Lasik eye correction

tracerco

I am interested in having this done, but not sure where to go.  Please tell me about your experiences...the good, bad and ugly?  Where to go?  Thanks!

Mrs.Greeko

I wasn't a candidate for LASIK so I had PRK done instead.  I used Dr. Karen Heuer at LASIK plus in Bel-mar.  I highly recommend her.  I am so glad I did it!  Recovery from PRK is pretty awful and it takes forever, but it is totally worth it in the end.  It's been almost four years since I did it and my vision is still perfect! 

DruidPrincess

Pixy on this board just had hers done.

My DH has his scheduled with ICON Lasik at Cherry Creek at the start of the year - so I can report back after that.

CholeCO2006

I also had mine done with Dr. Karen Heuer at LasikPlus in Belmar about a year and a half ago.  Their entire staff is great.  I had regular lasik done on both eyes and I was pretty "blind" to begin with.  My vision is great now.  I am so happy with the results and the recovery was minimal without any complications.  I didn't even really experience the "halo" effect they always warn you about when driving at night.  My only regret is that I didn't do it sooner as it's made life so much easier. 

MrsKelleyT

DruidPrincess:

My DH has his scheduled with ICON Lasik at Cherry Creek at the start of the year - so I can report back after that.

Please be very careful with this office.  I do have 2 friends who did fine there but they said that I was a candidate for LASIK even with the level of vision correction that I needed.  I found out that it would have actually been VERY risky for me to have this done.  Fortunately, I had another complication that caused them to deny me but please be very careful with this type of "LASIK shop"

MrsKelleyT

I had PRK performed by Dr. Joel Goldstein a little over a year ago.  I can't say enough good things about him and his staff.  He is also just an amazing person and dr when it comes to working with patients.  He even published a book for other doctors on how to work well with patients.

He has been one of the top eye doctors listed in 5280 magazine for many years.

http://www.joelgoldsteinmd.com/

Edit:  I was between 20/800 and 20/1000 prior to my surgery and now I don't need glasses or contacts at all.  It's pretty amazing.

pixy_stix

I can't say enough good things about the Eye Center of Northern Colorado. 

velocitygrl

DH had his done at Dishler Laser Institute in the DTC in 2008.  They were awesome.  Highly recommend them.  

 http://www.dishler.com/