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Originally Posted by RedJewel2SS
what is the price range for Lasik?
i can't wait to get it done... i too have horrible eyesight, i can't read the single biggest letter either and i have astigmatism to add to it.
last time i was in the doctor said my eye sight is still changing too much to have it done, but as i get older it will stabilize to where i can have the surgery.
my annual check up and contacts refill is approaching and i'm hoping she tells me it hasn't changed too much, current contacts still give me near perfect vision.
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1.) How old are you? I am 25, and my eyes stopped changing by about 21 - 23.
2.) Bochner Eye Institute charges apx 5400 for both eyes
3.) I had astignatism in my left eye as well, that is FIXED when laser eye surgery is done.
4.) The difference between the EXPENSIVE GUYS and the CHEAPY GUYS
1.) The cheapy guys use the metal instrument to cut the flap, and the blade used is the same BLADE for the entire day of surgery, all they do is ''sterilize'' it. The expensive guys i.e., Bochner use a totally different tool and procedure.
For starters, nothing ever touches the eye, at all!
It uses a special laser to create air bubbles which gently create the flap.
You're given a valum to help you relax as well.
To be perfectly honest
There was ZERO PAIN
The freeze your eyes 20 minutes before the surgery
Reapply the freezing 5 minutes prior
and then
One last time about 30 seconds
Fun Fact:
the 5 minute and the 30 second mark, you feel like they may have missed your eye, you dont even feel the eye drops go in.. The lady looking after me said count to 5, and you'll feel the eye drops.
By the time I got to 5, i could just THEN feel the eye drops (ON MY CHEEKS) spilling over.
Truly amazing.
The "pressure'' they talk about is non existant.. you cant feel anything.
Per eye, its 30 seconds.
LITERALLY
Greatest experience of my life.