Hey all,

I am scheduling to do my Lasik pretty soon on 8th May in Vista, The Curve

Went for doctor meetup yesterday and he mentioned that my overall size of eye (the external surface- lids and etc) is too small and the suction ring MIGHT not fit in.

He said he MIGHT need to cut a few mm...hopefully not cm at the right side of my eye so he can increase the width,height to fit in the suction ring on the day... This would cost me additional Rm 500 for both eyes

Just wondering if anyone has undergone this? I am actually a bit uncomfortable with the eye cutting to enlarge part....

Do kindly advise on this matter as I am kinda uncertain at the moment.. Laser is bad now but now have to cut? as far as I am concern.. damages,scar around eye area is hard to heal as a result of tears

Any suggestion/advise is highly recommended from those with experience.

Thank you

I don't have experience with eye surgery, but I have two experience with people whom I know that undergo the operation. The aftermath of it was unexpected.

1. First patient's eyeball now frequently feels like it is going to fall out. If she tilts her head forward, chances are it will fall out.

2. Second patient now has frequent migraines which she did not use to have before.

My point is that albeit LASIK surgery is a beautifying process, there is a small, tiny yet existing percentage that the aforementioned results can occur.

with every medical procedure, no matter how safe and how approved, every body is different and unique. hence there will always be a small risk in any procedure!

tatsumaki : is this becuz the patient who undergone lasik has cut the side of the eye to allow suction ring to be entered?

Cristiano : oh well, I know there is risk, but what is it like for cutting a few mm at side of eye ( recommended by doctor and he mentioned it will recover without scar or effect)

Any other got this experience among friends or etc?

Get a second opinion. Now. Your eyes are the most precious thing and you do not want to rush into surgery like this. I went to 3 centres myself, Vista, Princecourt Medical Centre in KL, and then finally settled at Optimax TTDI. The solutions offered by the staff in all 3 centres were DIFFERENT, and I chose Dr. Chuah at Optimax cos their surgery type was much more safe and suited for me and the doctor more professional.

never heard of any 'small eye' problem after spending hours researching lasik myself, maybe you just have exceptionally small eyes.

p.s. I did my surgery 4 months ago and I'm quite happy with my vision now, 20/20 for right eye, left eye better than 20/20, but with halo/starburst side effects.

This post has been edited by fearz: Apr 17 2009, 06:16 PM

Wow, people will voluntarily live with halo/starburst just to be without spex.

Um, it's only in dark places and it's not that bad until it disrupts my vision. Just an inconvenience. Unless you experienced it yourself you won't have any idea of the severity of it at all. Much better than wearing lens all day long or specs which I hate.

I wonder how lasik patients are going to manage their presbiopya and cataract during old age.



For all you know, you could go blind when you're old.

Wear glasses like normal people? And who says everyone will get cataracts? It's only exacerbated by sunlight so not everyone will get it.

For all you know, you could be perfectly fine as you age. Better to ask the doctor and do research instead of speculating, right?

Specs aren't that bad either, just inconvenient. I know what halo/starburst are, and that would be more annoying to me than having to wear specs.

Well just a difference in opinion then. You prefer to wear specs, I prefer to live with minor halo/starbursts at night.

Waking up and seeing the time instantly, playing sports without worrying about glasses, going jogging without sweat dropping on my glasses, going swimming without special lens, taking a bath with 20/20 vision, getting a haircut and being able to see my own reflection in the mirror, and last but not least, looking much better and being able to wear sunglasses >>> minor side effects at night. For me at least. To each his own.

Cant seem to find any information on those with smaller size of eye that undergone lasik which require a minor cut through all wonder google.

Gonna try to make appointment with optimax and get 2nd opinion now.

One of the major cause of cataract are due to ageing + hereditary, which is UNAVOIDABLE unless you stop the time.


The chances of ONE's vision being "PERFECTLY" fine when you're much older, is FAR LOWER than the chances of having them "LESS THAN PERFECT".

Its good to be optically optimistic, but have you done your research before you speculate?

This post has been edited by alanyuppie: Apr 20 2009, 10:37 AM

"I wonder how lasik patients are going to manage their presbiopya and cataract during old age."

That was the sentence I was replying to as to whether whether lasik patients had a higher chance of getting presbyopia than normal people. So, I said as long as one avoids sunlight which is the biggest controllable factor, lasik patients or non-lasik patients alike have the same chance of getting cataracts. What's the point of saying getting older causes it when the original poster already stated it and you can't avoid growing older anyway?

If you want to list all the causes of cataracts for some reason, list diabetes, smoking, or the use of steroids as well, even though that's nothing to do with a lasik topic.

Seeing as I have actually undergone the surgery and spent hours researching myself and talking to the eye doctor, yes, yes I did. The only thing that he said "might" cause cataracts as I grew older were some steroid drops I took, but that was because I had Epi-Lasik done, not lasik.


This post has been edited by fearz: Apr 20 2009, 02:38 PM

Its actually kinda out of topic from what I want to find out but its always beneficial to listen to extra knowledge

* still waiting for the right opinion*

maybe u shd go for another center to check out?

haha sorry but I've never read/heard of your problem before...only thing you can do is ask another qualified eye doctor unfortunately..which will cost $$$.

Doctor's opinion will surely vary from centre to centre, better to get a 2nd opinion from someone qualified, I don't think anyone here can do that as we don't even know what your eyes look like.

Appointment with doctor will probably cost RM100-300. But it's worth it just to get peace of mind. They might even have better equipment at another centre which can fit your eye better. I cancelled my appointment at princecourt in KL to do surgery at optimax instead on the last day, after I found a better alternative.

This post has been edited by fearz: Apr 20 2009, 09:41 PM

Went to optimax earlier and met with Dr Stephen.

And yeah he mentioned that I've small eye and it is quite at the bottomline to fit in the suction ring for intralasik... guess I will wait till the operation day to find out if can bo...

Not too sure about cutting.. cuz it would be around 1 cm....


This post has been edited by Kayne: Apr 21 2009, 02:06 PM

I know this post is really long ago but did u do it eventually ?