Are you eligible for Lasik?

As usual every Sunday, I've to attend my class at a University in Shah Alam. My class will start at 8.30 in the morning. Before that I'll drop by to a restaurant near to my Uni for a quick breakfast. This story happen last week while I'm having my hot coffee, suddenly a guy comes towards me and asked, "are you Yusof from Sitiawan". I look up to him and I knew he is my childhood friend. We were hugging and he were hesitant to say hi because last time I'm using glasses. During the conversation I told him that I've undergo a Lasik eye surgery. Since he's wearing a glasses, he ask me if everyone suitable to have a Lasik surgery. Since I only have a basic knowledge on this, I just told him that anyone who has a healthy eyes and good health condition are eligible to have Lasik. He also ask me is there any possibility for anyone who cannot have this surgery. I only know that anyone who has diabetes are advisable not to have this surgery but I was not satisfy with my answer because I knew there must be other reasons not to have this surgery. At home, I decided to google and look for informations and this is my findings on possibility not to have Lasik.

• People are above 40's and loss of near vision. It is natural issue because of aging. These people having difficulties to read close-up and have to use reading glasses.
• People who has high refractive errors may not recommend for Lasik.
• People who has eye disorder or disease. If they have diabetes, it will depend of doctors advice.
• People who are under 20. This is because their eyes prescription is still charging and this is normal. They need to wait few years later.

Based on my observation through reading, I can say that 99% people are eligible for Lasik, they are depending on their healthy eyes. It does't meant that there are no other solution apart from Lasik. There are other alternative for vision correction. The most important is to see the doctor and ask for their professional opinion. You will be safe because doctor's advice is the best for your eye correction.

I hope this will help everyone in making the decision.

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Meet up session

I received email from individuals telling that they still can't make their decision to have Lasik eye surgery or remain to use glasses or contact lens. Although some of them has already meet the doctors asking about this kind of technology, they still don't have that confident and has the feeling of anxious to doing this surgery. I understand their mix feelings because they only have a pair of eyes and it is impossible to replaced. So they have a lot of thinking to ensure that whatever steps taken will be the best decision ever.

To share with you, I also have the same feeling before I decide to undergo Lasik but when I have gather all the informations, i did not think too much. I've confident with the technology and the doctor. For me, if you think too much it sometimes does not help us in making our decision. Thinking too much sometime make us feel that we are not ready to have this surgery. The pros and cons about Lasik make us feel pressure in making decision. My advice is don't think too much. If your mind telling you to do it, go for it but if opposite, don't do it.

I'm getting request from individuals to share my experience about this surgery. Therefore, to help people out there in making the decision, me and few other friends who has undergo Lasik eye surgery will be having meet up session. I would like to invite anyone out there who has doubt and questions to join us and we will share our opinion and experience about this Lasik eye surgery. Maybe by having this session, there will be people who are willing to make their final decision. Come join us.

Where: Restoran Ayam Kampung KK, Puchong Utama, Puchong
Time: 2000
Date: 25/4/14

See you there!

Choosing the right doctor

As a guy who use to wear glasses more than 20 years, looking for alternatives for not using the glasses anymore, undergo a Lasik eye surgery is the answer. Maybe because I've done my own effort in searching all the information about this technology. I assume that people out there who has the knowledge about Lasik decide to have this surgery. The only this that will be a challenge was to choose the right doctor for your Lasik surgery.

Choosing a right doctor will be a tough decision for you. When I decide to have this surgery, choosing the right doctor will always be my challenge because there is a similarity among them. I've to consider few factors that I think is important for me before I've made my decision. I would say that the most important for you to choose the right doctor is to know the doctor's reputation for patient satisfaction, experienced and board certified surgeon. Once you have listed the names of the doctors, its time for you to ask friends who use their service or surf the Internet to read any reviews on doctors you have selected.

Not all Lasik centre, hospitals and doctors are equal. By having a checklist, it will help you to choose based on your needs. These are the lists that you may consider in choosing the right doctor and Lasik centre:

• Cleanliness. Does the clinic appear to be clean? A reputable centre mostly will be clean and concerned on hygienic.
• Equipment. What kind of technology does the centre use. Does the centre has the blade-less technology or femtoseconds machine.
• Professionalism, friendly staff. Please monitor on the professionalism from the staff to the surgeon. Does they assist you on issue that you need on any clarification? If you have financial issues, do they assist you on this and does they answer you especially related to consequences after the surgery.
• Patient satisfactions. You need to know how does the successful rate in those centre by asking people that used the centre. Some centre claim that their service is 100% successful but you need to ask people who has used the centre.
• Enhancements. Are enhancements frequently needed? Remember, Lasik eye surgery results are vary based on individual conditions. Even the doctor informed that the surgery was successful, future enhancement may be needed for corrections. You need to identify and check if the centre able to complete the task.
• Results. Does the Lasik centre offer a lifetime commitment on the results, including some minor or major adjustment. You need to ask this question before you undergo this surgery. You only have a pair of eyes. By understand the consequences will make you feel comfortable not only choosing the right doctor but you know that you are given your faith to the right doctor. (www.lasik.com)

Please ensure that you follow these steps and tips before you made the decision. This is to ensure that your vision can be corrected and improve for the future.

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Caring your eyes

If you follow my blog, most of the info that I shared is about sharing what Lasik is all about. I hope everyone who read my posting will guild and help people out there before they make any decision. It is important to have some knowledge for us to think over and make some analysis on this procedures. Anyway, a doctor advice will be the most important on Lasik eye surgery because they are the professional who will be doing the surgery. Prior to that, reading and get to know people's experience will also help you to ask questions to the doctor. This make you feel confidence and convince to undergo this surgery.

Today, I'm not going to share information about Lasik but I would like to share some tips and information on how to take care of your eyes based on my readings. It is said that our eyes is the mirror to our personality. It reflect the person we are and it also consider as our expression without words. The most important our eyes gave us the chance to see how beautiful the world are. We sometime focus more on our appearance through our eyes. Our eyes gave  the idea to our brain what should we wear. We are too focus on our outside appearance but fail to take care of our eyes. Fail to do this, some people have problems with their eyes with loss of perfect vision.

The most important is to have a routine checkup every year to know your vision health care. It is similar to some people who went for yearly health examination. You also need to have this kind of examination for your eyes. By having a regular checkup on your eyes will help you to maintain or avoiding any eye disease or blurry vision. It is known that lost of perfect vision because of naturally with age but if we have an adequate precaution, we can extend your eyesight even into old age.

There are many instances or things that may cause eye problems. These include excessive eye strains from reading, watching TV, spending more time in front of computer or work that may cause danger to your eyes. There are also people who has unhealthy lifestyle such as smoking, obesity, eye open directly to the sun, unhealthy diet and even sometime taking certain medications. To ensure that your eyes does not affected by any disease or loss of vision, it is advisable for your to have a yearly routine checkup to make sure that both of your eyes are healthy.

It is also good for you to splash water directly to your eyes. By splashing water, it helps your eyes to relax and not over strained. Eating healthy food and have a planned diet also part of steps to take care of your eyes. diet is actually control your eye problem and help you to produce a healthy eyes. You also need to avoid looking directly to the sun or overexposure to sun frequently. Lastly, please make sure your eyes has enough rest. To sleep seven to eight hours will help you to protect and relaxing your both eyes and body.

Hope this will help everyone to take a very good care of our eyes. See in another post.

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Taking care of your eyes after Lasik surgery

Before I undergo my Lasik eye surgery, I have to see the optemetrist to check on my power and for them to decide what will be the best configuration for my both eyes. I remember after I've done all the checking, there will be one session where the optometrist inform me the precautions that I need to take seriously after the surgery. Here, I would like to share some of the advice that I still remember for everyone out there to take it seriously once you have undergo Lasik eye surgery.

1. Please make sure that you don't take a bath, shower or clean your hair until the day after the surgery.
2. Try to avoid during shower, soap does not intact to your eyes a week after the surgery. You also need to avoid any hair spray and shaving lotion into your eyes for faster healing process.
3. Don't ever rub your eye after the surgery.
4. Do not drive within a week after the surgery or you are confident that you can drive. For your first time driving after the surgery, please bring someone along to help you in any difficulties.
5. You will be given an eye shield after the surgery. Please ensure you wear it while sleeping or at least a week to avoid any uncontrolled occurrence to your eyes.
6. If you decide to wash your face, please ensure that the tap water does not direcly get into your eyes at least for a week.
7. Please do not involve in any outside or indoor activity such as swimming, sauna or any sports a month after the surgery.
8. Some of us have to cut our hair or get hair colored or permed. Avoid this at least 10 days after the surgery.
9. Some of us like to have exercise as their daily routine. You may do so but after two days of surgery.
10. Please wear eye protection or a sunglass when you need to go outside or outdoor activity for at least a month.
11. Dryness is normal after the surgery and it is important avoiding any dirty and dusty environment. This will help you to control the dryness.
12. Please make sure you do not look straight to the sun directly. Please use any protection such as sunglass.

These are some of the tips that I still can remember from optometrist advice. I hope these tips will guide everyone out there to take care of your eyes after the Lasik eye surgery.

Take care and see in another post.

Procedures and complications

Every time I meet people that I know, they will ask what happen to your glasses, Did you break it? This is some of common questions I received because they know that I've been using glasses for a long time. So I started to explain that I'm free from glasses anymore. I can see without using anything, glasses or lens. So start to explain that I've undergo a Lasik eye surgery. Some of them know about the surgery very basic and some them don't know anything what is Lasik all about. So here I would like to share what is Lasik procedures and is there any complication after the surgery.

Procedures
Throughout the surgery, you will be awake. You actually know and feel what are the doctor do with your eyes. It sometime scarry because the femtoseconds machine come closer to your eyes. Once you have sit on the reclining chair, a numbing drops will be put into your eyes and once your eyes are fully numb, there will be a special tools to make your eyes open throughout the procedures. So the doctor will ask you to focus on a light to ensure that your eye are remain steady within the procedure. A suction cup will be placed on the surface of you eye and the laser will cut a flap on the protective membrane of the eye. This will allow to manipulative of the cornea. So the laser will start to reconstructive your cornea according to the correct configuration. One eye will take only seconds for this procedure to complete. Once complete, the flap will be restores to its position and it will heal on its own.

Complication
Here I would like to share some complication after the procedure. You may feel burn, water and itch. This is common for everyone after completing this procedures. Your vision are blurred after the procedure and I would recommend you to find someone to drive you home. You can't drive at all after the surgery and the doctor will give a protective guard for you to wear at night. You also need to place an eye drops to help you to overcome the pain such as antibiotic and other medications. For you to have a perfect vision, usually it will take more than 3 month for you to have a perfect vision and for your eyes to stabilize. Some people still need glasses after the procedures. This you need to see your doctor what has happen.

Ok. I'll be seeing you on another post sharing my knowledge and thoughts about Lasik for everyone to think and analyze before making any decision.

Bye...

Does LASIK safe for long-term?

If everyone are following my blog, I'm sure that most of you understand and have your own views what is Lasik all about. My previous post shared knowledge for everyone to consider undergo this surgery or not. After I shared my experience having this surgery, a friend of mine ask a question.."I don't believe you can see after 10 minutes of surgery and the procedures only took less than 15 minutes". Well this is what happen to me and the rest of us who opted to have this surgery. This are some of the questions that people may ask and sometimes is hard to explain within minutes you can see the world clearly without having glasses anymore. Anyway, I would like to share views from the expert that I've read from Foxnews. com/health on the long term effect after doing Lasik.

As this technology started in early 1990's, there are patients has been undergo with this treatment 18 and 19 years ago and they mentioned that their vision still perfect although they choose to use this kind of treatment during early days and using blades. This proof that Lasik does gave a long-term results.

In 2008, a Spanish researcher has produce a study by following 70 Lasik patients for almost 10 years to know the effect on vision towards this treatment. His finding was these patient had healthy corneas and their vision remained accurate. The study also indicate that the procedure is safe and the technology used is effectively  efficient.

So, these are some of the opinion from the expert that I would like to share and at the same time would like people who are interested to know about Lasik to think carefully before making any decision. As for me, the only issues was the dryness at the early stage but with eye drops it help. Other than feeling happy playing football without a wearing glass on it, I've enjoy to have numbers of other activities. It raised my confident level and I feel that sometime decision that we make does make our life changed.

I'll share my thought and opinion from people out there about Lasik in other post. By the way, I'm not promoting any doctors, clinics or hospital for this surgery by I'm sharing my views from experience that I've got for people to know about this treatment and think precisely before making any decision.

See everyone on next post. Take a very good care of your eyes. It is most precious gift from god!