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Originally Posted by MikenJulie
I met one guy at the clinic, he wore hard contacts to help keep his eye shape in check (stigmatism) AND glasses so thick I don't know how he didn't end up with a dent in his nose from the sheer weight from what he described.
$9,000 Cdn invested so far, his current glasses were no heavier than mine I wore, and the doc figured another 3 visits he shouldn't need glasses all together.
He was legally blind, and very lucky his physician gave him a chance to correct his vision before pulling his driver's liscence.
PM me if youi like, your dad can always just go for just a consultation, no strings attached.
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Glad to hear that your lasering went great and improved your life...isn't it great what can be done nowadays??
On the topic above- people with really bad vision getting LASIK and the like- there are in fact limitations......if someones vision is really bad there are greater chances that lasering won't help or that the result won't be as promised. Good that the above mentioned patient found help- but also always keep in mind (like in Mofis dads case....) that if the dioptr. are too high there is a greater risk as well. Being very informed before having LASIK and the like done is always a must in any case......unfortunately we have many folks here in Germany f.e. who will travel to Turkey to have it done there as it is cheaper- and the docs there will just do it for the money sometimes regardless of the risks- and come back with vision worse than before.