Has anyone had LASEK surgery before?

• parn

  6 Sep 08, 19:57

  Is it better than LASIK?

• icyboiz

  6 Sep 08, 20:37

  dono . u try liao den tell me ok?

• parn

  6 Sep 08, 20:41

  okok, but you will need to wait long long for it.

• Daisuke-kun

  6 Sep 08, 20:42

  i cant... saving on a 30k wedding ring

• Maith

  6 Sep 08, 20:51

  what's the difference between lasek and lasik? 

• parn

  7 Sep 08, 03:59

  Originally posted by Maith:

  what's the difference between lasek and lasik? 

  If I'm not wrong, Lasik replaces the lens in your eyes while Lasek removes the lens in your eyes and you actually needs to grow the lens back into your eyes again.

  Lasik has higher risk of infection but you can regain your vision quite fast. Lasek on the other hand, because they need the lens to regrow back onto your eyes, it takes like.....10 days to regain your vision. Lasek has 5% risks of eye infection.....but the eyes might be itchy during recovery I heard.

  I didn't google it, but I think that's what I've heard.

  You can always go google it and see.

• Maith

  7 Sep 08, 04:24

  Originally posted by parn:

  If I'm not wrong, Lasik replaces the lens in your eyes while Lasek removes the lens in your eyes and you actually needs to grow the lens back into your eyes again.

  Lasik has higher risk of infection but you can regain your vision quite fast. Lasek on the other hand, because they need the lens to regrow back onto your eyes, it takes like.....10 days to regain your vision. Lasek has 5% risks of eye infection.....but the eyes might be itchy during recovery I heard.

  I didn't google it, but I think that's what I've heard.

  You can always go google it and see.

  i see...but if its itchy,it would usually means its healing well. That's what my mom usually told me abt cuts and scratches anyway.

  Oh just wan to know,is there any operation to remove color blindess as well..? haha..because i have green and red color blind \: and im told i cant learn to drive if i got color blind );

• ChoCoChips

  7 Sep 08, 04:43

  u plan to do ijjit

  biggest difference i think is lasek longer recovery time, more pain, but no risk of corneal flap dislocating.

  how do u replace the "lens" in ur eye? got such thing meh?

   

   

• parn

  7 Sep 08, 04:55

  Originally posted by Maith:

  i see...but if its itchy,it would usually means its healing well. That's what my mom usually told me abt cuts and scratches anyway.

  Oh just wan to know,is there any operation to remove color blindess as well..? haha..because i have green and red color blind \: and im told i cant learn to drive if i got color blind );

  If you can remember the colour location of the traffic lights....like top is red, middle is yellow, bottom is green, then I think you should be able to still get a licence.

   

• parn

  7 Sep 08, 04:58

  Originally posted by ChoCoChips:

  u plan to do ijjit

  biggest difference i think is lasek longer recovery time, more pain, but no risk of corneal flap dislocating.

  how do u replace the "lens" in ur eye? got such thing meh?

   

   

  I think lasik corrects the lens in your eyes, but lasek burns away the lens in your eyes?

  Yup....thinking of doing it too....but I don't want to go blind....so not going to do it in Singapore if I really have to do it.

• ChoCoChips

  7 Sep 08, 05:25

  Originally posted by parn:

  I think lasik corrects the lens in your eyes, but lasek burns away the lens in your eyes?

  Yup....thinking of doing it too....but I don't want to go blind....so not going to do it in Singapore if I really have to do it.

  
  hurhur i think sg is very gd liao?

  jus more expensive oni ma.

• BadzMaro

  7 Sep 08, 08:24

  whichever is safer and more effective.. i will try. My eyes are going bad. lol

• icyboiz

  7 Sep 08, 11:24

  i asked before, they said it's best to do it if yr eye degree have not changed for the last 3 years