I had corrective vision surgery 12 years ago and it was some of the best money I’ve ever spent, I had an immediate
improvement in my quality of vision, and quality of life. My doctor advised me then that I was not an ideal candidate
because my prescription had never stabilized and I had needed slight stronger glasses every few years. (I had PRK
surgery which reshapes the outer surface of the cornea if that makes a difference )
So, it is no surprise now I am wearing glasses again to correct slight myopia (-0.25 prescription).
I am considering going in for a tune-up to re-correct my vision and get rid of the glasses for another decade or so.
Has anybody on the board done this? Were you happy with the results. I would use LASIK.
I’m wondering/worried about worsening already deteriorating night vision or any complications that are likely a second time around.
I, too, spent the best $1,200 health-care dollars of my life on LASIK ten years ago. Now, I am faced with the similar dilemna of needing to update my 50 year-old vision.
The first appointment I had two weeks ago to make this happen did not end as I had hoped. The attendent (not an M.D.) said I had eyes that, due to age, could not be fixed surgically this time
Time for a second opinion or to consider having one eye corrected for far vision and another for near vision. I really don’t want to go back to the contact lens days of old. They are less than satisfactory when you’re a swimmer.
I’d be interested to hear your results should you decide to get this tune up. I’m 6 years into my Lasik and so far so good. I was also borderline candidate and the doc didn’t have much material to work with. I fear that my vision will start to blur again soon and I might consider a tune up as well.
let us know what you find out please. BEST 4K i ever spent but i know that my vision isn’t 20/15 like it was immediately following my LASIK. i’d go in for a tuneup in a heartbeat if it means that i can get my better than 20/20 vision back.
My Lasik was 5 years ago, and one of my eyes isn’t good enough to pass the driver’s license test, so I need a tuneup also. Let us know what you find out.
Before retiring to teach swimming at The Race Club I practiced ophthalmology in Phoenix AZ for about 25 years and performed over 15,000 Lasik procedures.
Depending on how long ago you had your lasik done and whether you have blue or brown eyes, lifting the flap and ‘fine-tuning’ the correction is not a difficult procedure either for the patient or surgeon. Brown eyes tend to be a little more difficult to lift than blue eyes. Recovery is the same as the first go around…quick. Just be sure you have enough tissue in the remaining corneal bed that you are not at risk of developing ectasia…(bulging) a dreaded complication. Your surgeon should know.
Sorry…just realized you had PRK the first time. In such cases, might be better off just doing PRK again or epi Lasik. Recovery is a little slower than Lasik but the end result of vision should be the same. Won’t be as painful as it was 12 years ago with newer eye drops.
I’m about 10 years or so out from Lasik and certainly don’t have the 20/15 vision I enjoyed the first few years. However, at age 47, I can read the newspaper without reading glasses and would likely lose this ability if i got tuned up.
You must be that guy in the Dos Equis commercials - The Most Interesting Man in the World.
When you are not setting records in the pool, or giving sight to the blind, did you maybe invent a perpetual motion machine
or maybe feed some baby eagles on top of Camelback?
Thanks for the input - not sure I would go through PRK again. That was the worst headache I’ve ever had…
