Lasik (sp?) recommendations - UPDATED

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ProdigalHorn

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OK, so I lost one of my contacts and I've about had it with them. Anyone have any suggestions on doctors you've used that have been good - preferably in the Frisco/Plano/North Dallas area, but if you did in Austin, that might work as well.
It's not that I'm leery about the surgery itself, just want to make sure the guy has a good track record and the latest equipment.
 
Make sure you go to a place that has a wavefront machine or an equivalent. Your eyes are mapped so the procedure is completely customized for you. Then a laser is used to reshape your cornea instead of a microkeratome. The laser allows for much quicker recovery time because it doesn't cause as much irritation and it's safer.
 
Ask your opthomologist for a referral. And make sure whoever you go to is the most expensive option available. And make sure you spend at least an hour on this site first:
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If you still want to do it after reading through those message boards, good for you. A lot of **** can go wrong, and it does pretty often, best to know about it and make a decision with all the information. My optho would not give me a referral until I read everything on the site and reported back to her. I went ahead with it, and I am 20/20 in both, I was like 20/400 and 20/150. I do have floaters now, but it's worth it.
 
my mother and a friend of the family have both used Dr. Boothe and have been more than happy with it. don't know how much he costs, but i would assume expensive as hell since he's probably in the top lasik doctors in the country--or that's what i've heard.
 
Texas Cornea Institute with Dr. Gellender (Greenville and Walnut Hill area). I had the surgery done last year with optimal results. I've recommended them to lots of people.
 
Squirrell - I am pretty sure it is the best money I have ever spent too, but I do know someone first hand who is an absolute shut in because of a botched lasik. A very intelligent personable attractive real estate appraiser mother of two (now divorced because she's pretty fuckig bitter) who cannot go outside her dark blue painted appartment because of doubles/haloes/overcontrasts etc. When the **** goes bad it is very very bad.

Not that we're lucky, most (probably 90-99 percent have great experiences) love it so the odds are with you, but the bad **** is horriffic. My floaters are kind of endearing, actually.
 
Don't put down a deposit ($500) like I did to buy down the cost of the surgery. The company I went with (Icon Lasic Centers) did my initial exam and then filed bankruptcy taking my $500. The backruptcy trustee said I would never see a dime. Good luck.
 
Thanks for the feedback everyone. I am now sitting in front of the computer the day after surgery with 20-20 (or better?) vision, no pain, no real discomfort and only some weird looking black pen marks and a couple of red areas on my eyes to show for it. Just have to wear the flash gordans outside for a week and keep using the drops, and I'm good to go.
If nothing changes, this was one of the best buys I've ever made! Thanks everyone for the last minute advice. BTW - intralasik, wavefront, only way to go!
 
How much did you pay? If you shopped around, what was the price range? What made you choose the person that did yours?

I'm seriously thinking about getting it done at some point during the next year.
 
I reall didn't shop around much, mainly because I knew about Dr. Booth's reputation and I was more interested in getting the best (or almost the best) to do the surgery than I was in price.
From talking to others at the office, the price range looks to end up around $3000 total, doing both eyes. A little more if you're going to do intralasik and wavefront, which I would highly recommend.
 
Congrats man. That's awesome. I had to redo my right eye 6 mos later to get to 20/20. That's bad *** that it was so good first time out.
 
Today I went in for my 3 month checkup and my right eye is still a little near-sighted. I don't think it would be worth it to re-do the eye unless it gets worse.
 
Depends on whether you have to pay for the redo. I think most doctors that are any good will tell you that if you don't see a certain level after the first surgery, they'll do the followup surgery for free.
Of course, the question is can you really tell that much difference? I dont know the answer to that one.
I have my one-week today, so we'l see how it goes. For anyone who had the procedure, how long did it take to get rid of the halo effect at night? 9If you got rid of it at all?) For the uninitiated, I'm talking about a hazy ring I still see around stoplights and street lamps - it's gotten noticeably less, so I think it's going away, and it's not a big deal even if it doesn't. But it would be nice.
 
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