Am interested in this procedure. Anyone got any tips,recommendations, personal horror stories?

Update: I finally did it. Just want to share my own laser surgery experience.

When: End November 2007.
Where: OPTIMAX TTDI
Who: Dr Chuah
Power: Right 450myopia/200astig Left 400myopia/250astig
Treatment: Had custom wavefront intralasik. Basically same as lasik but they don't use the blade to cut. My corneal thickness meant I could have had the cheaper lasik option but I opted to have custom wavefront,which means the computer guided laser thingy does the cutting according to shape of each eye-this is supposed to give better result especially for glare/night driving problems)
Cost:RM 7000. (If had done the basic lasik would only be half the price,done at HUKM and TTDI also)
My age: 30s (old dude but still vain )

Current situation
Power: Right myopia gone, 50 astig, left myopia gone/astig gone.In fact my left eye is seeing 20/15,which is better than 20/20.
Any problems: None. First 5 hours there was sharp pain which faded when I went to sleep. After waking up next morning still blurry. After 3rd day, totally clear. Dryness if in car with open window or in cinema (very very cold) or office central aircon(very very cold and recycled air)
Aftercare from optimax: very very good. Have to go to checkup at any OPTIMAX branch on next day, 1st week,1 month and 3 months. Free consultation for life. Free re-correction if the result doesnt stick (not that that is a good thing necessarily)
Overall result: Full marks! Surpasses my expectations. Very little complication. Manystories of dry eyes and seeing floaters, but so far touch wood,none of those have happened to me.

This post has been edited by LYFfan: Jan 3 2008, 04:31 PM

you should go to tun hussein onn eye hospital in pj for a consultation. just walk up to the 4th floor and see the consultants there

no...the procedure is easy and fast. u can take off the bandage the next day and go back once a week for check up. as long as u hav $$, u dun need any tips. each eyeball cost u rm2k+

Consult the Lasik people first, they would do pre-check to determine whether you are suitable for the surgery

my colleague did it, his eyes were red(bloodshot) for few days, after that all went well.

What this Surgery are ?

I want to know how much to make a laser surgery that i no need to wear spec after it.
Anyone can tell me how much it cost ?

refer my post above...

Optimax in Taman Tun Dr Ismail.
I did my lasik there =) and so did my family and my friends..
if you wanna get their contact i can give you coz my friend is working there as well ...they're good

Hi xcutelilgal,
I heard optimax is good. so is the lasik centre(?).

Wanna ask u, did u have astigmatism and if you did, was the lasik able to correct it?

You will hafta go in fer a checkup 1st before you are recommended to what type of treatment will suite you. It will also depend on how healthy your eyes are. I didn't have astig so thats why i did lasik..my dad had it he had a different one.
If your eyes are not healthy enuff for an operation they will tell you not to do it and remain in glasses.
Optimax is good..so far all that i know who went there are in good condition. =)
Its very fast also the operation. You can go fer a checkup..no harm at all..
you're not forced into doing the operation or anything.

the operation painful or not xcutelilgirl?

is there any % chances of it to get fail and people get blind?

durnig operation not pain coz got anesthetic and it is only 5 minutes..very fast
but after that u come out jor..anesthetic gone..super pain..
all u can do is go sleep..after that wake up ok jor..
hafta drop eye drops fer few weeks then check up for few times
if u look after ur eyes properly nothing wrong de..
fail ar..if ur eyes not healthy they won't ask u to do it..
there is possibility but not high..
all my friends and me did it there
all of us are fine..
optimax is trustable

wat do u mean by "eyes not healthy" ?

uh i'm not very sure how they define it but if they see ur eyes too watery or too dry they won't be able to do the laser thingy..
i'm not the optometrist sowee..onlie they wil knoe

try this

http://optometry-updates.blogspot.com/

on the right side of the page under the title of "PREVIOUS POSTS"

u can choose to read what u want to know about LASIK eye surgery.

its all about the latest updates that u cant find in the net coz they r from medical journals.

I intend to undergo lasik surgery but is undecided which surgeon should I go to.
Has anyone see Dr Stephen Chung (Optimax), Dr Chuah Kay Leong (Optimax) or Dr Aloysius Joseph (Vista) before?
Is there any other recommended surgeon?
Has anyone undergo lasik in Vista or TLC besides Optimax?

Many thanks

Lim

I am the product of TLC
I have high-powered eyes hahahaa
did the surgery, no need bandage also... hmm
just got into anesthetic and then into the op room. Mine was done with the flap-opened operation. There are a new one that doesn't require to open flap (of course it will be more expensive).

The procedure is first to test your eye... Check on your eyeball... roound or not, the inside surface clean or not... Then, make an appointment for the operation when YOU ARE READY FOR IT.
My case was mine inside eyeball is not smooth, so have to go through another procedure during operation to smoothen it out then have my laser correction. Operation was fast an pain-free, just stress when u have to look at a green lite while the doc shoot laser into your eyeball to make the correction. Was cool... and FAST

After op it was all blurry.... But I know that I can see WAY WAY better. Go home, put on the eye mask (to make sure that I dun accidentally scratch my eyes) and sleep. My op was done in the morning, so by evening, I can see clearly already.

IT WAS A GREAT EXPERIENCE. But costly and also you need to make a HUGE decision because anything happens, you are on your own ASS to blame. Sign by you mar the letter of concent.

Anybody have any horror stories? Considering doing mine in Optimax but can hardly get any info about problems likely to happen. Their doctors' experience is also from 5~11 years. Wondering if there are any prior cases with problems.

well, the only thing is to go there, have your check and then decide later also can. The center I think wont force your to take the surgery one mar.

Check it out first, and then the decision is totally up to you. There are a lot of LASIK centers out there. VISTA also not bad according to my friend who did it. I went to TLC under recommendation of my friend's mom who knows the surgeon.

I recomend go to Shukry & Hardeep Singh Eye Specialist Centre,one of the best eye specialist in Malaysia, located @ Jln Ipoh near RHB opposite Shell

Many thanks for the input.
From the forum, most of the ppl recommend Optimax.
However, when i asked Optimax about the number of cases the surgeon has done in the past, Optimax cant give me some figure. They only said the surgeons have done it for 5-7 yrs or 11 yrs for different surgeons. However, Vista did gave me some figure.
Comparison between optimax and vista, in vista, pre-op eye examination is done by the surgeon himself whereas in optimax, it is done by optometrists. However, optimax offers LASEK and LASIK and etc. but Vista only offers LASIK. one plus point for optimax is the huge volume of LASIK they have carried out (since they are the first refractive centre established in Msia). pricewise, i think they are pretty similar.
Dagg3r, do you mind if I asked which surgeon did you see in TLC?