Lasik eye surgery
 

Looking for advice. I am 25 years old. Wanting to get laser surgery. unfortunately, my insurance does not cover it. I can get this procedure done for $3640.00 for both eyes. Has anyone here had this and is it worth this amount of money ?

I've worn contacts and glasses for 20 years.

Would love to have it done
but to rich for my blood.
I've had freinds that has done and
where nevre sorry.

thanks redtail.... im more/less looking for opinions...... i can get it financed for a few years..... but im worried about the effects.

My blind buddy did it and said it was the best thing he's ever done. No more contacts and glasses.

One of my good friends had it done and said it was the best money he's ever spent.

I'm thinking about going that route myself. I'm sick and tired of wearing contacts. My eyes feel as dry as a desert and have always been real scratchy ever since. I've tried many kinds of contacts and its always the same feeling.

i know a guy who did it and he has no regrets ....

i feel your pain, were in the same boat. I hate waking up at 2am to go fishing and putting in contacts. Or having one fold while ur in the boat and there is only beer and powerade in the ice chest and your having to put the contact back in with Big lake water... :pissed:

the army paid for my buddy's ,perfect vision he says now...


on another note.. ever wonder why it's illegal in baseball?

In baton rouge it's 999 an eye if you have astigmatism
799 an eye if you dont

Got mine done in 2004. BEST MONEY I ever spent. Dr. singer in Metairie did mine. $799.00 an eye. WELL worth the money. Actually the pre surgery Valium was worth the $799.00 per eye.

A guy a work with had it done a few months back and loves it. I wish I had the $ to get it done. Maybe weedeater will lone me some $ being he's loaded.

All I can say is that my dad was a doctor and one of his close doctor friends who is a local Opthamologist told me to wait as long as you can, meaning after the age of 50 or later because they did not really know what the long term effects of the surgery. meaning if you have it done in your 20s and 30 years later????????

I had it done about 4 years ago. It is the best thing I have ever done. I could see perfectly just hours after the surgery. The surger takes 20 minutes and is pain free.

My only advice would be not to go to someone that advertises speical rates on the radio or anything like that. These are your eyes and you only have 1 pair so go to someone that lets their work speak for itself and they don't need to advertise regularly. The doctor I chose was recommended to me by another doctor that had work done by him. I figure if one doc. trusts another doc. he must be good.

thats my options im weighing........



Note: IF I finance this for 5 years, im paying almost double===$5,900 for 2 eyes

Amen to that...they dope you up with those little blue things pretty good. Makes you just want to sit back in the chair and say "WOOOOOOOO WEEEEEEEEEEEEEE"

I had it done 5 years ago. I got tired of the glasses and contacts. Best $2,500 I ever spent. The $3,640 sounds high. Where is this at? I did mine in Baton Rouge with DR Fay and I was very happy with everything. I still have 20-20 vision.
Good Luck!

I see it went down from a few years ago....

alexandria...

I would check out BR......Dr Faye at the eye center she is the ****....

Jordan, I look at it like this......few things are more important to you than your eyesight. I had LASIK done about 10 years ago. I'm damn near 100 and ain't never wore glasses. Dr. Steven Brint in Metarie is one of the pioneers of this procedure but he is expensive. Dr. Singer that Blue mentioned is probably your best option but, when it comes to my eyes, I'm getting the best. No matter the price...it's money well spent.

10mg Valium.

Jordan....... if you can wait......why not start saving up money for 2 years and then have the eyes operated on when you can pay cash for it.. That way you will save over $ 2000.

I bought LASIK for my ex wife @ Williamson eye clinic in br I think it was 2500 for both she no longer has to wear glasses ...

If u want to do it in br u can crash at my house the night b4 n after the procedure

Had lasik on both my eyes in Baton Rouge 6 years ago. Best $2,000 I have ever spent. Had personal mapping on my left eye, due to it being much worse than the right. Had regular lasik on the right. Prior to the procedure I could not see distance clearly. After the procedure and 5 years later my distance vision is awesome.

:cheers:

Check out Dr Redmond in Alexandria. They were running a special.

Had mine done and I promise it's the best $2400 I've ever spent !! Do it, you will not regret it I promise

i keep tellin you i got all the money you need aslong as you can handle the intrest rates

I've seen em advertising on old Hammond in BR. FOR 799 PER EYE...but if you want the best..go to Dr D.(delahossay? ) @Seeca eye care in Houma..one of the best in the state

Only met 2 folks that had problems and both just had to keep wearing glasses.
But, both had been told they were borderline not being a candidate for lasix.

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but with that said dad just got his done and he loves it!! He has worn glass as long as i can rember. he says he has never seen better.

thanks bro... im still weighing my options......

He did mine around 2001. $699/eye back then. Did good for me.

Dr. Singer did my bro-in-law a year or two before Rita and it works great for him.

When I got mine done way back in 2001, Dr. Singer had already done over 10,000 others. That is why I went to him. He did mine, gave me some sleeping pills and I
went across the street to a hotel and slept. Next morning I woke up and drove home.
He was in Metry on Clearview and I-10 back then.