Hi - I am in my late twenties with -2.25 in both eyes. I am very interested in knowing whether i shud get my eyes "lasiked". But I am quite anxious about the potential risks such as dry eyes and any other complications . Do u think my vision is bad enuf to consider a lasik or related procedure ?

thanks.

I know I should know this but, I don't know what that translates to so, I'll tell you what my prescription was before I had my surgery. It was 20/40 and 20/60 with a fairly high level of astigmatism.

As far as whether you should get the surgery, you first need to find out if you are a candidate by going to a reputable Lasik Surgeon. Then, if you are a candidate, I would say to go for it. I don't regret it even though I still suffer from first thing in the AM dry eye 2 and a half years later. No one can say for sure if you will have any post-op issues. Everyone is different.

Just make sure first that you are a candidate for the surgery and only a doctor can tell you that. Then, make your decision from there!

Take care and keep in touch!

-2.25 is not a big correction. If I were you I'd consider a surface treatment, ie. Lasek, Epi-Lasik, or PRK. They all do pretty much the same thing, except PRK will hurt you the most for the week following the surgery.

Lasik is great for large corrections because it doesn't prokove a wound response in the cornea. But with a correction like yours you wouldn't be a candidate for corneal haze. Lasik it compromises the structural inegrity of the cornea and there are more things that can go wrong.

my 2 cents :)

I agree that there is a movement by opthalmic surgeons towards surface procedures rather than LASIK because of fears over long term safety. However, beside haze, the results achieved by surface procedures are still less predictable than LASIK.

for large refractive errors, I agree. but for anything less than -6.0, the surgeon performing a surface treatment has 20 years of medical data to draw on. For minor corrections surface treatments are safer and as predictable as keratomilleusis.

Also, successful Lasek especially is far less dependant on surgical skill than Lasik. Worst case scenario, the surgeon fails to remove the epithelium effectively, and the procedure becomes standard PRK. Which involves the same operation of the laser as Lasik prodedures.

Surface treatments hurt more, there's no doubt. And you will take 1-4 weeks to get back to normal vision. But for a small correction, they're safer.