LASIK or LASEK

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I started out with contacts but moved to glasses because they're so much less of a hassle, but I'm looking to get laser eye surgery eventually. Was thinking of going with LASEK because despite the longer healing time it's apparently better if you plan to do any sort of contact sports later, as LASIK apparently weakens the strength of your cornea, which can be trouble if you get punched in the eye or something. I've also heard that some people have encountered complications like permanent floaters or hazy vision due to the flap healing improperly with LASIK.

For those of you who are interested in getter laser eye surgery or have already done it, which method are you opting for/did you get?

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Quote from: Cyrano on January 16, 2014, 08:39:16 PMI'm due to get a PKR (excimer) operation on one of my eyes in two weeks time. The other eye should follow shortly after (2 weeks ?). But I've got to admit I'm a bit anxious about its outcome, although theoretically everything will be fine... Plus it's going to hurt a lot, dixit my doc. Are you myopic ? I'm hypermetropic and I've been wearing glasses since I was 4. And I tried contacts but can't bear them anymore...

Good luck with the PRK. How long does your optometrist say it's going to be before your eyes completely recover from the surgery? Is laser eye surgery usually done one eye at a time with a break in between?

I'm myopic. My eyesight didn't start to go bad until I was 13. I've also got Red–green color blindness and astigmatism, with worse astigmatism in my left eye as apparently it's shaped more like an oval than a circle.

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Quote from: Carter on January 17, 2014, 01:34:52 AMWhat about ICL?   From Wikipedia .

"Implantable collamer lens or ICL, called by its manufacturer Visian ICL, is a soft, flexible gel-lens used in refractive surgeries for the permanent correction of myopia (nearsightedness), made of a collagen copolymer material, named by combining "collagen" and "polymer".[1] The ICL procedure is a popular alternative to LASIK and PRK since it requires no removal of the corneal tissue and reportedly produces better visual results."

Wow, ICL looks almost too good to be true. I'm going to start looking around the web and read up on reviews from people who got it done. The procedure being reversible if your prescription changes is what really catches my interest.

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Thanks for the update. Hope the dryness goes away. I hated wearing contacts since they made my eyes dry so fast.