As another reviewer said, the $500 per eye is a fantasy and a bait. You end up paying a lot more. For me, nothing went as advertised: the price, the fast recovery, the amazing results. I had a procedure called Monovision where one eye is supposed to see afar and the other from close.
It's true that the surgery doesn't hurt, but as soon as the anesthetic is gone, it's awful: you can't open your eyes and you feel as you had sand in the eyes for several hours.
For my 24 hrs consultation I was very scared since I completely lost my near vision (I only needed glasses to see afar and was able to see very well from close). I was not reassured of anything, nor told what was going on. The girl who saw me seemed really bothered as she didn't want to be there on a Sunday and have a client asking stuff. Instead she gave a me a pair of reading glasses and told me that I should avoid using them so my brain would adjust. Then I had an appointment set up in 2 weeks. Since I had no improvement I had another appointment in a month, then after two months and then after three months.
My far vision took a long time to adjust. It was blurry or distorted and I kept suffering from awful headaches every other day. My near vision was gone and it was improving very slowly. I was told at every appointment that I should avoid using the reading glasses.
I have a hand-made items store and I had to close it because I was not able to work. Note that I was never asked what I did for living. I was told that I "might" need reading glasses, but they never told you that you I would definitely lose my close vision. Also, when I did the initial test with the optometrist lenses, I could see so much better from close than I do. I was told that this option was the "compromise" one since I would not see at far at 100% since both eyes were not going to be corrected to see at a distance. I thought it was okay if I were to see as I was showed with the test lenses.
If knew that I would loose my near vision I would definitely have waited for the surgery until the time I needed reading glasses for my every day life.
For my 3 months' appointment my far vision was better, the headaches were less often but my close vision was not okay. Anyway, I was very surprised to learn that my eye to see from close was under-corrected and that I was seeing much less than I was supposed to. I was told that they had to send a note to the ophthalmologist to ask her if she was going to correct this eye right away or wait for 6 months. I was told that I didn't have to do anything, that they would contact me. I was a bit shocked and I didn't know how to react at the moment.
Now it's been 4 weeks since that appointment and I haven't heard back rom Lasik and at this point, I don't know if I will have to undergo another surgery.
No, I'm not happy at all and I would not recommend Lasik. read more