Armin Vishteh, MD

Your corneal thicknesses certainly seem adequate for LASIK; however, I'd be interested in knowing your full prescription including your degree of astigmatism in each eye. If you were told you are a better PRK candidate you may have some topographical abnormality or some other findings that may make LASIK less safe. You may consider getting a second opinion if you're not entirely confident with your first consultation. At the end of the day remember this is elective surgery.

In addition to the above excellent comments please also realize that many of these $299 type centers end up going out of business and are unable to provide care when you may need it the most.  We have seen a few patient's from one of the discount Los Angeles centers that went under; some of the patients we were able to help, others should never have been operated on.  Please realize that post-operative care is just as important as the surgery itself.