bottemdweller2
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I have recently been thinking about getting lasik or another form of corrective eye surgery, is there anyone with it done already? Does it affect diving? Thanks for the help.
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Skyjunky
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Best money I've ever spent. No problems diving.
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bottemdweller2
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How long does it take to heal?
Had it, love it! No problems diving.
In my case, it took a couple of weeks before my eyes were considered fully healed. DAN recommends waiting about a month before returning to diving (see link below).
http://www.diversalertnetwork.org/medical/faq/faq.asp?faqid=31
In my case, it took a couple of weeks before my eyes were considered fully healed. DAN recommends waiting about a month before returning to diving (see link below).
http://www.diversalertnetwork.org/medical/faq/faq.asp?faqid=31
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bottemdweller2
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thanks for the link and thanks for all the help
Diver Dennis
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I have a question. I don't use glasses to read now and have been told that if I got Lasik done it would make my far vision better but screw up my near vision. True?
It can be. They tell you you will need reading glasses later in life if not right away but you will anyway. Or you can get the mono vision, one eye close and one eye far. made me dizzy. I went from 20/250 to 20/15 and 20/20. LOVE IT! I have been blind my whole life. I dont even have any eye dryness to speak of.Diver Dennis:
Dont be cheap whit this one, there are many old machines out there still in use but the new hotrod eye cutters are worth the extra coin.
Can't speak for everyone, but that wasn't the case in my experience. Distance vision improved; near vision remained unchanged.
The caution my surgeon gave was that the Lasik procedure wouldn't prevent or even slow the onset of farsightedness that tends to comes naturally with age. Seven years post-Lasik and in my early 40s, I'm just starting to need reading glasses for tiny print.
The caution my surgeon gave was that the Lasik procedure wouldn't prevent or even slow the onset of farsightedness that tends to comes naturally with age. Seven years post-Lasik and in my early 40s, I'm just starting to need reading glasses for tiny print.
JackSpearo
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I got Custom LASEK from Duke...One of the best doctors in the world (literally) Alan Carlson...People fly all over the world to get eye surgery from him...I LOVE IT...
it was extremely painful and I couldn't see for a loooooong time, but now I have like 15/20 in one eye and 20/20 in the other...
it was extremely painful and I couldn't see for a loooooong time, but now I have like 15/20 in one eye and 20/20 in the other...
CheddarChick
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Loved mine!!! I also did mono vision. 20-20 distance eye and with my closeup eye it is still 20-50. I would recommed you trying mono-vision contacts for awhile before your surgery. Some people just can't adjust...Diving is wonderful without contacts, and the worry and eye irriatation that goes along with contacts
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