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Filled with Regret

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I am 30 years old and wore glasses since age 7....

Nogo925
$4,000
I am 30 years old and wore glasses since age 7. The thought of being free from them seemed too good to be true. Despite my fears, I got Custom Wavefront LASIK. My prescription was a -7.00. The dr told me I would be able to return to my usual activities the next day and would be healed in a week or two. It has been just about 8 weeks and I am MISERABLE. I can see clearly outside in daylight but indoors everything is hazy and I have trouble reading things. I can't drive at night because the starbursts are so bright that I get a migraine. The computer hurts my eyes so I have suffered in my classes and at work. I have SEVERE dry eyes, and have been put on Lotemax, Restasis. The Lotemax seemed to make things worse so I stopped that and they put punctal plugs in my tear ducts. I am depressed and filled with regret for being so foolish and risking my eyesight. I cry a lot and have been losing weight because I'm so scared that I have ruined my eyesight. PLEASE DON'T RISK YOUR EYESIGHT. Yes. It may go well, but it also might go horrible wrong. Now they say it may take 3-6 months to heal and some people say it takes a year. Others online say it never improves. I am terrified and hate myself for doing this. There is NOTHING wrong with glasses. I would give anything to have mine back. There is no escape from this hell. I wake up every hour or 2 at night with burning dry eyes. I do everything I can to make it feel better with no success; humidifier, omega 3's, warm compresses, healthy diet, hepa filter for possible allergies, tons of preservative free drops. I wish I had trusted my fear and not gotten LASIK.

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Joseph Dello Russo, MD

Joseph Dello Russo, MD

Board Certified Ophthalmologist

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June 26, 2019
Ive has the same horrific results with my eyes, but instead it was caused by Lower eyelid surgery/skin pinch. It’s so sad you have to experience this (surgery induced) visual disability as well. I’m so sorry ☹️.