I had lasik vision correction the other day

[Togenisha]

and I can already see! What a difference, oh my GOD, I can't believe. The first few days my eyes were extremely sensitive. They still are.

My vision is ALMOST 20/20. Is it true that it's gonna get better? I don't buy it, to be honest.

So, I guess, I'm the first to use this section of the forum :-)

[Marianne]

I have not had it, I do need it though I wear contacts. But only when I go on the track, or I have to have a vision test at the DMV haha!

Did they do one eye at a time or?

[Marianne]

If you don't mind How much was it approximately and did it hurt. Are you just sensitive to light? Or does it feel gritty like you have snow/desert/heat blindness? Do you have to wear a mask at night? or those glasses?

[u4riah]

There is another procedure for placing acomodating lenses in the eyes. It's exactly like cataract surgery and the lenses that are implanted are able to adjust at all distances. I had it done 4 years ago because of presbyopia (old eyes that can't focus on anything close) -- everyone gets it starting in the 40s. I had reading glasses that drove me crazy -- put them on to read something, take them off to look in the distance. I always had excellent vision until my mid 40s and the glasses thing made me crazy. The lenses are 100% UV coated, so I don't have to worry about retna damage from the sum -- but I still wear sun glasses so I don't squint and make wrinkles. Bottom line for me is I have 20/20 vision for the rest of my life. The surgery itself takes about 10 minutes. You have to use antibiotic eyedrops for a couple of weeks and tape an eye cover on for a week while sleeping, but that's all. I have no problem reading the phone book (tiny type) without reading glasses.