After much thought, I think it will be good for me to share on my lasik experience to people out there for those who are still thinking hard should he/she go through such so-called dangerous operation.
I started to wear spectacle at the age of 10 years old with a degree of 150 (Nearsightedness (myopia)) for both eyes and my vision started to get more blurry as I age till I hit 600 degree at the age of 34 in 2012. Technology has improved and I started to know more about lasik in 2010 when I heard my friends had done it safely without complication. I only started to take up this so-call dangerous operation (myth: may go blind) only in mid 2012 when one of my colleagues did his lasik and he was very supportive for me to take up as our working environment allowed us to go through the ops and had time for recovery. Hence on 18 Oct 2012, I went to Clearvision Eye Clinic Lasik Centre (http://www.clearvision.com.sg/) for my 1st eye checkup to find out was my eyes suitable for such operation. I was recommended by Dr Tony Ho to do the Epi-Lasik process as the process was more suitable for us working in active environment (military) and it would not have dry eye effect. However, the negative side was the recovery rate would be much slower than other process.
I did my lasik operation on 27 Dec 2012 and I took about 4 weeks in order to see normally. For the 1st 3 days after ops, my vision was blur. At night, all those lighting would glow; hence it is not advisable to drive or move about. After my 1st review, I took another 3 to 4 days (Total 7 days from ops) to go back to the after ops conditions. I only started to drive 1 week later after my ops. In the 1st month of ops, I need to increase my monitor/ mobile font size in order to read the content properly. I have to use font size 28 in typing during my recovery stage. Based on doctor, we can only run after 2 weeks, but I waited for another week due to my degree was 600+.
I started to wear spectacle at the age of 10 years old with a degree of 150 (Nearsightedness (myopia)) for both eyes and my vision started to get more blurry as I age till I hit 600 degree at the age of 34 in 2012. Technology has improved and I started to know more about lasik in 2010 when I heard my friends had done it safely without complication. I only started to take up this so-call dangerous operation (myth: may go blind) only in mid 2012 when one of my colleagues did his lasik and he was very supportive for me to take up as our working environment allowed us to go through the ops and had time for recovery. Hence on 18 Oct 2012, I went to Clearvision Eye Clinic Lasik Centre (http://www.clearvision.com.sg/) for my 1st eye checkup to find out was my eyes suitable for such operation. I was recommended by Dr Tony Ho to do the Epi-Lasik process as the process was more suitable for us working in active environment (military) and it would not have dry eye effect. However, the negative side was the recovery rate would be much slower than other process.
I did my lasik operation on 27 Dec 2012 and I took about 4 weeks in order to see normally. For the 1st 3 days after ops, my vision was blur. At night, all those lighting would glow; hence it is not advisable to drive or move about. After my 1st review, I took another 3 to 4 days (Total 7 days from ops) to go back to the after ops conditions. I only started to drive 1 week later after my ops. In the 1st month of ops, I need to increase my monitor/ mobile font size in order to read the content properly. I have to use font size 28 in typing during my recovery stage. Based on doctor, we can only run after 2 weeks, but I waited for another week due to my degree was 600+.
I only able to achieve up to 6/6 vision (perfect vision) on the 4th weeks. Hence, it is best to look through your schedule before you decide to do this epi-lasik process. It's take time to recover and it is very importance to let our eyes recover better before you make it worst and waste your money.
This is my last picture with degree spectacle on the day for my operation.
Picture taken by the nurse from Clear Vision. (http://www.clearvision.com.sg/epi_lasik/)
After operation picture with Dr Tony Ho.
A up and coming 'Yan Dao' to be. A sun shade provided by the clinic for us to shade away the sun glare. Basically is to protect our eyes.
Overall, I am very satisfied with the operation. My usual spectacle shop boss told me that he would still have business on me as I would go back and buy more sun shade, which is true, and it cost even more (lolz). Another positive experience is that I do not need to search for my spectacle everytime I wake up from my sleep/nap.
