Laser Eye surgery

[4getmenot]

Does this last forever?

[mycats]

No, I think your eyes continue to deteriorate throughout your life so if you got them done at say 25 you would need to get them done again even if it was years later.

[fairy!]

You can only have it done if you have a stable prescription. It is not guarenteed that the results will be permanent & there is no way of stopping you needing reading glasses when you hit your mid-40's or whatever.

I'm 25 & just had wavefront lasik 2 months ago.

[mycats]

oooh whats it like Fairy? I want to get it done, does it hurt or anything?

[fairy!]

Nah, it doesn't hurt, not the most pleasant procudure in the world though!

I've written a bit about it on my blog on MySpace:

www.myspace.com/skh80

[mycats]

great thanks fairy x

[4getmenot]

Yer thanks fairy :-)

[scoobydooby]

No - it's not forever and don't believe anyone who tells you it is! I had PRK seven years ago and whilst it's the best money I've ever spent, I had to start wearing glasses again for driving a couple of months ago. I would pay to have Laser treatment again but I'm going to have to wait (yet again) for my prescription to stabilse.

I wish there was someone available seven years ago to tell me it may not be permanent! As stupid as it may sound, I was absolutely devastated when my eyes started to deteriorate again - to the point where I would actually say I was depressed!

[fairy!]

Scoobydoo... sorry to hear about your problems :-(

However, the reason they can't guarentee it's permanent is that the procedure hasn't been around long enough to see the long term effects... surely that was even more the case 7 years ago when you had yours done? We're you actually told it was guarenteed forever?? Maybe you could sue!