I have pretty bad vision and have wanted to get laser eye surgery for years now. I have been researching eye surgery for a while now and here are the results.
Kevin Cadengo
Professor Tortoro
August 31, 2008
I. Laser Eye Surgery
A. Very helpful to some
1. Conditions for surgery
a. Good
- Normal eyes
- Stable vision
- In mid 20’s
- Be in good health
b. Bad
- Cannot have diabetes
- Cannot have extreme astigmatisms
- Cannot have large pupils
- Cannot be young with growing eye balls
- Cannot be blind
B. The Effect
1. Good
- Half have 20/20 vision after 6 months
- 93% are guaranteed to have 20/40 after 6 months
2. Bad
- Not many risks
- Chance of mistakes
- Chance for Blindness
- Chance of sensitivity to the sun
- People past 40 usually have to buy reading glasses due to the lenses in their eyes get larger and cannot get corrected by surgery.
C. Types of EYE SURGERY
1. Types
a. LASIK
- Laser Assisted Intrastromal Keratomuleusis
- Skin covering the eye is cut and lifted, the top layer of the cornea is cut and lifted and the underling layer of the cornea is reshaped with a laser.
- Takes 15 minutes
- 80,000 procedures preformed in 1999
b. PRK
- Earlier laser eye surgery procedure it differs form lasik in that PRK reshapes the surface of the cornea not the underlying layer.
- Longer time for recovery
- 4 months worth of eye drops
D. Costs
1. Price Per Procedure
a. Price
- 4,000 median price
- Out of country is 2,000 for both
- Not covered by Insurance as of now
- Might be covered by Insurance in the near future
E. Picking a Surgeon
1. Right guy for the JOB
a. Qualifications
- Must visit Optometrist first
- Ask Optometrist for recommendations
- Ask as many questions to EYE surgeon, such as how may times they have preformed the surgery, and their techniques…
- Make sure the Surgeon is certified
Sunday, August 31, 2008
Introduction
My name is Kevin Cadengo, and I am from Loma Linda, CA. I was born in Redlands and was raised in San Bernardino. During my second quarter of 5th grade my family decided to relocate to Loma Linda. To me Loma Linda is the perfect place to raise kids and I had a great childhood growing up there. I am now 19 and still live in Loma Linda, I like to bike, run, box, party, workout, play any sport, and just hang out with my friends. I have a Girlfriend, we have been together for 17 months. I am a total extrovert and really am friendly and am open to anything and everything. Here is my Facebook for Future REF. http://www.facebook.com/home.php#/profile.php?id=1216634674
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