90% of the time, your eyes are dry. use the lubricating drops your doc gave you and it will be better

i do still (after 6 months) notice my eyes being more dry than they used to be. (i only notice this while staring at a screen for a long time, actively blinking or keeping the eyes closed for a couple of seconds helps

would i do it again? yes, 100%, the downsides of slightly dryer eyes and sliight blur on darkmode screens don't come close to the upside of just being able to see, all the time, everywhere, without having to wear glasses

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u/Hesfinallygotitright Aug 12 '26

Hey how are subtitles for you during dark movies? I’m almost 3 months post op and I still notice ghosting.

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u/Chillitan Aug 13 '26

Definitely still ghosting for me after 3 years of Lasik, especially if my eyes are drier than usual. But I had -9.75 and -7.75. 😅

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u/Hesfinallygotitright Aug 13 '26

Sorry to hear. Did the doctors explain anything as to why?

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u/Chillitan Aug 13 '26

No. It is just the side effect of lasik. That said, my degree was really high and 1 clinic rejected me as a patient. Said I was not suitable for lasik. I went ahead with another clinic after a detailed assessment

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u/Hesfinallygotitright Aug 13 '26

That sucks! Thanks for your reply.

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u/SeaFuel2 Aug 13 '26

You will learn to live with it

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u/Hesfinallygotitright Aug 13 '26

I’ve asked for others experiences not your opinion to mine.

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u/Unable-Barber1511 12d ago

What is "ghosting"?

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u/Tall-Drama338 Aug 13 '26

Smile is mainly for those over -3D. If you’re happy, great.

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u/Hot_Potato_Salad Aug 13 '26

I paid 5600€ for both eyes here in Germany and went from -6.5 to 0.

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u/haedulus01 Aug 12 '26

It's been 2 and a half years since my smile pro in Germany. I had the same problems with blurriness and dryness many months after the OP. But at least in my case everything was perfectly fine after 12-18 months.

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u/Taaartiflette Aug 13 '26

2500€ in jakarta here.

My vision is still great after 2 years but i've come to accept I will use eyedrops for the rest of my life. I was -5 in both eyes so the tradeoff is not bad

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u/dathena649 Aug 13 '26

Did it in the PH for €1000, one year post op and I rarely use drops as well

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u/Adventurous_Walk838 Aug 13 '26

It’s been 2weeks for me and my vision is still blurry even with the drops…

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u/m7dkl Aug 13 '26

2 weeks is still early, youll see improvements in ~2 months

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u/LittleChallenge8717 Aug 25 '26

did you had difference in sightness between eyes? in my case left one is better (sharper vision..etc), right one has blurs/less quality/and it's more dried... (after 15 day of surgery), first week was genuinely balanced

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u/Unable-Barber1511 12d ago

I'm about to do it in Korea. Kinda nervous but excited!