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| No |    | 7 | 53.85% |
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Is it safe for eyes to do a Laser Surgery and being freed from Contact lenses and Spectacles ?
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How many people do you know who's eyesight remains constant throughout their lives?
AFAIK, it's a one-shot deal, and if/when your prescription changes you'll be back to needing corrective lenses again.
AFAIK, it's a one-shot deal, and if/when your prescription changes you'll be back to needing corrective lenses again.
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With still a 5-10% failure rate (in which I describe failure as your vision after the procedure being worse than it was before) I call it definitely NOT safe.
As people are clearly allowed to attack me but I'm not allowed to defend myself, I no longer post to this site.
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All surgery has a risk
You shouldnt get it unless you really need it (e.g you have cataracts and will go blind otherwise)
You shouldnt get it unless you really need it (e.g you have cataracts and will go blind otherwise)
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>How many people do you know who's eyesight remains constant throughout their lives?
So far mine has, noone told me it wasn't right to be blurry in the distance and since i started having eye tests at 13 it's stayed the same. Unusual for a teenager apparently
I know a teacher who had it done on one eye. The result wasn't satisfactory enough for him to cough up the money for the other eye. Then again my aunt had it done years ago (about 6?) and her eyes are still fine.
So far mine has, noone told me it wasn't right to be blurry in the distance and since i started having eye tests at 13 it's stayed the same. Unusual for a teenager apparently
I know a teacher who had it done on one eye. The result wasn't satisfactory enough for him to cough up the money for the other eye. Then again my aunt had it done years ago (about 6?) and her eyes are still fine.
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Here is where an interesting outcome for the Law of Unintended Consequences comes in.
1)most pilot wannabes flunk out because of the requirement that their eyesight must be 20/20 or better uncorrected.
2) USNavy surgeons started doing laser eye surgery and now almost no one washes out of flight school due to eye sight problems.
3) The navy is running out of Submarine captains.
All those pilot wannabes who washed out for eye sight usually chose the submarine corps next. Now Navy surgeons are doing 1000s of the laser surgeries each year. If you want the laser surgery done right - find a retired Navy surgeon to do your eyes cuz they are the most practiced and accomplished available.
1)most pilot wannabes flunk out because of the requirement that their eyesight must be 20/20 or better uncorrected.
2) USNavy surgeons started doing laser eye surgery and now almost no one washes out of flight school due to eye sight problems.
3) The navy is running out of Submarine captains.
All those pilot wannabes who washed out for eye sight usually chose the submarine corps next. Now Navy surgeons are doing 1000s of the laser surgeries each year. If you want the laser surgery done right - find a retired Navy surgeon to do your eyes cuz they are the most practiced and accomplished available.
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and here you are automatically failed for your flight physical even for PPL if you have any eye surgery done (including LASIC).
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Sounds its unsafe...nice posts friends.
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Originally Posted by jwenting 
With still a 5-10% failure rate (in which I describe failure as your vision after the procedure being worse than it was before) I call it definitely NOT safe.
Never argue with idiots, they'll just bring you down to their level and beat you with their experience.
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