Lasik Filutowski
Contact lenses versus Lasik Surgery. Dry eyes?
I was considering LASIK surgery at one of the nation’s most successful Lasik Centers (the Filutowski Eye Center here in Lake Mary, FL), and they said that if I go with contacts, the lenses may cause me to become a bad candidate over time. My regular eye doctor, who recently prescribed me contact lenses, said this is only true after wearing contacts for decades, and that if I wanted to continue with contacts for a few years, then go to LASIK, I would be okay. I personally think that The Lasik Center was trying to sell their product by using some minor misdirection.
Has anyone here had contacts for several years at least, and then gotten the LASIK surgery? How has it worked out for you? Any problems?
Your regular O.D. is correct. Follow his advice
It is true, one patient of ours had been using hard contact lenses for 10 years and when she went for Lasik, she was determined as a possible risk of failure.
The reason for any risk in Lasik is the reduced thickness of the cornea. With the new lenses you are wearing there is minimal erosion.
A year or two from you you will still be a successful candidate.
I doubt if the Lasik surgeon was trying to drum up business. Rather he was repeating what his journals say about patients who had extended contact wear.
LT, WJRR 101.1FM, wears glasses before High Definition LASIK surgery with Dr. Filutowski.
May 7th, 2010 at 4:28 pm
Susie Q, I’ve heard that those implants are only good for slightly or moderately nearsighted people. They are not good for those who are severely nearsighted. I don’t really know why that is.