Hi Dev and Gang,

I was just wondering about Dev's eyesight. I also wear glasses and have been thinking about going in for laser surgery to correct the problem (near sightedness). I was curious about Dev's particular needs for glasses and whether he has considered taking the plunge as well and trying out the laser surgery option.

Thanks!

James.

Laser surgery is not without risk, so I've heard. If you just want to rid you appearance of the glasses, I'd recommend trying contacts first (also more risky than glasses but at least you can't see when people are wearing them and there's no condense when you're moving from a cold to a warm room, or no raindrops on it )

See, I'm actually not that worried aout the appearance of wearing glasses. I think mine look pretty cool actually. It's more just the convenience of it. If laser surgery will remove the need for me to wear glasses, then I see no reason not to go down that path. For one thing, I won't need prescription sunglasses! But I'm curious about what risks are involved. If blindness is a risk then maybe it's not worth it. But if the worst risk is that I end up just having to wear glasses for the rest of my life, then I think it's probably worth the risk. I'll have to do some research.

There's a page on wiki, maybe you've already seen it :
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LASIK

I can't say much exept that if as a kid I trusted the doctors blindly (once you're on the table, you can't do much most of the time^^), but now I would make some research about who makes such surgery, and how satisfied their patients are (cuz' I'm slightly pissed when I go check a doctor specialised in something (ORL, dermatolog), and pay 50$ for a mere 5 minutes consultation).
On a medical messageboard, while many people were satisfied with their orthodontist, several were not and said they screwed the whole thing even more...

Despite many study years, it's still about practice and experience^^

Hey thanks for the Wiki link - it was very informative. Thankfully the place I have booked an appointment with actually offer 2 free consultations that are very thorough. They do tests that go for about 90 minutes to assess what your options are accurately. I'm going in the morning so I'll report back afterwards about what they say...

just wear the glasses i would actually like to wear glasses

yep, glasses are cool, except two aspects: 1.) you can always see the edge of them beyond which eyesight is limited, so that only the central part of your world seems clear. 2.) you need extra sunglasses and can't just buy and use those you like. that sucks.

I got glasses for short-sightedness about a month ago, I love them! Plus, I think they make me look rather smashing

Glasses: look cool on some people, but easy to break and don't correct periphery vision (and also for me they fuck up my depth perception and give me headaches)
Contacts: Comfortable and corrects vision in all areas, but much easier to lose, can be painful when they got torn/dirty and uncomfortable when water gets splashed on your eyes and increases risk of eye infections
Lasers: No more hassles! Except for the off chance that they fuck up... except I'd be scared shitless about having lasers cutting up my eyes in the first place.

Contacts it is for me!

Glasses are coo. I wear them.


And for all of you with sunglasses problems, get your regular glasses with transition lenses. That's what I did. So when you go outside and it's sunny, your glasses will darken in a few seconds. Very handy.

i used those, too. but after a while, they more or less stayed half-shaded :/ also, sunglasses are (at least partially) for the looks. check my avatar i'd like to have dozens of them to select from, but that's too expensive

I've been wearing glasses now for 9 years and I guess I was interested in the laser surgery option just to see if I could do away with them. I went to the laser surgery clinic and came back with good news and bad news. The good news was that my particular condition is easily correctable with LASIK. The bad news is that it costs $4300 bucks! So I was pleased to learn that at least I am eligible to have the procedure done. But for that kind of cash I'd have to be earning big to go and splurge on LASIK. And at this point, I certainly don't have the cash. So, for now, glasses it is. And I have no problem with that

Glasses: look cool on some people, but easy to break and don't correct periphery vision (and also for me they fuck up my depth perception and give me headaches)
Contacts: Comfortable and corrects vision in all areas, but much easier to lose, can be painful when they got torn/dirty and uncomfortable when water gets splashed on your eyes and increases risk of eye infections
Lasers: No more hassles! Except for the off chance that they fuck up... except I'd be scared shitless about having lasers cutting up my eyes in the first place.

Contacts it is for me!

Me too! Switched from glasses to contacts about a 6 months ago and it's been perfect so far

Contacts: Comfortable and corrects vision in all areas, but much easier to lose, can be painful when they got torn

Why the hell are you wearing them when they're torn?!!

I have s****y eyesight and rather unfortunately, I am really not someone who suits glasses..even my optician said so last time I was trying to pick them. So I'm vain and wear contacts some of the time, although my eyes have a tendency to dry out.

My brother in law had that same trouble with the transition lenses when going inside they'd stay dark for ages and he really regretted getting the,

I'd love to get surgery, but the fact that my prescriptio is too high/I have an astigmatism/I have a lazy eye/squint rules me out on 3-4 different factors, lol, never mind.

And for all of you with sunglasses problems, get your regular glasses with transition lenses. That's what I did. So when you go outside and it's sunny, your glasses will darken in a few seconds. Very handy.

Useless if you're driving. My mate got transitions lenses in his regular glasses so he didn't have to fumble about and change them while he was driving. His car was supplied stock with slightly tinted windows, as I believe most are now. The lenses didn't change.