Lasik eye Surgery

[Vina1010]

Hi,

anyone did at Singapore National Eye Centre b4?
is it good? or Eagle Eye Centre better?

 

[eyz]

if you attend the LSC forum, you'll be entitled $250 discount. just went for the assessment the other day, and they assessed that I am suitable for all kind of procedures.

but after finding out more about the different type of procedures, i'm leaning more to the flapless lasek. thou the recovery time is longer, but no incision would be made on the corneas, and the thickness would recover over time.

and i think eagle eye is offering the cheapest price for a wavefront-optimized epi lasik (lasek). their price is around 3210$ inclusive of GST.

shinagawa - 3625$

LSC - 3946$ (wavefront), 3518$ (standard)

will attend 1 more forum with clearvision this sat.

 

[yosemi]

$250 referral discount. Say my name Chandran Superman @ LASC Paragon.

bro how is ur vision now ?

 

[Poryongming]

Hi,

I just did ReLEX Smile Surgery 10 days back at LSC By Dr. Eugene Tay.

Its is 10 days already and I have still yet to get my perfect far vision yet as its still not very clear. Worst thing is I cant see near now. I used to have perfect near sightness. I am having not very clear vision as I type this message to you all.

Is it common to have blurred vision for near sightness after myopia RELEX SMILE.

Please advice. Thanks.

With ReLEx SMILE vision can take longer to recover than LASIK. It's quite common for both far and near vision to be somewhat blurry after op-can take a few weeks to recover.

It's thought that after removing the piece of cornea, the interface (inner corneal surfaces which are just operated on) is not as smooth as what you get after LASIK. But mostly if you wait long enough it should be OK.

This is a comparison of ReLEx SMILE and LASIK: https://www.quora.com/What-are-the-...f-the-ReLEx-SMILE-procedure-compared-to-LASIK

 

[eyz]

thanks for the article.

reinforce my decision to go lasek or lasik.

adding another note, my cousin in law, who is working in the medical industry, recommended me Dr. Por (author of the article) from Eyes Suregeon, and Dr. Lee Sao Bing from Shinagawa for vision correction surgery. He said these 2 doctors are good. I had heard bad feedback on LSC from a 3rd party account. Though, I must say LSC services are pretty good.

With ReLEx SMILE vision can take longer to recover than LASIK. It's quite common for both far and near vision to be somewhat blurry after op-can take a few weeks to recover.

It's thought that after removing the piece of cornea, the interface (inner corneal surfaces which are just operated on) is not as smooth as what you get after LASIK. But mostly if you wait long enough it should be OK.

This is a comparison of ReLEx SMILE and LASIK: https://www.quora.com/What-are-the-...f-the-ReLEx-SMILE-procedure-compared-to-LASIK

 

[yosemi]

thanks for the article.

reinforce my decision to go lasek or lasik.

adding another note, my cousin in law, who is working in the medical industry, recommended me Dr. Por (author of the article) from Eyes Suregeon, and Dr. Lee Sao Bing from Shinagawa for vision correction surgery. He said these 2 doctors are good. I had heard bad feedback on LSC from a 3rd party account. Though, I must say LSC services are pretty good.

I went for the forum at LSC , but i am still thinking going to eec.
I know choosing the best doctor is importance for this type of ops. hard choices

 

[eyz]

EEC is one of the cheapest.

anyway, these are price lists I got from LSC and Shinagawa:

I went for the forum at LSC , but i am still thinking going to eec.
I know choosing the best doctor is importance for this type of ops. hard choices

 

[yosemi]

EEC is one of the cheapest.

anyway, these are price lists I got from LSC and Shinagawa:

actually price list are on their website.
price is not a factor for me.
I am going for quality ops and aftercare/review

I am more keen of doing flapless , don know how to choose man.

 

[eyz]

After taking a second look at your post, I realised you are Dr. Por! am surprised that you even participate in a local casual forum like this one.

With ReLEx SMILE vision can take longer to recover than LASIK. It's quite common for both far and near vision to be somewhat blurry after op-can take a few weeks to recover.

It's thought that after removing the piece of cornea, the interface (inner corneal surfaces which are just operated on) is not as smooth as what you get after LASIK. But mostly if you wait long enough it should be OK.

This is a comparison of ReLEx SMILE and LASIK: https://www.quora.com/What-are-the-...f-the-ReLEx-SMILE-procedure-compared-to-LASIK

 

[eyz]

relex or lasek/PRK?

i'm considering flapless too, and most probably epi-lasek.

actually price list are on their website.
price is not a factor for me.
I am going for quality ops and aftercare/review

I am more keen of doing flapless , don know how to choose man.

 

[yosemi]

relex or lasek/PRK?

i'm considering flapless too, and most probably epi-lasek.

relex only has 1 option which is lsc and its pretty new too.
can consider.

however i am more towards epi-lasik, but there seem to have different type of
epi-lasik also which made me confuse.

lsc offer standard vs wavefront guided
eec offer Wavefront Optimised Epi-LASIK vs Wavefront Optimised no touch Epi-LASIK
shinagawa offer 2 different laser.

still doing some reading and googling

 

[eyz]

SNEC also has relex, but as spoken to the doctor who consulted me after my assessment at LSC, she said their clinic has done more relex surgeries than SNEC.

i've been doing some research, i try to explain what i understand.

The computer-driven or wavefront-guided Allegretto approach uses ablation profiles that are calculated mathematically based on the wavefront aberrometer, Dr. Stonecipher said. The wavefront-optimized treatment platform is calculated mathematically based on empirical research with the wavefront aberrometer.

In short, wavefront guided used a device to measure the profile of the eyes. whereas wavefront optimized uses result gathered from the previous measurement to determine the profile of your eyes.

Went to the Shinagawa forum before, the doctor said all their procedures are customised. The specs of their laser were displayed in a chart during the presentation, and their schwind laser was supposed to be shooting beams in faster speed and superior than others.

As for no touch epi lasik, the top layer of the cornea, known as "epithelium" is supposed to be removed, before the excimer can correct the vision. the conventional method is to use alcohol and scrape it off or a plastic blade to slice it off, hence it is considered a touch method. for no touch, a laser was used to remove the epithelium instead.

Dr. Por's post has a link on the pros and cons of relex vs lasik. As of now, LASIK is still the gold standard.

relex only has 1 option which is lsc and its pretty new too.
can consider.

however i am more towards epi-lasik, but there seem to have different type of
epi-lasik also which made me confuse.

lsc offer standard vs wavefront guided
eec offer Wavefront Optimised Epi-LASIK vs Wavefront Optimised no touch Epi-LASIK
shinagawa offer 2 different laser.

still doing some reading and googling

 

[yosemi]

SNEC also has relex, but as spoken to the doctor who consulted me after my assessment at LSC, she said their clinic has done more relex surgeries than SNEC.

i've been doing some research, i try to explain what i understand.




In short, wavefront guided used a device to measure the profile of the eyes. whereas wavefront optimized uses result gathered from the previous measurement to determine the profile of your eyes.

Went to the Shinagawa forum before, the doctor said all their procedures are customised. The specs of their laser were displayed in a chart during the presentation, and their schwind laser was supposed to be shooting beams in faster speed and superior than others.

As for no touch epi lasik, the top layer of the cornea, known as "epithelium" is supposed to be removed, before the excimer can correct the vision. the conventional method is to use alcohol and scrape it off or a plastic blade to slice it off, hence it is considered a touch method. for no touch, a laser was used to remove the epithelium instead.

Dr. Por's post has a link on the pros and cons of relex vs lasik. As of now, LASIK is still the gold standard.

LASIK create a flap and only the cut area heals, which means the underneath (middlepart) doesnt stick to ur eye anymore

 

[eyz]

yah, hence LASEK/ASA/PRK is recommended for active lifestyle patients, and i think it is the only recommended procedures for military personnel, probably those special forces, that has higher tendency to suffer impact on the head. am not sure in about SG military forces.

am not sure whether it will be healed, but hearing from the LSC forum, the doctor said she had ever lift up a 10 year old flap.

and i think cutting of the flap is the causes for dryness and other side effect, as more cornea nerve are damaged.

LASIK create a flap and only the cut area heals, which means the underneath (middlepart) doesnt stick to ur eye anymore

 

[Poryongming]

After taking a second look at your post, I realised you are Dr. Por! am surprised that you even participate in a local casual forum like this one.

Thanks for reading my Quora post!

I came to HWZ forum originally for other things and then stumbled on this thread. It's a great one by the way. I think it's good that so many of you are doing your own research and discussing things before going for the procedure.

I don't come here very regularly but hopefully what I've shared is helpful to those of you who are looking for more info.

 

[yosemi]

yah, hence LASEK/ASA/PRK is recommended for active lifestyle patients, and i think it is the only recommended procedures for military personnel, probably those special forces, that has higher tendency to suffer impact on the head. am not sure in about SG military forces.

am not sure whether it will be healed, but hearing from the LSC forum, the doctor said she had ever lift up a 10 year old flap.

and i think cutting of the flap is the causes for dryness and other side effect, as more cornea nerve are damaged.

ya so the lasik with flap is not advisable for me as i will still be going for reservist(chiong sua unit). I will head down to lsc for eye test first might schedule to do on another day

eec doesnt have forum? I heard of the dr Julian Theng is an expert in this field

 

[eyz]

check this old article

https://www.snec.com.sg/about/newsroom/news-articles/Pages/28Dec2010_TheStraitsTimes_PgA1-A4.aspx

Over the past five years, the SAF has effectively doubled the pool of promising candidates available for critical jobs such as pilots, commandos and navy divers by fixing their eyesight and picking up the $2,000 tab.

Currently, this type of corrective eye surgery, called photorefractive keratectomy (PRK), is offered mostly to new enlistees who sign on with the SAF for critical jobs requiring good eyesigh

LASIK is still recommended for most people, unless you are engaged in sparring, MMA or sports alike.

As for myself, if I am to go for epi-lasik, it would be that I just don't want any flap on my eyes.

So far, I only know LSC, Shinagawa, Clear Vision and SNEC's Laser Vision has forum.

ya so the lasik with flap is not advisable for me as i will still be going for reservist(chiong sua unit). I will head down to lsc for eye test first might schedule to do on another day

eec doesnt have forum? I heard of the dr Julian Theng is an expert in this field

 

[yosemi]

check this old article

https://www.snec.com.sg/about/newsroom/news-articles/Pages/28Dec2010_TheStraitsTimes_PgA1-A4.aspx




LASIK is still recommended for most people, unless you are engaged in sparring, MMA or sports alike.

As for myself, if I am to go for epi-lasik, it would be that I just don't want any flap on my eyes.

So far, I only know LSC, Shinagawa, Clear Vision and SNEC's Laser Vision has forum.

so u consider which 1 to go for ?

 

[eyz]

most probably epi-lasik, but undecided between shinagawa and eye surgeons.

btw, check the shinagawa website

http://www.shinagawa.com.sg/en/services/lasik-surgery?gclid=CNWTq4u3q8kCFdUTaAodY74CMg

all their laser are customised, either wavefront guided or optimized. eyesurgeons are using the same schwind amaris as well, so should have the the wavefront software. shinagwa epi-lasik is no touch.

shinagawa had the prices listed on their website, but can't find much info on eyesurgeons website. i'll probably head down to enquire at their clinic one of these days

so u consider which 1 to go for ?

 

[yosemi]

most probably epi-lasik, but undecided between shinagawa and eye surgeons.

btw, check the shinagawa website

http://www.shinagawa.com.sg/en/services/lasik-surgery?gclid=CNWTq4u3q8kCFdUTaAodY74CMg

all their laser are customised, either wavefront guided or optimized. eyesurgeons are using the same schwind amaris as well, so should have the the wavefront software. shinagwa epi-lasik is no touch.

shinagawa had the prices listed on their website, but can't find much info on eyesurgeons website. i'll probably head down to enquire at their clinic one of these days

do u have any info abt the no touch epi lasik ?
how is it done?