LD needs teh glasses

Jam930 · 12-10-2004, 12:44 AM

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Originally Posted by UWSTopGun

I found this on a website it's basically a story of a man who had it done to him and blablabla....

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Is Laser Surgery for You?

For some, like Goldstein, laser surgery has been the ultimate freedom from the everyday hassles of contact lenses, and a second chance at having normal eyesight. But can everyone expect such dramatic results?

"The answer is no," says Rosenthal. "It's not a foolproof procedure and people need to know that some can end up with worse eyesight than before they went in."

Mary Ann Duke, M.D., a general ophthalmologist practicing in Potomac, Md., adds that there are other reasons why the expectations for laser surgery vary from person to person.

"People who are slow healers or who have ongoing medical conditions [such as glaucoma or diabetes] are not good candidates for laser surgery," she says. "That's why it's so important for patients to undergo a thorough examination with their doctor."

Poor candidates for this surgery also include those with uncontrolled vascular disease, autoimmune disease, or people with certain eye diseases involving the cornea or retina. Pregnant women should not have refractive surgery of any kind because the refraction of the eye may change during pregnancy.

The link is here for more... http://www.fda.gov/fdac/features/1998/498_eye.html

...Do you just turtle at home? Everything with benefits have risks.

Would you ever travel by plane? There are horrible websites out there warning about how if your plane crashes... you could die... DIE.

Never to go 3rd world countries because you could step on a landmine and die. Never swim in the ocean, there are sharks. Never go to bungie jumping or skydiving for obvious reasons.

The idea that more people that go in for eye surgery come out blind than are healed is the dumbest statistic in the universe. Why would anyone do it then... ever?

Sigh.

Thanks for this topic, I need to watch my vision. *turns down brightness on monitor and scoots back*

The main thing is resting your eyes. Having your eyes focused at one distance for over a few hours at a time slightly damages your eyes and it eventually builds up until you're bLinD.

Also, something related. Watch out for your hearing. Loud headphones - > deafness. I have friends like 17 yrs old and practically deaf.... and deafness sucks.

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