Laser eye surgery - retreatment in one eye - would you bother??

GlasweJen

My friend got a top up laser but the practice recommended waiting until she fell below driving standards and had the same prescription for a year before going ahead as its a lot of money and if the eyes were still changing it would need redone sooner.

dantheman2010

What was the retreatment like?

GlasweJen

She said it was almost identical to the first time round except she knew what to expect and got a different set of eye drops after.

dantheman2010

Thanks im going to give it a miss for now i think. I dont want to risk getting side effects i dont have now.

tidus

dantheman2010 wrote: »

Double checked its L -0.50 R -1.00. I may get some glasses for night time driving, like i say i dont need them for tv and general day to day use so my question is if i do get some just for driving and only wear them for that will my eyesight deterioate from the use of the glasses that i will need to wear them more frequently and for things that i dont need them for now? I dont wanna make them worse by wearing glasses and needing them more often. Thanks.

Wearing glasses will not have any effect on any further changes in your sight. This is a myth, unfortunately one that is widely believed.

dantheman2010

I suppose it would be mind over matter? If I wear the glasses I will then know how crystal clear my vision could be, then I would need to decide whether I would be happy having my vision being less clear when I take them off after driving.

I went back to the opticians yesterday - they said if I am not struggling then with my prescription not to bother getting the glasses.

Although I would love crystal clear unaided sight, I just dont think I can go through the laser retreatment - I dont want to deal with the pain/discomfort and I definitely dont want to end up worse off (side effects) plus this would then leave my right eye (hopefully) fully corrected and then my left eye still at -0.50 and if that then worsens would have to go through it all again.

For the time being I think I will leave it all, see how I get on - the optician is happy to see me again in 24 months - so unless I experience any deterioation I will leave it.

Thanks to everyone for their help, advice and thoughts.

nedmundo

By your own admssion, you struggle to see clearly at night, so the least I would do is get some basic distance specs for driving.