Laser eye surgery in Russia: anyone done it?
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fadedmoose4 said:Sounds like you've already made up your mind about heading to Russia. You even speak Russian?
You're gonna need it just to understand the paperwork... and you'll have to stay there for at least two days if you're just doing one eye. Nobody's operating on both eyes the same day, obviously—you'd need follow-ups after that. Have you thought about how you'll handle the check-ups there? Like, you'll probably have to fly back for a follow-up right after a month.
Chloe Nguyen3 said:My coworker is sitting at a -12😢
The only silver lining is that she wears contacts, because according to her, she basically hasn't stepped foot outside without them since forever—contacts are her lifeline, since nobody actually knows just how blind you really are without them.😢
So... I was chatting with her and brought up LASIK, but she’s running from the idea like it's the plague. Her whole mantra is: "I can still see something this way, and I'm not risking total blindness."
Is it actually possible that the surgery is that sketchy, or is my colleague just dealing with a massive amount of fear?
Money isn't even an issue here.
My dear friend, your friend really doesn't need to be afraid... I had a relative who had a -16.5 prescription in both eyes... he was in so much pain that he went to a clinic in Moscow. They determined his vision was progressively worsening, so they decided to perform scleroplasty on him... it's a procedure meant to stop that progression. After the surgery, they told him he'd need to head back to Russia in about five or six months... so he went back and decided to go through with the laser. He chose to take the risk, and the surgery went fantastically. Now, he sees just as clearly as anyone else... he went from a -16.5 to zero. Anyone facing a problem like that shouldn't overthink it; they should just head to Russia and talk to them. Those doctors are always three steps ahead of everyone else when it comes to ophthalmology.