went to optimax today for prelim consult. next week going for the 3 hour eye test. the price is really bugging me haiii deciding whether to go for the custom or the conventional intralasik. bleh. price is 1000 diff per eye. but seems to be the better of them.

found a place in damansara uptown where normal lasik for both eyes is 2888 or something like that. just thought id let you know. place is called advanced vision i think. ill send more details if you want. but its a small shop. im still doing mine at optimax because its a chain. so if one tutup, can go to another.

hey ongx2. i did that test like 2 weeks ago. its the full test that you have to pay for right? well the initial tests are no problem. there is some discomfort but after the test is done then thats it. the most uncomfortable of the initial tests is when they spray air into your eye to test the pressure.

as for the dilated pupils. this will be the last test they give you. they put these eyedrops into your eyes and you sit for like 20-30 mins and wait for the drops to work in which your pupils become fully dialated and you are now unable to read and become VERY sensitive to light. (i wanted to walk home but i couldnt because it hurt my eyes to stand outside, so sunglasses are definately a good idea) this will make everything blurry for about one-two days. so do the test during the weekend or something because you seriously will be unable to read.... or if you try you'll get a headache reading.

This post has been edited by panda-man: Sep 11 2009, 03:23 PM

im going to go do mine at optimax. the price ranges depending on your needs. it will range from rm2000-7500 for both eyes depending on the type of surgery required, or whatever you chose.

imo, i think what your teacher told you was just a nice way of saying she got contacts.... to this day there is a lot of research for techniques to cure vision, so far lasik has the highest rate of corrective surgery, some people use the glasses with the lobang in it and those eye machines that flex and relax your eye muscles, most people using those will get results of reducing their power, but not to completely go without glasses.

as for lasik surgery, the complications that come from the surgery are usually after the surgery, there is a few days that the patient needs to take care of their eyes while it heals, its at this time that complications occur. not the actual laser burning through the eye.

id have to agree with caerulln here.... think about what you said...

1. your teacher had super thick glasses... you mentioned this.
2. your teacher no longer wears glasses... you mentioned this.

why doesnt she wear glasses?

3. because she eats carrots and looks at green things... you mentioned this.


sounds like a cure for bad vision to me.


you shouldnt eat "heaps" of carrots... you get a skin problem called carotenemia.

http://emedicine.medscape.com/article/1104368-overview

you dont remember things you post do you? your post says eat "heaps".... strange. gingko biloba to you.


do you know if there is any new promo? in 1u they had a stand, but didnt have time to stop and talk to them.

from what i remember i checked about a month ago was around 7000 or so for the custom intralasek i think thats their most expensive one.

but optimax had a booth at 1u last week. maybe got new promo prices.

the difference is its custom. they will map your eye personally and make sure to fix as much as possible. this is mainly for people with estigmatism. i plan to do this one soon. maybe over the coming holiday. there are some that are like rm3000 for both eyes. but the doc comes to cut your eye using his knife and his own hands no thanks. hahahah


what you get for referral huh? voucher? free eyedrop? kekek

rm1288 for lasik. i think they are talking about per eye.

i would go for those big corporations for lasik since they give lifetime corrective surgery if your vision gets bad again or somethin like that.

yeah the center is the optimax center in TTDI. near the KFC. just look on their website.

youre eyes can be burnt out of their sockets. lol. jk.

dude, either skim back over the past 15 pages (its not much) or use google plis.

the way you say it, it makes it seem like you want him to go blind. summore put the hehe icon. whats up with that?

Vista is much more expensive, they both use top of the line technology. but vista has reference list on using their technology for the US Air force and stuff like that. so their price is around 2-4k more.

i dunno about how much the quality differs. you will have to go to each one and discuss with the eye doc there. they should both have free preliminary eye test. there are many lasik centers out there. but i chose to go to the big one (optimax) because they will probably still be around 10-15+ years from now. so if any problems i can go back.


if it came back just go do correction or does that place not have correction? optimax and vista got lifetime free correction so go check it out at your place too.

dont worry lah. the thing will be so fast. the only thing that will be annoying is when you want to close your eye during laser, but th clamp is holding it open. very uncomfortable. and sometimes get shocked when they suddenly douse your eye with eye drops hahah.