On Friday, August 17th, we posted a Morning Deal for a free eye exam and Lasik laser corrective eye surgery consultation. Reader Andrew’s boyfriend tried the deal out and was disappointed.
Andrew writes, “My boyfriend needed a new prescription for his contacts so he signed up for the comprehensive eye exam and consultation at the Lasik Plus website. His appointment this Monday and he came back quite annoyed. The consultation and exam took an hour and a half (with a big chunk of it discussing the different financing options for the surgery) and was not told until the end that it would cost over $90 for the prescription for new contacts. Clearly this was not what was advertised so I just wanted to let you know about the discrepancy.”
Looking closer, the only mention we see of getting a free prescription was on the referring blog we got deal info from. It says nothing like that on the LasikPlus site. A review on Blueprint for Financial Prosperity confirms there’s no free prescription in the free consultation. The Consumerist regrets the error and has edited the old post to warn off future generations.
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@thepounder:Most of my astigmatism is gone. Mild regression though, I’m four years post LASIK and I’m 20/30 and 20/40.
Some things you should know. It wasn’t all that painless. My dry eye lasted nine months before it went away. I still have problems if the humidity drops very low.
Also, once done, NEVER rub your eyes. The cornea flaps just sit there and it takes awhile before they heal fully. I’ve heard anything from one year to two, to never. If displaced, the only solution is a transplant. So, I don’t rub my eyes. Ever.
Halos and starbursts….had em’ all my life, a few floaters as well, nothing new to me.
I had custom LASIK in 5/07 at TLC Lasik in Westchester IL and they were wonderful. A bit pricey (just under 4 grand) but it came with a lifetime guarantee. I went from -3 in each eye to 20/10 and as of this week I still see at that level. Yes it was one of the scariest things I’ve volunteered for, since the reason I could never wear contacts was due to an extreme phobia of anything in my eye. This made the surgery the longest 5 minutes of my life. They gave me a double dose of Valium to calm me.
I thought I was going to crawl out of my skin when I had one eye taped shut and they cut the cornea open. At this point you can only see out of the one uncovered eye and once the cornea is cut open and pealed back your vision turns to dirty dishwater. Your brain flips out, as it should if all of a sudden you can’t see, but you have to sit there and try to focus on this orange dot (the laser) while they shape your eye. It was only 25-30 seconds per eye, the prep and clean-up for each eye take longer than the surgery.
Would I do it again? Absolutely. Did I freak out my parents who sat there while the surgeon explained and demonstrated everything he was going to do to my eyes? Yes. I sat in the waiting room with as much nervous energy as any hyper 5 yr old can muster until I was called in. But is was worth it. I highly recommend it.
@nickripley – if you’ve always had 20/20 vision, of course you’d never consider Lasik. Try dealing with contacts/glasses every day, and you’d probably change your opinion.
I was terrified of having Lasik done, but now that I am 4 months post-op, I couldn’t be happier!
@thepounder – yes, it can fix astignatism. I had heavy astignatism myself. It depends on where you go, and if they have the newest technology.