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Old 10-10-2006, 06:21 AM
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UNDGUY
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Joined APC: Apr 2006
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I have been dealing with an eye specialist who is telling me that she thinks she can get my vision to 20-20 in each eye seperately with contacts. She says the reason I can't see 20-20 is dry eyes due to the lasik surgery. Appartently when lasik changes the shape of the eye it changes the routes that the tear ducts follow and in rare cases (mine) causes severe dry eyes. The contact will trap moisture between my eye and the contact thus allowing my eyes to stay moist longer. That is her theory. We shall see. As far as why my eyes have become worse as time has past since the surgery, I spoke to three different doctors while trying to find a remedy to my medical issue. All three of them said that the lasik doctor I went to shouldn't have performed the surgery at such a young age.(19) Most doctors agree that the eye can continue to change shape until about 21 years of age. So, if the surgery is done too early, your eye changes shape after the surgical corrections have been made. One doctor I spoke to said she tells her patients to wait until they are done with college to be on the safe side. Just thought I would give an update to everyone that may be considering lasik. Every doctor I talked to said that the dry eyes are very rare and 99.9% of lasik surgeries happen without incident or side effects. It sucks to be the .1%, but that is a chance you take with any surgery.
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