LASIK SURGERY

Rating:	★★★★★
Category:	Other

It has been more than 5 years since I had my LASIK surgery to correct my short-sighted eyes at Optimax KL in Taman Tun Dr Ismail. I actually had my surgery done on my right eye on 17 August 2002 and followed by my left eye on 28 September 2002.

Before the surgery I heard from friends on the side effects of the surgery and my family members disagreed with my decision. I have been wearing glasses since the age of 14. I always feel uncomfortable when doing outdoor activities with gIasses and most of the time I don't wear it for outdoor activities and had to bear with blur vision. I really wanted to have a perfect vision and finally my dream came through in 2002 as I had saved enough from my hard-earned money for the surgery. At that time, I was working as an Accounts Assistant and studying part time.

After the surgery, my eyes felt dry and had to apply some eye drops for 3 months. The effect of the surgery was my vision started to get clearer within a few hours and I need not wear glasses anymore. The other side effects of the surgery was the night vision problem. My eyes are very sensitive ot lights of on-comig cars when driving at night and I have some difficulty seeing distance objects at night. I had to wear glasses with multi-coated lens to help me to see better at night and prevent lights from on-coming cars from distracting my night vision when driving. I had some slight long-sighted eyes for the first few weeks after the surgery and this gradually cured over the years. The long-sighted eyes was due to the over-correction effect of the surgery.

After 5 years my eyes are still the same i.e. perfect vision based on the annual eyes check-up. The effect after the surgery seems to be quite permanent over the 5 years. I never regret for opting for this surgery altough I spent RM4,000 in 2002 for my surgery. I would recommend this surgery to those who wants to have perfect vision although there are some side-effects. The benefits outweigh the disadvantages as I enjoy outdoor activities and daily lifestyle with perfect vision.

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