"anyone have Lasik or othere eye corrective surgery recently?" Topic

and did it mess with your ability to paint itty bitty minis at all?

I'm considering it but I'm worried it will mess with my "up close" vision

I had it done, but about 10 years ago. It did not effect my near vision at all and definitely corrected my far vision.

Do your home work. My brother works professionally in the eye health field. HE will not have it done as there is a higher failure rate than they would have you think.

Be sure you seek out a GOOD Doc to do it. don't choose just based on price. Some of the cut rate places are not that good.

It works great for some people, and better results for minimal corrections. Major corrections it is not good for.

I have a family member who lost her close-up vision, and became far-sighted instead. But that was over a decade ago, so no doubt techniques have improved.

Aye I'm scared about losing the close-up vision .. but I'm a good candidate docs say ..

I had my eyes zapped about four years ago. I use 2x reading glasses for mini painting but that's just to bring it into closer focus.

If you're a candidate I would say go for it. The overall benefits of not wearing glasses far outweigh having to use some over the counter reading glasses to paint minis.

Then again, even my friends who never wore glasses like the reading glasses when painting minis too.

I did it about 5 years ago, and it was definitely a success. Close in vision is great. Before the surgery I was very near sighted. I lost nothing up close, and have about 20/20 – 20/30 now for distance.

However botched ones do happen. So do your homework, do it with a qualified surgeon, and watch out for the "bargains".

Also, it does take 6-months to a year for your eyes to "get back to normal". Vision is great right after the surgery, but you will experience dry eyes for at least 6 months, and then it gets back to normal.

Had Lasik 2.5 years ago and it was a definite improvement all around. Went from extremely nearsighted with astigmatism (20/200-400) to 20/15. Had one supposedly rare complication with cells agressively growing back after surgery that required a second procedure on my right eye. The doctor called the procedure "a lift and scrape" – while descriptive, I'm guessing the marketing folks weren't involved in picking the name. Since I was in my 40s when I had the procedure, they did warn me that I would eventually need reading glasses as I aged due to the lens becoming less flexible. I thought that wasn't a bad tradeoff after 36 years of wearing glasses or contacts all the time.

Overall, I had a good experience and I'd do it again if faced with the same choice. While I went to one of the Lasik specialty places, it wasn't a cut rate price, and I researched the doctor performing the surgery (fortunately the local paper featured him in an extensive article on Lasik and a friend worked wih him when he was a resident). I was pleased with the service, thoroughness of the exam, the follow ups, and of course the results.