My boss got Lasik around when I joined the company a little under two years ago. He was doing alright but then had some sort of minor complication. They went to correct it and ended up fucking up his vision more. He's going in for a third procedure soon.

Christ...which clinic?

And with stories of complications, I always like to understand the full story. Any prior eye problems? Astigmatism? Etc.

Sorry for bumping this old thread.

I'm hearing good things about Pacific Laser, Coal Harbor, and possibly London in New West. Can anyone share any recent personal experiences/prices with any of them?

I had prk done at coal harbour, paid $1300 for both eyes including eye drops and aftercare stuff, no complaints

Didn't realize I was last one to post, but yeah, I got it done back then.

London Eye center - not 20/20 but close enough. Complaint - healing took "longer than usual"

Background - healthy, followed the guidelines + fish oil, etc. And yet my eyes took longer than normal to heal. Stupid long..... I think it was a couple months before I was confident in driving.

Whereas pacific promised that I could be working out the next day.

2500, with referral.

I believe Pacific wasn't bad either, 3500?

All in all - no regrets. Wish I had it done sooner.

Fyi, we'll need cataract surgery sooner.

Damn, mine sounds expensive.

Did Intralase procedure at London Eye Center at New West. $3300 with referral, $3600 without. This procedure is the one with the faster healing time.
Did this surgery on March 23rd, took the eye drops and sleeping pills. Next day I went in for my checkup. I felt 100% fine, eyes were a bit sensitive to light
but I felt no pain whatsoever, or even the sand in my eye feeling, or backwards contact lenses.

Had 2 friends come by here, 1 did PRK and his eyes were irritating him for over a week.

Recommend intralase - faster recovery (maybe different for your eyes) - cost more. I felt like I could go to work the next day, too ! lol

wore contacts for 11 years prior

PRK has a longer and more painful recovery time, but is supposed to be better if you participate in alot of activities like sports and boxing that could cause an impact to your eye. For me I had no choice because i was told my corneas were naturally thick or something. I have nothing but good things to say about coal harbour, dr kirzner is an OG and everythign went smoothly. Well except the recovery, and this is coming from someone who started off on hard contact lenses instead of soft.

Why you guys need cataracts surgery?

had PRK at london eye probably 11 years ago

very painful 2nd day but it was because i wasn't using enough drops, was driving 4 days later, used sunglasses to look my computer for the first week or so lol

only downside is if my eyes are dry my vision goes a little blurry

best money i ever spent

Forgot the answer but laser eye surgery speeds up the typical age you need cataract surgery.

The doc's....nicely forget to mention that during the orientations. But honestly, it wouldn't have changed my mind anyways.

Does anyone know how referrals work? Is it only for former patients or would a referring optometrist work as well?

did it at lasik md, custom prk for 3k roughly
no regrets, good so far, took 2 weeks till i was able to drive but still have light halos at night time, they said that would take roughly half a year to recover from lol

From what I’ve been reading, if there is an impact hard enough to dislodge the flap, you’ll have other more serious head injuries anyway.

You can also dislodge the flap from dust and irritation^^^ is what I was told when I went in to get mine, rubbing your eye super aggressively.

I got mine done at Pacific Laser Center... 8'ish years ago? PRK and healed up nicely, have slight hallowing at night and my right eye is slightly better than my left. I had mild astigmatism.

I think all in all, after pre paying for all my optometrist follow up visits I was into it for almost $4-5k. Can't remember the exact number. I didn't care though, can't get aftermarket eyes overnighted from Japan so got the best guy in town to do it.

That's the conclusion I came to as well, once it's fully healed (6-12 months) then a severe enough impact to cause a tear would've torn it even if you never had surgery.

Bumping an old thread. Did some research and will likely go with PRK instead of laser but I guess will have to wait for the actual consultations to advise which is more appropriate for me. Seen various reviews on coal harbour, pacific laser and london eye center. Has anyone done this recently and how did it go?

Go to multiple places for consults and see what they suggest. I got LASIK 4 years ago, my friend got it this morning and my wife is going for PRK tomorrow lol. She would've preferred PRK but her corneas were too thin.

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I always wonder about this..., I assume it's because most optometrist offices seem to sell glasses too.

Disclaimer -- a family member is an optometrist.

From the conversations I've had, the family member optometrist does not prefer Lasik because at the end of the day, it is still surgery, and surgery carries a certain amount of risks. Post-op care is also extremely important, and IMO (not the family member's opinion) is where it is most risky and easiest to screw up.

On the other hand, corrective eyeware -- be it regular eyeglasses or contact lenses -- are a tried and truth, time-tested solution that carries far, far lower risks than Lasik at the costs of a small / negligible inconvenience.

I got my eyes done at london eye center in January. I got PRK. My prescription was -8.50 in both eye so I was very blind. It's been 7 months since the surgery and my left eye is about 75%, my right eye I would say is 90%. 100% clear vision can take up to a year but it's all dependent on the person. I chose london eye because they have a lifetime guarantee so if you need to go back for any other sessions, it's all free. Best decision ever to get this done, you won't regret it.

That's pretty dependent on how strong your prescription is IMO. My eyes were pretty shit and contacts didn't work well for my prescription, so I was stuck with glasses that I was useless without. I'll avoid getting into anything long winded here but they were massively inconvenient.

I still refuse to do it given there are a lot of success stories.

you only have one set of eyes, so any minor complications is for life.

This is the reason why I still am wearing glasses and contacts.

Did mine under a year ago at Pacific Laser. PRK. Took about a week before I could drive again. Vision got progressively better over a month's time. Had to do eye drops and fish oil and whatnot. Still have dry eyes but a couple drops a day is not bad.
Cost me 3100 for the surgery but Pacific Laser makes you follow up with your optometrist so that is an extra cost so with the RX, follow up appointments, eye drops, etc. closer to maybe 4200 bucks?

Recovery sucked because I got that sand in eye feeling and my eyes got tired easily and it was really annoying going through but I'd do it again.
Loving it.

Did PRK at Pacific about 2 years ago. Everyone's recovery/prescription and surgery is different. I was -4.5 /-5 with some astigmatism. I could drive after a week. I was back at work after a week and a half. Everyone's recovery is different. Older co-worker of mine had redness/sand feeling for 2 years after she did PRK. That said, she was in her 50's when she did it, and wasn't in the best health to begin with. I started taking the required supplements about a month before surgery, and continued for 6 mo after. Full recovery was around 6 months before I didn't need to carry eye drops.

I would do it again. I'd been following PRK/Lasik info for years. I finally got it done after I had kids. They destroyed two pairs of glasses 'helping' me put them on. The final straw came in the summer, when my glasses slipped off of my head from sweat into a #2 diaper, while I was changing the kid.