darkSpyro

I personally have never gotten it done, but my step-dad had it done years ago and has never had any problems since then.

Yeah, wen I was a baby.

I'm actually sacrificing getting braces just so I can get laser eye surgery when I grow up. My eyes have pulled off a whooping 4 in short-sightedness, so I need to wear them 24/7. >.>;

Quote: NINJAsk11

Yeah, wen I was a baby.

When your vision is just developing, and doing so can give your eyes physical problems? Yeah, I'm not buying it.

Quote: Spyro Fanatic

In Australia you have to be over 20 any have your vision stable for a year before you can be considered for laser eye surgery.

...except she isnt australian

At least my parents told me so. They appeared to use a laser to get the canser in my eyes away.

maybe get contacts and carry those around too? it'd be cheaper and an alternative if your glasses did break or get lost and you could get surgery later

Quote: Big Green

maybe get contacts and carry those around too? it'd be cheaper and an alternative if your glasses did break or get lost and you could get surgery later

I've tried contacts. Personally they seem to be more trouble than they're worth lol

Quote: Spyro Fanatic

Quote: ReshiramForever

Quote: Spyro Fanatic

In Australia you have to be over 20 any have your vision stable for a year before you can be considered for laser eye surgery.

...except she isnt australian

It's still the standard procedure guidelines for most first world countries (including the US.)

http://www.lasik.com/articles/...d-to-have-lasik

"LASIK is FDA-approved for those 18 and older. Most providers encourage young adults to wait until their mid-20s because, until this time, a person’s prescription may be still changing."


Anyway, I saw this video... not really sure if I want to do it now... >__>

Quote: Spyro Fanatic

Quote: AvatariDragon

Quote: Big Green

maybe get contacts and carry those around too? it'd be cheaper and an alternative if your glasses did break or get lost and you could get surgery later

I've tried contacts. Personally they seem to be more trouble than they're worth lol

Quote: Spyro Fanatic

It's still the standard procedure guidelines for most first world countries (including the US.)

http://www.lasik.com/articles/...d-to-have-lasik

"LASIK is FDA-approved for those 18 and older. Most providers encourage young adults to wait until their mid-20s because, until this time, a person’s prescription may be still changing."

Anyways, contacts aren't too difficult to insert and remove when you start wearing them. It took me an hour to learn how to insert contacts, but during the same day when I had to take them out it took me five seconds to remove both of them. If you have some patience they become incredibly easy to wear.

Ah, I got it right the procedure criteria correct. Thanks for clarifying that.

Quote: DummyZ

I'm actually sacrificing getting braces just so I can get laser eye surgery when I grow up. My eyes have pulled off a whooping 4 in short-sightedness, so I need to wear them 24/7. >.>;

Why can't you have both?

Quote: Ice Dragoness

Quote: DummyZ

I'm actually sacrificing getting braces just so I can get laser eye surgery when I grow up. My eyes have pulled off a whooping 4 in short-sightedness, so I need to wear them 24/7. >.>;

Why can't you have both?

Braces are pretty expensive.

Edit: And apparently laser eye surgery is, too.

Is it LASIK that you'd be receiving? There are a couple of other procedures. LASIK is really just using lasers to restructure your cornea so the lenses of your eyes can properly focus objects onto your retina. It's become a fairly routine procedure in the United States. However, the changes made by the laser are completely irreversible and, given that it's a procedure using lasers, it's fairly complex.

You might want to research it a little more before making a decision.

Quote: HIR

Is it LASIK that you'd be receiving? There are a couple of other procedures. LASIK is really just using lasers to restructure your cornea so the lenses of your eyes can properly focus objects onto your retina. It's become a fairly routine procedure in the United States. However, the changes made by the laser are completely irreversible and, given that it's a procedure using lasers, it's fairly complex.

You might want to research it a little more before making a decision.

Perhaps, I'm not really sure.
And yeah, definitely gonna research some more. Eyes are quite important, so.. xD Thanks for the link

welp my dad did it years ago and his eyesight has improved massively

Quote: AvatariDragon

Quote: Ice Dragoness

Quote: DummyZ

I'm actually sacrificing getting braces just so I can get laser eye surgery when I grow up. My eyes have pulled off a whooping 4 in short-sightedness, so I need to wear them 24/7. >.>;

Why can't you have both?

Braces are pretty expensive.

Edit: And apparently laser eye surgery is, too.

You get free braces on the NHS if your teeth are considered bad enough.

Quote: Ice Dragoness

Quote: AvatariDragon

Quote: Ice Dragoness

Why can't you have both?

Braces are pretty expensive.

Edit: And apparently laser eye surgery is, too.

You get free braces on the NHS if your teeth are considered bad enough.

Oh really? That's neat, I didn't know that.

Quote: Ice Dragoness

Quote: AvatariDragon

Quote: Ice Dragoness

Why can't you have both?

Braces are pretty expensive.

Edit: And apparently laser eye surgery is, too.

You get free braces on the NHS if your teeth are considered bad enough.

Except in this country there is no NHS.

Considering how the family is quite short in money lately due to crisis, we just can't be having them right or we'd have to save for quite a while. And since I really don't care of the position of my teeth, rather just their health, I was more than willing to sacrifice it. Laser eye surgery is a lot more worth it. With any hope they'll be able to afford the laser at that time, of course.

Quote: Spyrobaro

Quote: DummyZ

I'm actually sacrificing getting braces just so I can get laser eye surgery when I grow up. My eyes have pulled off a whooping 4 in short-sightedness, so I need to wear them 24/7. >.>;

You'd think that if your eyesight was good that you'd take your eyes off for a while right??????

Excuse me...? ._.'

Quote: DummyZ

Quote: Ice Dragoness

Quote: AvatariDragon

Braces are pretty expensive.

Edit: And apparently laser eye surgery is, too.

You get free braces on the NHS if your teeth are considered bad enough.

Except in this country there is no NHS.

Considering how the family is quite short in money lately due to crisis, we just can't be having them right or we'd have to save for quite a while. And since I really don't care of the position of my teeth, rather just their health, I was more than willing to sacrifice it. Laser eye surgery is a lot more worth it. With any hope they'll be able to afford the laser at that time, of course.

I'm thinking of TorchSheep, you two are similar.

I'm going to need laser eye surgery later in my life. I'm so nearsighted im blind without my glasses. When I'm not wearing my glasses I have to use my memory and rely on sounds and motions to know where I'm going. DX

Just curious, what contacts did you use that made them more of a hassle than they are worth? I'm asking because personally I wear contacts and I hardly have any issues with mine, there are rare occasions where they fall out, but more times than not, they don't bother me, I often forget that I'm wearing contacts a lot of the time. I'm wondering if it was a different type, because I wear Day & Night contacts, which means I never have to take them out and wash them nearly as often, in fact almost never. The only time I take them out is if they tear or if I lose one and have to put another in.

Quote: Crownless King

Just curious, what contacts did you use that made them more of a hassle than they are worth? I'm asking because personally I wear contacts and I hardly have any issues with mine, there are rare occasions where they fall out, but more times than not, they don't bother me, I often forget that I'm wearing contacts a lot of the time. I'm wondering if it was a different type, because I wear Day & Night contacts, which means I never have to take them out and wash them nearly as often, in fact almost never. The only time I take them out is if they tear or if I lose one and have to put another in.

If I remember correctly, they were only good for two weeks of wearing.