So there's about a 1/20 complication rate from laser eye surgery, which is a lot worse than I thought. When it goes great, it's amazing, but for the unlucky few who get serious side effects, it apparently can get so bad you can turn suicidal.
https://old.reddit.com/r/Lasiksupport/comments/1bnhd97/deep_regret_and_no_words/?sort=controversial
Anyway, don't do this shit until you're ok with being the percentage it seems to seriously frick over for life.
Edit: I realize now i've called it lasik and lasek interchangeably and without any differentiation when i should have said “all laser eye surgery”. Anyway, that sub is for anyone who got complications from any laser eye surgery, not just lasik. While I am disturbed by most dramacels I don't wish a lifetime of chronic eye issues on anyone here, so I would advise you to investigate what could happen to you if you're going to pursue it. If you're one of the unlucky few that ends up royally fricked, don't forget to post about it here so we can support/laugh at you.
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One of my ex husbands got lasik and had complications. For some nerd reasons I can't remember it left all contacts out of the question and no rx glasses ever really worked well for him and he was left legally blind due to his nearsightedness.
I still laugh about it sometimes.
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How many ex husbandos do you have?
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Over/Under 3.5
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Four. One died tho so he doesn't really count.
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My mom had lasik when it was manual,
my dad, step-mom, and myself got it with comp-assist, and literally zero problems.
Lasik complications are like back-alley abortion issues tbh
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Lasik and lasek are different procedures
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Lmao why tf are they so similar sounding. Seems like both are high risk though.
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1 in 1000 for both
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That's a bit of a gap lmao. All the sources are all over the place in terms of numbers.
I'll stick to glasses because I'm cheap af, so doesn't matter to me.
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I stick to glasses because it keeps the attractive women from sexually assaulting me. We all have our reasons.
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I think one of the big factors here is "don't go to the guy who advertises the cheapest price per-eye, in 4-color printed mailed flyers"
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Any of you frickers in Bay Area, I recommend these nerds.
https://www.2020eyesite.com/
They do LASIK for the highly paid sportcels and other mildly famous people as seen here
https://www.2020eyesite.com/success-stories/
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Exactly. And don't go to the guy who gets a lot of business from influencers.
Also, to my gal pals and gay friends who want to look good, always go to the Real Self app and check out the doctors.
Krayon sexually assaulted his sister.
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the what
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Realself.com is where all people go to check out reviews for plastic surgeons. If any dramacel has an account there, I'm certain you can find dramatic reviews for botched boobjobs, rhinoplasties, neovaginas and the like.
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It's actually better to go to that guy because you can do one eye first and see how it goes
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Yeah I'm gonna stick with glasses lol frick that noise
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Yup, same here. I've heard some stories but after browsing for about 30 mins, has me reconsidering it as well. Normally not so paranoid but man, the complications that can happen are really worrying.
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Lasik and lasek are different
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Thank you for this information. I am
quite 
neurodivergent 
so,
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Man, it's honestly not hard to get it confused unless your currently and actively researching. Sounds like Lasek came up after with similar name to gank the stupid people looking for lasik.
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AFAIK it's the same laser it just differs in how they open the flap up. You can't do LASIK if your eye has any scratches etc.
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Ahhh good to know, I had looked up LASIK before but i needed my script to not change for a lil so havent looked into it again till i get the ok from the optometrist
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By all means check success stats but I think you should hope for LASIK and that should be the standard one. After LASIK you go home, have a nap and wake up feeling fine with 20/20 vision.
After LASEK you spend 48 hours in pain in the dark and then it can take weeks or months to fully dial in. Maybe no driving for two weeks either depending on how lucky you are.
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This is a truly disgusting attempt to hide
the side effects of the original surgical procedure from the general public.
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Wouldnt surprise me one bit lol
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I wonder how much
money is going to change hands before the powers that be 
finally do something about it!
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So,
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In that
case 
I 
am
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So in that
case 
I 
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You are r-slur
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And why is
that?
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I'm not
@float-trip
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Just do another laser eye surgery that is not Lasik, apparently thay have lower complications.
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I think this is the only sub where you could post these paragraphs and not get permabanned.
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you should report it to reddit.com/report, directly to the admins. It's bad to allow hatred online, donchano
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normally i would but honestly i feel bad. my vision/eyes are the biggest thing I'm a sissy about. Always wear safety glasses at work or when doing almost anything in the garage.
I can't stand the thought of anything happening to my baby blues.
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Yup, i got the crap shoot in the genetics with needing glasses. I have astigmatism as well, so i generally try to take care of my eyes partially cause I had wanted to do lasik.
Always carry small bag with extra glasses, saline and contact case and will swap the contacts out if my eyes feel weird.
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For my foreskin
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You will be reunited in the next life
Trump for prison
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cool it with the anti semitism
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Some of got banned from the main lasik sub for complaining
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root canals
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why would anyone get a root canal i never understood it
just pull that fricker out
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If it's a style tooth, you'll want to save it as much as possible. Implants are expensive.
I had both my canines extracted when I was 19 and it really fricked up my confidence through my early 20s until I could finally afford implants
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Darn that's pretty fricked up. I had no idea the complication rate was that high.
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