I went on the official website to check the name of the doctor in charge, but they were gone, ahem.. First of all, I had worn glasses continuously since elementary school, and every time I went to an optical shop or ophthalmology clinic for a vision test, I had never not heard, "Your astigmatism is really very severe~?" When I got glasses or toric lenses for astigmatism, I could never pick them up the same day.. They always said they had to order them because I had high astigmatism.. So I had made up my mind since I was young that I would definitely get LASIK, but you know what parents say.. If it's so good, why! are all the ophthalmologists wearing glasses But at this hospital, there are many people who don't wear glasses I persuaded and persuaded them, and an acquaintance had SMILE LASIK at this hospital and said their satisfaction was extremely high, so I booked an exam and had a consultation. But they said SMILE LASIK wasn't possible because of the high astigmatism I was worried about.. So the only option was LASEK, which I wanted to avoid because it hurts the most, so I did all-laser LASEK! It seems this LASEK has slightly different names depending on the hospital? Some places advertise it as Two-Day LASEK, all-laser LASEK, and so on, basically as LASEK with faster recovery.
I booked same-day consultation and same-day surgery, and there was a long time left until the surgery time, so I rested at home a bit, then arrived at the hospital in time for my appointment. After putting in anesthetic eye drops, I waited while extremely nervous, then went into the operating room. There really was no pain at all during the surgery, and there was the burnt-squid smell people commonly mention.. They finished my right eye first, then while doing my left eye, my eye kept moving.. So the machine stopped too.. The doctor told me not to close my eye and not to move my eye, so it took a little longer, but I think I still came out of the operating room within 10 minutes!
I also added corneal strengthening treatment, but this wasn't anything special; it just seemed like they treated it with a laser and sprayed a yellow liquid? into my eye?
Anyway, after the surgery ended and I came out, my eyes stung from the cold so badly I can't even describe it. I wore sunglasses, could barely open my eyes because they stung so much, went to the hospital recovery room, did a little cold compress, and came out completely covered with a cap, sunglasses, and even a padded jacket hood. It was even evening, so the sun had almost set, but my eyes stung so much that I basically came home with my eyes closed..
I even walked home alone My place is about 5 minutes away on foot.. After surgery, when you get home, the hell party begins. My vision was so cloudy I couldn't see, my eyes stung severely, and tears just kept streaming from my eyes,, My phone? I couldn't look at it because my eyes stung.. I struggled to open my eyes only for brief moments to put on something like YouTube radio, then kept my eyes closed, and I don't know how much light sleep I got.. After a little while, my eyes also start aching, right? Um, when you read reviews, people say it feels like rubbing sand in your eyes. But it wasn't quite that bad; it was a kind of pain I had never experienced in my eyes before, with a foreign-body sensation, aching and stinging. But it was annoyingly noticeable and painful, so I used anesthetic eye drops twice..
I rested for 5 days like that and went back to work, but my vision had not fully recovered, and because things looked cloudy, working was a bit uncomfortable. But as the days passed, I could see better, you know? And at the one-month mark, my binocular visual acuity was over 1.0!
Even now, I get excited and walk around reading faraway signs to myself As for side effects, I don't know of anything major. I originally had high astigmatism, so glare and halos were part of daily life.. I don't have my own car, so I don't drive much, but after the surgery, I had to drive at night, and that's when I realized there definitely is glare/halos But as long as I don't drive, it isn't very uncomfortable!
Still, I'm just so happy about the fact that I can see well without lenses or glasses, and if you ask, "Would you do it again, even knowing that pain?" then of course my answer is yes! Seriously, absolutely!
Everyone considering vision correction surgery, the pain is temporary, and the vision that comes afterward is a happiness that truly cannot be expressed in words, so I hope you think carefully and decide!
LASEK Two-Day LASEK all-laser LASEK vision correction surgery
This is a surgical review pursuing reconstruction.