I’m wondering if anyone has had laser eye surgery and has any comments, particularly as it relates to doing the job. For example, it is a condition of my HGV licence that I have to wear glasses, could I have this restriction lifted, or would I need different glasses configured to the post-op eye, also does it adversely affect any other aspect of sight, such as night vision?
Any advice welcome.
hello mate i had mine done last year, well worth every penny, and i didnt mind wearing glasses, i just didnt want the hassle of breaking or losing them while away (And the cost of prescripton sunglasses and diving masks is large!) i dont think it affects your licence though having it done…
After you’ve had laser eye surgery and you dont have to wear glasses anymore you will need to inform DVLA and tell them that you dont wear glasses anymore.
If you have a accident and the police are called they might ask you why your not wearing glasses,they will check with DVLA,so you need to tell the DVLA.
euromat:
hello mate i had mine done last year, well worth every penny, and i didnt mind wearing glasses, i just didnt want the hassle of breaking or losing them while away (And the cost of prescripton sunglasses and diving masks is large!) i dont think it affects your licence though having it done…
+1
Only thing to add is I get a slight “halo” now around lights (street lamps etc) at night, nothing bad or intrusive but definatlly there and it doesnt affect me regarding driving at night at all
I looked into it just because I hated wearing glasses under my crash helmet, but was put off when another mate had his third laser session, he now wears Trifocal lenses in his glasses and i doubt he would ever pass a drivers medical.
Wheel Nut:
…but was put off when another mate had his third laser session, he now wears Trifocal lenses in his glasses and i doubt he would ever pass a drivers medical.
Same thoughts here, your eyes are so precious. Lasering maybe ok when it is succesful but what happens when it goes wrong■■? The damage is done, you cant UN-laser soemthing especially if skin tissue has been removed / destroyed / re-shaped etc.
bullitt:
Wheel Nut:
…but was put off when another mate had his third laser session, he now wears Trifocal lenses in his glasses and i doubt he would ever pass a drivers medical.Same thoughts here, your eyes are so precious. Lasering maybe ok when it is succesful but what happens when it goes wrong■■? The damage is done, you cant UN-laser soemthing especially if skin tissue has been removed / destroyed / re-shaped etc.
its such a small chance of going wrong nowadays, and they check you out first to see if you can have it done in the first place, a friend of mine cant have it done as he has a prism in one of his eyes through rugby playing so there is nothing they can do for him
Wheel Nut:
I looked into it just because I hated wearing glasses under my crash helmet, but was put off when another mate had his third laser session, he now wears Trifocal lenses in his glasses and i doubt he would ever pass a drivers medical.
I know four people who have had it done and only one of them has had a positive experience. Two of the other three got acceptable results eventually after repeated trips and one of them has ended up with vision worse than when he started. Personally I wouldn’t go near it with a bargepole, you only get one pair of eyes and even a small risk of it going wrong is too big a risk in my mind. Each to their own though.
Paul
I’ve had it done and the results are great - I do wear glasses for reading and anything close up still but it improved my vision no end.
I got really good after care too and I would recommend someone like Ultralase as they give you lifetime care. Just don’t go for the cheapest and check out your surgeon first too as like anything they vary with experience and results
Mr Gartry, who is an expert in the highly- specialised field of corneal grafting, carries out Lasik operations in the private wing of Moorfields.
Last year, he had Lasik for his own short sight, but he admits he thought long and hard before having it done. He also agrees that the operation would not suit people in all professions.
'You cannot promise a patient they will have perfect vision, and there will be a small percentage of patients who will have night vision problems afterwards.
‘If you drive a lorry long distances every night, or if you are a pilot for an airline, then you may not want to take the risk.’
Read more: dailymail.co.uk/health/artic … z1MXMf4g5l
This bloke was the first surgeon to perform laser eye surgery, and he thought about it.
I think about these new treatments and innovations and those that went wrong.
Botox, Thalidomide and Jedward.
Thats a very interesting article - My experience was one of seeing my surgeon from start to finish and I can still see him now at any time. I would have not of had the procedure if it had been any different.
I have not personally had any problems driving at night but it would appear that some people may?
I have a laser machine in my garage,i take all debit/credit cards and DKV.
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More seriously, Laser eye surgery is not a cure for presbyopia - so if you izz over fifty expect to need either reading glasses or distance glases - if you iz over fifty and slightly unlucky - both.
The Cornea - the part of the eye which is operated on - will repair the damage and revert to more-or-less its old shape - so the procedure will need to be done again…
Me, I use Zenni
I had it done 16 years ago and vision is still really good…not fantastic at night time but confident enough to drive and certainly no worse than with specs.
Al
I had it done this time last year - best £2k i’ve spent!! I’d def recommend it m8.
Had mine done sept 09 and only problem i had was the halo around street lights at night, and remembering where I leave my reading glasses!!! Been on medication for a shoulder injury the last month and have noticed my eyesight has gone a little worse. Doctor says its nothing to do with the medication although it says on the leaflet possible visual problems, Back to the optician and now i am waring glasses all the time. Only good thing is they are not jam jar bottoms and varifocal. May have to have laser surgery again.
m4rky:
Thats a very interesting article - My experience was one of seeing my surgeon from start to finish and I can still see him now at any time. I would have not of had the procedure if it had been any different.
That must be a bonus, that you can still “see” your surgeon!
I have had both hips replaced because they collapsed in service. If I was blind I may risk laser surgery, but I am not vain enough to ask for it to save me wearing spectacles or contact lenses. For the same reason I wouldnt pay for a nose job, we are what we are.
Dead in three score year and ten, and you can get legless many times for 2k,
It didn’t stop John Cooper or Ollie Bridewell. 
I know a couple of people who have had lazer surgery, & in one case they had both eyes done although the outcome proved sucsessful in only one eye & nowhere near as good in the other eye, they said they were pleased with that as they didn’t need to wear glasses anymore !!!. The other person had theirs done & the required results never materialized & so they still have difficulty seeing now even with glasses. The first was done for vanity, the second was done for a justifed reason. So eye surgery seems perhaps to only work for some, as there are some success stories in circulation. I doubt very much if I would ever go for lazer eye surgery myself, & defiatly not for the case of vanity. Perhaps in the future with ‘spot on advanced methods’ of surgery the outcome may be of a higher sucess rateing .
kjw21:
euromat:
hello mate i had mine done last year, well worth every penny, and i didnt mind wearing glasses, i just didnt want the hassle of breaking or losing them while away (And the cost of prescripton sunglasses and diving masks is large!) i dont think it affects your licence though having it done…+1
Only thing to add is I get a slight “halo” now around lights (street lamps etc) at night, nothing bad or intrusive but definatlly there and it doesnt affect me regarding driving at night at all
I had mine done about 4 year ago & i paid extra (£750) so at night their isn’t the halo when looking at lights,in total it cost £3500 but it (upto now) has been worth it.
Andy.