I don't have eye lasers, but I would consider it, if I did. 

my brother's had it done....hasn't looked back since...erm not coz the lasers meant he couldn't move his eyes...but because it changed his life

Is that surgery carried out by Superman?

Its something I have thought about having done for years.    I know a couple of people that have had it done & they say its amazing, you walk in, get zapped and by the time you walk out again your eyesight is already getting better.

Soo..  I asked my optician about it ...    my optician is no longer my optician cos he was a bit of a twat...  he got all affronted when I said I was thinking about lazer surgery and then started to go on about all the people for who it had gone terribly wrong, he said his professional journal was full of these cases, a lot of them coming from the most known lazer surgery companies.

He wouldn't tell me which ones though..    so he was so bloody unhelpful.

I wear contact lenses and tbh most of the time its as good as having perfect vision.   The only time its an issue for me is swimming/snorkelling...    even though I can get a prescription snorkel mask made up... its not the same.   If I was doing a lot of snorkelling I would get it done.  

The percentage of error/gone wrong surgeries is actually quite high ..   I think its 1% or something.. it might sound low, but when you think that when it goes wrong it can result seriously damaged vision that glasses & lenses cannot correct, i think its quite significant.

I spoke to somone on here about it ages ago..   she'd had it done and her advice was "spend as much as you possibly can on having it done, do not go cheap on it.  You get what you pay for"  As I rememeber it she had had hers done at Moorfields (THE eye hospital) in London.

  That made me think of the Billy Connolly sketch where he is telling his father about prescription wind screens.

Thats why I wouldn't get it done... my eyesight isn't that bad at the minute, I don't wear my glasses all the time and the risk of permanent damage is too great I think Plus I quite like my glasses Never tried contacts - squeamish central over here

My situation exactly, ditty. I'm a bit eyeball-phobic.

Remember the film 127 Hours, where we were all warned about the arm amputation scene?

That wasn't the bit that made me cringe behind my hands - it was the part where he took his contacts out in gelatinous, squishy close-up!

I think it also depends on your eye "condition" I have astigmatism,rugby shaped eyeballs as opposed to football shaped ones,well that's a simple analogy.However I'm now 55 and most folk over forty ,my optician says,will need glasses eventually.I only need reading specs,my distance vision is excellent.

I would actually love to have it done, especially now it's no longer limited to under-40s. But I'm squeamish about eyeballs and my vision isn't really that bad. Yet.

I made  enquries to have it done on my right eye, my left eye is useless and unlikely to ever improve, if anything did go wrong have laser treatment on the right eye, I would be left without a good eye. I believe although not 100% sure, it's a procedure that has to be repeated after about 10 years. I made enquries about 15 years ago when a few stories of things going wrong were flying about,  these days your not hearing the same stories.

my nephew had it done-made a big difference to him

and he also got 'touched up' by one of the nurses there

that made a big difference aswell

oh i have that too, does that make lasering more difficult?

Saz,I have no idea,I think it means you have to wear special contacts.Your optician will know I assume.

http://www.dcareaeyecare.com/astigmatism_article.html

Found this Saz.

I know a few people who've had it and they have said it's the best thing they've ever done. The only uncomfortable (but more scary) part of it was being able to see everything that was going on and feeling the laser going through their eyes.

oh god 

I once enquired with optimax or ultralaze (can't remember which one)...  they sent me a booklet & there was a link to their website where there was a video of the procedure...   so I went and watched it.. 

if that don't put you off.. nothing will 

They open a flap on the front of your eye...

I know! 

I had a squint when I was really little and it's resulted in a lazy eye. I was told they can't do it if you have that. I got put off anyway by my friend who had it done. She said the clamping of the eyelids were bad enough then she could see it all happening and to top it off they ripped the flap so she had to wear a contact lense until it healed. Nuff said....I'll stick to contacts