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irfanroberts@gmail.com wrote:
> Please Help...Need your recommendations - Lasik
> 
> I am in my mid 50's.
> 
> I am contemplating Lasik surgery.
> I recently had my eyes tested. The doc said that my grades have not
> changed much and that
> I would be a good candidate for lasik. He does not offer lasik so he
> did not seem
> to have a vested interest.
> 
> 
> Does anyone in the Bay Area know of any good Lasik surgery centers and
> specifically the best doctors to go to?
> 
> 
> If anyone has some good recommendations - for the Bay Area -
> preferably East Bay.
> Please let me know your experience and /or information.
> 
> What is the latest technology these days ?
> What would be best for a person in his mid 50's?
> 
> What are the pitafalls ?
> What I should not do ?
> How much would it cost  per eye ?
> 
> 
> Thanks in advance for your recommendations,
> 
> Irfan Roberts

I can't recommend and specific doctors, but I am pretty sure that the 
best technology will depend on your prescription.  You should have your 
corneas checked also. I understand that corneal thickness is a major 
factor when it comes to those "disaster" cases we occasionally here 
about in the news.

My brother had the laser eye surgery years ago and while he was happy 
with not having to wear glasses, he says his eyes have gotten worse now 
and so he will probably have to wear glasses anyway.

In article <g8p0fg$5gh$1@news.parasun.com>, Jack Bauer <jb@nowhere.com> wrote:
>irfanroberts@gmail.com wrote:
>> Please Help...Need your recommendations - Lasik
>> 
>> I am in my mid 50's.
>> 
>> I am contemplating Lasik surgery.
[snip] >> 
>> If anyone has some good recommendations - for the Bay Area -
>> preferably East Bay.
[snip]

>> What are the pitafalls ?

if you don't need reading glasses now, after you have them corrected to 20/20, 
you probably would need them after the surgery. some doctors would suggest 
'mono-vision", i.e., under-correct one eye so you don't need reading glasses. 
it is up to you.

others possible side effects : dry eyes, night vision problem.

oh, yes, like the other said, have your cornea checked.

i'm not sure about the cost any more. i had mine done @ Scott Hyver (sp?) in 
Santa Clara. he & his staff were very friendly. my optometris had his eyes 
done by Dr. Manche @ Stanford who was supposed to pretty good. but i didn't 
like his optometrist. she only spent only 10 min for my prescription. (it was 
a busy days & lot's of people were waiting to have eyes checked.) anyway, i 
just didn't trust her prescription.

[snip] >best technology will depend on your prescription.  You should have your 
>corneas checked also. I understand that corneal thickness is a major 
[snip]

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