matt f asked: My dry eye doctor is also a lasik surgeon, and he claims that I am perfectly eligible for no-blade lasik. Here’s why I’m skeptical: my scrimers score is 10 in my right eye, and 13 in my left. I have blepharitis which at this point is so bad I can’t wear contacts. [...]
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Considering that I have read that a year after Lasik, half of your corneal nerves are still ‘dead’, am I crazy to follow his advice and get lasik? Does the no-blade really make that much of a difference? He seems to think that once the blepharitis is under control, I should be fine for lasik, as long as my corneas are deep enough. Any professionals/people who have had no blade lasik have any input?
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#1. June 26th, 2008, at 9:40 AM.
I had an optometrist friend of my tell me that even if his perscription is a -18.00, he would NOT consider lasik, or similar stuff. Sure many people have gotten good results, but that does you no good at all, if it fails in your case, and your eyes are worse off, and nothing can bring them back to at least functional vision with glasses. I agree with him.