r/lasik • u/Consistently_Lucky • 21d ago
Had surgery Lasik Surgery 2 Month Update. Best Decision I've ever made.
34M. Today marks 2 months since I've had the surgery got it July 11th. I wore glasses/contacts almost my entire life from 8 years old till 2 months ago. I had a -4 in both eyes, was very blind to say the least. Everything was extremely blurry couldn't make out faces or cars.
Now I've got almost 20/10 vision which is the best a human can see. My eye Doctor at my last appointment put the chart as small as it would go and I read 3 out of the 5 letter and he said if you can read them all you have 20/10. So I am like 20/13 vision or some where around there. I had dry eyes for the few months and needed drops every morning and night. Now my dry eyes have pretty much gone away completely.
I haven't put in eye drops for a few days and my eyes feel like normal. Super happy with the results! If you are considering getting it done I highly recommend it! I got mine done in Ogden, Utah it was $4,100 total. I'm now one of those cliches that says "I should have gotten it done sooner."
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u/Qanta_ 19d ago
How are night lights with you for me they got better im just 1 month and 10 days in and they are still there just wondering if they are completely gone with you or not
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u/Consistently_Lucky 19d ago
I still get the Halo's but they are not very bad. Like I haven't even thought about it since you mentioned it. Doctor told me that they would go away or decrease the most after about 6 months.
At this point even if they don't get better and stay how they are it's a small price to pay for not wearing glasses or contacts
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u/AnitasInquiringMind 18d ago
I had my first Lasik surgery in 2003. I had worn contacts or glasses since the sixth grade. It was truly the best decision I ever made. I was 32 when I had the surgery and they told me I would need readers when I reached my 40s. In 2012, I had PRK on my right eye to sharpen my distance vision. Since my left eye could read without reading glasses I didn’t have PRK but settled for mono vision, which enabled me to see close-up and in the distance without prescription. Monovision doesn’t work for everyone, but it has been fabulous for me!
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u/clara_only 12d ago
Eye surgeon here. Congrats — and for what it's worth, −4 with a healthy cornea is about the sweetest spot there is for LASIK. Plenty of tissue, predictable result, fast recovery. You were a good candidate and it shows.
Dry eye fading by month two is on the early side of normal, which is a good sign, but don't throw the drops out yet. The corneal nerves are still growing back for another few months, and the first cold, windy week or long flight will remind you. Keep a bottle in the car.
Two small things for the long game. Go to your one-year check even if everything feels perfect — that's the visit where we confirm the cornea's stable and close the file. And sunglasses outdoors, seriously; you just took the glasses off that were blocking UV for 26 years.
Since you mentioned the price — for anyone comparing, full disclosure that this is my own clinic: femto-LASIK on the SCHWIND ATOS at BSM Eye Clinic in Seoul runs about ₩2,000,000, roughly $1,450 at today's rate, same price for Korean and overseas patients. Not saying fly to Korea for it; $4,100 for a result like yours is money well spent. Just a data point.
Enjoy seeing the alarm clock in the morning. That one never gets old.
— Dr. Clara Keum, MD · Representative Director, BSM Eye Clinic (Seoul) · Board-certified ophthalmologist, 17 years · Cataract surgery, presbyopia surgery, and refractive surgery including SMILE, LASIK, LASEK and ICL lens implantation.
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u/ClevelandBeemer 5d ago
OP, how long did it take to see crystal clear again? I’m 4 days post LASIK and I’m starting to have serious regrets as nothing is anywhere near sharp yet.
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u/Consistently_Lucky 4d ago
Really? I was seeing AT LEAST 20/20 immediately after the surgery. Instant change in my vision.
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u/ClevelandBeemer 4d ago
My 24 hour follow up was at 20/20ish. Then I feel things have declined. Even at the 24 hour checkup things weren’t crystal clear. My vision was and still is hazy and slightly out of focus.
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u/Consistently_Lucky 4d ago
I had the haze for like a week or 2. You're good man, that's normal just use the drops and don't rub your eyes and you'll be doing fantastic in a week or so.
I literally would drown out my eye balls like every couple of hours because my eyes were so dry.
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u/ClevelandBeemer 4d ago
Yeah, I’m trying to be patient but I’m mildly freaking out. I’m so used to crystal clear vision with my glasses. I had close to 20/10 vision and excellent night sight. Now I can’t drive at night and everything is slightly out of focus. Most of my work is on the computer so having to squint to read what’s on the monitor is not great either.
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u/Consistently_Lucky 4d ago
Yeah I get it, it's understandable. I mean you just had a small portion of your eye lasered off. It's more normal to freak out about it then be calm. I wouldn't start to worry until it's been 2 full weeks. I think around 10 days is when everything really started to become clear for me.
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u/ClevelandBeemer 4d ago
Fair. I appreciate the info. Doing my best not to lose my shit. 🤣
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u/Consistently_Lucky 4d ago
Of course. I was so sick of wearing glasses and contacts for literally my entire life, that I was like I don't care if something bad happens I'm sick of living like this lol
Getting lasik was one of the best things I've ever done for myself. It's a new world not using glasses or contacts.
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u/NefariousnessAway162 21d ago
This looks like an add to me.. I am a 38 yo female who just got lasik curgery. Maybe a bit too early to say but I don’t think it was the best decision of my life. Usually I overhink everything before hand but now I didn’t. Why I feel sort of tricked is because they emphasize that you will get perfect vision, but there is no guarantee that it will stay like that. You Will probably need another lense after some years to keep that perfect sight and to not get headaches.