Everything You NEED To Know About LASER EYE SURGERY

Laser eye surgery - PRK vs LASIK vs SMILE
00:00 Introduction
00:57 PRK
04:03 LASIK
06:16 SMILE
08:31 My laser story
PRK - PhotoRefractive Keratectomy
Stromal haze occurs to some degree after PRK due to the ablation of tissue. However, once the cornea fully remodels it returns to normal after 12 months. When the stromal haze is more than what is expected this could be due to inflammation or infection although these cases are extremely rare. These cases can also be treated with steroids to reduce the opacity.

[@DoctorEyeHealth]

Great to see you back 🎉 happy 2024!

[@injelato]

Some high quality animation

[@AntoniotheOptometrist]

😂 no they are super low budget!

[@Tystros]

I'm surprised you didn't mention anything about the issue of how looking into bright lights in the dark often looks bad for people who had laser eye surgery due to distracting artifacts being introduced (I forgot the exact name). That's the main reason why I wouldn't want to get it.

[@Juice_VI]

I recommend just embracing contacts or glasses. I had LASIK 10 years ago and was spoiled. Now that my LASIK has “worn off” I’m back to contacts or glasses. It’s really hard to get used to it again. Plus, glasses are in style now!

[@lekalotte2825]

You did not mention the other numerous risks like infections, fluctuating vision, corneal scars, halos, etc. pp. MY PERSONAL OPINION: people who can correct their vision with glasses should avoid that massive eye injury that such a surgery in fact really is!

[@slavewholave]

I have made a similar comment, and my message was deleted. let's see how this message survives

[@AntoniotheOptometrist]

Thanks for the feedback! In hindsight I agree something like that would have been nice to include, although having said that it is actually very rare to come by. I’ll keep that in mind for future videos

[@AntoniotheOptometrist]

@slavewholave hmm bizarre, I don’t know what happened to your comment sorry but I do have ‘hold potentially inappropriate comments for review’ turned on so something could have happened there 🤔

[@nriqueog]

I'm in my mid 50's and would love to see a vid on Refractive lens exchange.

[@roastedbraincells6303]

You're really helpful :))

[@SumoneLol]

Orthokeratology would be an interesting topic to cover, it's like braces but for your eyes

[@portwain]

Can you explain how a surgery for retina dystrophy works? Is it necessary most of the times? Is it necessary before eye surgery for fixing miopia?

[@delcogoblin]

What is your opinion on WhistlinDiesel's experience with laser surgery? I'm not sure I can ever trust LASIK after hearing that.

[@HulaHula667]

Thanks for confirming that Laser Eye surgery is not for me! I’ve got High myopia and astigmatism , but higher than the top they quote and also irregular astigmatism in both eyes and Sjorgens so my eyes are always ridiculously dry. There’s also the unfortunate fact that even at 42 my prescription still changes on average every 12months - and I’m not talking about needing bifocals yet, just my myopia getting worse - though in my twenties it was every 6months for the majority of the decade, so at least it’s slowed down!

[@AznDudeIsOn]

I thought myopia stopped at 25. Maybe ur just still in puberty

[@HulaHula667]

@@AznDudeIsOnMy previous optometrist said it was pretty common for females to have fast changing prescriptions through their twenties (in his 20+ -20yrs ago- experience) but I do have Endometriosis which means my hormone levels are screwy so maybe it’s connected to that 😂😂

[@dann5480]

What's your current prescription? I am on my early thirties and my myopia is also getting worse every single year.

[@scarface3621]

content 👍👍

[@powerspan]

Few people who did Lasik in KZbin comments said that they can't see the bright headlights which is effecting their vision while driving and few more complications, are they true

[@TheDas1888]

I got it done for mild myopia, - 1.75 & - 1 and personally, I'd say my eyesight is better at night time than with glasses and contacts. I think the stronger the prescription preop, the more likely those side effects can be. The newer surgical techniques have eliminated some of the problems there used to be but of course there are still those who suffer and so it also depends where you go and which surgeon

[@The1stChillaKilla]

Ive gotten Lasik last march, Still expirience some wierd things from tjme to time, like one eye beeing blurry while the other is sharp, however that usually vanishes within a few hours.

[@lekalotte2825]

Maybe dry eye? Unstable tear film...

[@The1stChillaKilla]

@@lekalotte2825 using eyedrops does not change it tbh

[@TheDas1888]

I got it a week ago and my right eye was initially really sharp vs my left eye. Now it seems the other way about the past few days. The day after I was comfortably seeing 20/15 in both eyes. Pretty confident about my left eye possibly being even better now but not so much my right eye which seems to have regressed if anything

[@santiagoblandon3022]

SMILE has many disadvantages compared to excimer based procedures. It doesn't have advanced profiles that minimize induction of spherical aberrations, it can't be enhanced if something goes wrong, it does't have eye tracker so decentrations are very common, and the list of disadvantages goes too long for a youtube comment. Also the three techniques induce higher order aberrations, which make you see bad but you can't correct with spetacles or normal contact lenses.

[@LASIKsecondopinion]

SMILE is easily the worst of the three, but they're all unsafe, unnecessary and unregulated. I personally know someone who had a decentered SMILE procedure causing him to see double of everything. He quit working not long after that.

[@eileenlynetteadams9182]

I am 63yrs am short sighted in one eye, long sighted in the other, oblique astigmatism and double vision. So laser treatment is out for me too. 😏

[@RussiaGuitarPlaylist]

animation was the best)