To want my eyes Lasered. Hate wearing glasses

[Monty27]

I'm not young. I'm losing my looks. I would feel better if I didn't wear glasses.
Has anyone had their eyes Lasered?
I don't want gorey details just recommendations and a park ball figure.
Tia.

I'm not in the UK so useless for recommendations / amounts but I had it done last year and my biggest regret is not having it done years ago!

I had mine done for my 30th. I’m now legal to drive without my glasses - which is all I really wanted. I was VERY short sighted and it was about £6k all in. That’s almost 10 years ago, and it’s definitely come down in price, I understand. The most alarming thing was the slight burning smell, but it was altogether easier than I thought. I needed my sister to take me home, and stay overnight, as there’s limitations on what you can do for 24/48 hours. I would heartily recommend.

6k? Oh dear. More than I thought but I have only heard positive stuff about it.
Thanks for your replies. The more real life info I get the better.
A friend of a friend did it and said it had changed her life.

It's really common here. I don't personally know anyone who regretted it.

It left my MIL, 10 years ago, with damaged vision. Constantly needing eye drops and have “wavy” (no straight line) in her peripheral vision.
That put me off. But I admit contacts and glasses (even posh Chanel ones) are a PITA.

My Dad offered to pay for me to have it done but when I asked my then optician he advised against it. I was nearing 50 and he said I would quite quickly need reading glasses as age related macular degeneration is a fact of life and would happen and if I had it done and it didn't work (for which there is always a risk) I wouldn't be able to have my contact lenses anymore. I've moved to monthly disposal lenses (take them out once a month and change them) instead and wish I'd done it years ago.

For me the horror stories put me off.

I know it's left some people with the inability to drive at night, for example. Or it's left them with painful, dry eyes, or their vision has deteriorated afterwards anyway meaning the still needed glasses.

I've been wearing glasses since I was 7 and I'd rather keep wearing them than risk permanent, irreparable damage to my eyes.

And yes, depending on your prescription/eye health you might not be able to get it done anyway!

Yup, 6yrs ago, 1k per eye with vision express. Eyes get dry (use drops) and night vision is poor but manageable. No regrets!!

Got it done 10 years ago at optimax, sure it was only about £1500ish, no regrets.

I'm looking at having it done - I'm mid/late 20s and desperate to stop having to buy glasses

Had mine done in 2011 through optical express. Cost £3000 and they spread the cost out with no interest. Don't regret it at all love being able to see everything in HD.

When I had mine done you had to have 3 prescriptions that had no changed. I also paid for them to perfect the eye not just correct.

Had it done abiut 15 years ago. £1k per eye, paid on interest free credit. Some dryness for the 1st 6 or 12 months but fine now. Slight haloing when driving at night but otherwise no problem. Highly recommend it!

All the ophthalmologists at my hospital wore glasses. Doesn’t look like they’re too keen on being lasered themselves. Just saying...!

Best money I ever spent, £800 per eye, absolutely no regrets at all.

night vision is poor but manageable

@NatureWillDeleteTheEvidence how does that work when it comes to driving? It really scares me! I live rurally and have to drive along roads that aren't lit in the dark and in winter - I think I'd feel really unsafe if I had poor night vision!

Guidance from the Royal College of Opthalmologists with advice on what to consider, potential risks and how to locate a reputable practitioner

www.rcophth.ac.uk/patients/refractive-surgery/

How old are you?

I had mine done earlier this year and it's amazing! I had -5.5 and quite bad astigmatism and my eyes are now pretty much perfect. It was £3600 with optegra. I got a quote from optical express but didn't really like them.

Only thing is that because I'm nearly 40 they have said that I will probably need reading glasses soon, but I would have done that anyway, and it's the difference between being able to get a pound shop pair and needing expensive varifocals

SIL had hers done in her 40s but now in her 50s she is having the same problems as everyone else with deterioration of near vision.

I am very short-sighted (-9 in each eye) so I can never get any of the 2 for 1 offers.

My glasses are the only thing I splash out on - my latest ones are by Walter and Herbert and everyone says they look fab!

DH has it done about 15 years ago. One of the big clinics, I think it was about £1,200.

He had some post op issues over the first year, aftercare was good but he was since referred by opticians to the hospital ophthalmologists about five years ago who said he has some scarring as a result although this doesn’t give him day to day problems.

He had one done first and then the second eye done a couple of months later. I wouldn’t let him have both done together in case anything major went wrong. People thought I was a bit ridiculous about that but I still stick to the advice being sensible.

DB had it. He can no longer drive at night because he gets really bad light scatter that obsures his vision. I've sat in Moorfields A&E next to someone that was terrified their vision was permanently damaged following laser. I often wonder what happened to them.

If you're going to get it done please avoid the high street type places and get it done privately at Moorfields. They are the absolute eye experts and I would much rather have a top eye consultant lasering my eyeballs than some random on the high street. I know a few people that have had it done there with good results.

I should add that DH doesn’t regret it.

I had it done 4 years ago. My eyes can be a little dry in the morning, but I am menopausal and also have no thyroid, and that can be connected to those things, too. It was the best thing I ever did. I do wear reading glasses, but that is not an issue - I was already in varifocals before that. I made the decision after being left stranded after a ride in Florida, when my cousin walked away with my glasses in his shorts pocket and I was too short sighted to even see the exit sign, never mind find my family in the crowds. I would probably still be standing there if my niece hadn't spotted me and taken me by the hand to get out! I was about £4k to have it done.

My husband had it done and it cost about £3000 (for both eyes) last year. His weren't THAT bad but he does a lot of driving with work and didn't want to keep faffing with glasses.

He thinks it's been brilliant!

15 years ago at moorfields . It cost £ 2000. Gave me 20/20 perfect vision. No dry eyes, but It was done by someone recommended as being really good. Best £2000 I've spent !