LASIK Surgery

**Vix_84** · 01-04-2008, 10:14 PM

I thinking of saving money to do LASIK. Anyone done it before?

My degrees is 550 for both eyes. Anyone know roughly how much it wil cost? And can share your experience or anyone you know who have done lasik before?

Thanks so much.

**-Rokugatsu-** · 01-04-2008, 10:21 PM

Hmm i think around 2k-3k depends on ur degree o.o?
I also thought of trying but i scare lol ;x

kennken · 01-04-2008, 10:24 PM

I had friends who went for lasik.Not very sure of price but they said after surgery their eyes were very sandy and they felt uncomfortable. ~_~
They're still in the process of recovering,so never went to disturb them.

**Vix_84** · 01-04-2008, 10:27 PM

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Originally Posted by -Rokugatsu-

Hmm i think around 2k-3k depends on ur degree o.o?
I also thought of trying but i scare lol ;x

haha i heard not painful at all leh. 2-3k per eye? or whole op?

**Vix_84** · 01-04-2008, 10:28 PM

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Originally Posted by soccerfanzzzz

I had friends who went for lasik.Not very sure of price but they said after surgery their eyes were very sandy and they felt uncomfortable. ~_~
They're still in the process of recovering,so never went to disturb them.

oh so they jus went for the op? hhmm sandy sia... like quite serious

**-Rokugatsu-** · 01-04-2008, 10:33 PM

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Originally Posted by Vix_84

haha i heard not painful at all leh. 2-3k per eye? or whole op?

for both side of the eyes, but still got to pay for the consultation fees.

Just found one website, can see as information for the fees roughly bah lol.
http://www.lasik.com.sg/fee.htm

**TotalNV** · 01-04-2008, 10:42 PM

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Originally Posted by -Rokugatsu-

for both side of the eyes, but still got to pay for the consultation fees.

Just found one website, can see as information for the fees roughly bah lol.
http://www.lasik.com.sg/fee.htm

i went before... hehehe... june 2007.... i paid about $3k for both eyes... the place is at orchard paragon... the LASIK surgery clinic....

well, it's actually not painful, but the process can be rather irritating and uncomfortable.

your eyes are designed to blink, so for the 5-10 mins (both eyese) or so, you can only blink with one eye, coz the other eye (the operating eye) will be 'clamped' so you're forced to be disabled from blinking.

you wouldn't feel the pain when the laser is in operation, but you might feel uncomfortable when they're placing the clamps on your eye... imagine a 'claw-like-apparatus' is used to open up your eyes? hahahaa.... well, right after the ops, your eyes will be blood-shot red.

**tnotch111** · 01-04-2008, 10:45 PM

dun want la dangerous....later something unforseen ha[ppen then how???eye lei...very important....troublesome to wear glasses but still can see if blind then eat six liao...!!!

**TotalNV** · 01-04-2008, 10:47 PM

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Originally Posted by tnotch111

dun want la dangerous....later something unforseen ha[ppen then how???eye lei...very important....troublesome to wear glasses but still can see if blind then eat six liao...!!!

you dun have to worry too much, coz not everyone is suitable for lasik. they will do a pre-examination for you to determine the suitability. if you're not suitable, they will reject you. so it's actually quite safe.

**Vix_84** · 01-04-2008, 10:54 PM

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Originally Posted by TotalNV

i went before... hehehe... june 2007.... i paid about $3k for both eyes... the place is at orchard paragon... the LASIK surgery clinic....

well, it's actually not painful, but the process can be rather irritating and uncomfortable.

your eyes are designed to blink, so for the 5-10 mins (both eyese) or so, you can only blink with one eye, coz the other eye (the operating eye) will be 'clamped' so you're forced to be disabled from blinking.

you wouldn't feel the pain when the laser is in operation, but you might feel uncomfortable when they're placing the clamps on your eye... imagine a 'claw-like-apparatus' is used to open up your eyes? hahahaa.... well, right after the ops, your eyes will be blood-shot red.

wah so happy to tok to a person who personally went through ^^

btw, what degrees are you ner? cos was reading http://www.lasik.com.sg/fee.htm and saw diff kind of lasik.. I also dunno my 550 degree is under which 1 haha.

So now you having perfect eyesight le r? and is it straight away after lasik, you can see clearly le? haha excited sia tats y so many questions. sorry

But thanks for replying ^^

**Vix_84** · 01-04-2008, 10:55 PM

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Originally Posted by tnotch111

dun want la dangerous....later something unforseen ha[ppen then how???eye lei...very important....troublesome to wear glasses but still can see if blind then eat six liao...!!!

haha bro whats eat six? u mean eat shiet?

**-Rokugatsu-** · 01-04-2008, 10:56 PM

> TotalNV
wow sounds abit scary though you say not painful lol,
so is the result good after that? as in can really see very clear? ;x

**TotalNV** · 01-04-2008, 11:02 PM

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Originally Posted by -Rokugatsu-

> TotalNV
wow sounds abit scary though you say not painful lol,
so is the result good after that? as in can really see very clear? ;x

hahaha.... yeah... can be quite scary... esp when you're like wide awake, and LOOKING at the surgeon operating ON YOUR EYES.... hahaha... but seriously, no pain one... only uncomfortable and irritating nia. and its only for like... 5 mins... so just endure lor. most importantly, RELAX....... just relax....

of coz the result is good! hahaha... u dun spend $3k for a lousy result lor... now i have 6/6 vision (perfect eyesight), and completely independent on glasses or contacts.

**Vix_84** · 01-04-2008, 11:07 PM

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Originally Posted by TotalNV

hahaha.... yeah... can be quite scary... esp when you're like wide awake, and LOOKING at the surgeon operating ON YOUR EYES.... hahaha... but seriously, no pain one... only uncomfortable and irritating nia. and its only for like... 5 mins... so just endure lor. most importantly, RELAX....... just relax....

of coz the result is good! hahaha... u dun spend $3k for a lousy result lor... now i have 6/6 vision (perfect eyesight), and completely independent on glasses or contacts.

wow perfect eyesight!! great! btw why did you choose orchard ner? better than eye centre?

And what was your degrees before you op ner? is 550 considered moderate or high degree?

btw can imagine the uncomfort when eyes being clamped lol..

**TotalNV** · 01-04-2008, 11:07 PM

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Originally Posted by Vix_84

wah so happy to tok to a person who personally went through ^^

btw, what degrees are you ner? cos was reading http://www.lasik.com.sg/fee.htm and saw diff kind of lasik.. I also dunno my 550 degree is under which 1 haha.

So now you having perfect eyesight le r? and is it straight away after lasik, you can see clearly le? haha excited sia tats y so many questions. sorry

But thanks for replying ^^

to be frank, i didn't have high deg like you... mine was like 350 on left, and 200 on right... but sianx of wearing glasses and contacts, so decided to go for it... hehehe...

yup, perfect vision now... and oh, dun worry... i have a colleague who had close to 1000 deg, and she had perfect vision after the ops too. so i guess there should be no prb getting a perfect eyesight for you.

no, it takes a few days for your eyes to get used to the 'new eye sight', so it's not immediately that your vision will be perfect. for the first couple of days, vision will be slightly blurry, but it will be clear... ie. you dun need your glasses. roughly on the third day, you wil resume your normal routine liaox... so if you're really going, u can schedule the ops on a friday (take leave or something), and rest on the weekends... by monday, you should be able to go back to work/school.

**TotalNV** · 01-04-2008, 11:09 PM

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Originally Posted by Vix_84

wow perfect eyesight!! great! btw why did you choose orchard ner? better than eye centre?

And what was your degrees before you op ner? is 550 considered moderate or high degree?

btw can imagine the uncomfort when eyes being clamped lol..

i chose the one in orchard becoz that time got promotion... hahaha... add up everything about $3k lor... hehehe...

550 should be considered as moderate... u got astig anot?

yeah.... u try using a clamp/claw to open up your eyes see whether uncomfortable a not... hahaha.... then hor, clamping is one thing, the surgeon will also depress it a little to secure it in place... so the process of the clamping can be a little painful. but just for that 2 seconds or so.

g2gcya · 01-04-2008, 11:13 PM

i was thinking that glasses are fun during small,now i want to throw it away...i wany my perfect eyeside again!!!

**Vix_84** · 01-04-2008, 11:17 PM

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Originally Posted by TotalNV

i chose the one in orchard becoz that time got promotion... hahaha... add up everything about $3k lor... hehehe...

550 should be considered as moderate... u got astig anot?

yeah.... u try using a clamp/claw to open up your eyes see whether uncomfortable a not... hahaha.... then hor, clamping is one thing, the surgeon will also depress it a little to secure it in place... so the process of the clamping can be a little painful. but just for that 2 seconds or so.

hhmm i tink i got astig. duno is 100 or wt. cant rem. cos my contact lenses no astig de. and oso wear for very long time oso no trouble seeing tings.

aiya now no promotions le T_T sobz.. haha anyway i oso wun be able to save up so soon. still studying.

the feeling of waking up and no need glasses to see is shiok hor? haha.

**Vix_84** · 01-04-2008, 11:18 PM

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Originally Posted by g2gcya

i was thinking that glasses are fun during small,now i want to throw it away...i wany my perfect eyeside again!!!

hahaha glasses fun meh? lol nv liked them. haha ok lah maybe the moment when i got my 1st pair of glasses i felt excited.. haha

**TotalNV** · 01-04-2008, 11:19 PM

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Originally Posted by g2gcya

i was thinking that glasses are fun during small,now i want to throw it away...i wany my perfect eyeside again!!!

hahaha... go for lasik lor... hehehe...

oh btw, one more info for you guys if you're interested...

after the ops, you will be required to lubricate your eyes very very frequently... like every hour (half-hourly for the first week)... so another investment there... coz you need huge quantity of lubricants.... your eyes will be very very dry, so you need to use the special eye drop very often. i think the higher your deg, the drier you will feel... i only assume this becoz my eyes weren't really THAT dry.... but my colleague of mine whose deg was close to 1000, she told me her eyes extremely dry... so she used it much more frequently than me... for me, sometimes i will forget, coz i dun feel so dry... hahaha... confusing anot?