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

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.

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?

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.

"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

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