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I'm shortsighted and wear glasses.
I'm thinking of getting the laser treatment to correct it. Anybody had this done, and is it any good? Are there any problems?

Of course, I could just stand closer to things and save two grand.
(Small Beer, Tue 5 Jul 2005, 13:58, archived)
Contacts?
/middle ground
(I helped save b3ta! comrade yannovski and then, of course, there was the schnapps monkey, Tue 5 Jul 2005, 13:59, archived)
Seconded
They're a bugger but I do quite like mine :)

/speccy four eyes
(I helped save b3ta! Dekazer, Tue 5 Jul 2005, 14:00, archived)
Wor lass got it done
and now she can see the future, which is good. Unfortunately, she can only see her own death, which is bad.
(I helped save b3ta! Geordie Al, Tue 5 Jul 2005, 14:00, archived)
She is Owen Meany
AICMFP
(I helped save b3ta! Dirty Bob hasn't been here for ages, Tue 5 Jul 2005, 14:01, archived)
the whole idea of that scares me
my sight is far too important to me to risk something going wrong
(I helped save b3ta! Jadeviper was still alive on, Tue 5 Jul 2005, 14:00, archived)
Two words
Contact Lenses
(I helped save b3ta! Amorous Badger NAKED BEA ARTHUR PHOTOS 4U, Tue 5 Jul 2005, 14:01, archived)
Two words?
Where?
(Small Beer, Tue 5 Jul 2005, 14:02, archived)
Probably not worth it,
unless wearing glasses or contacts is having a detrimental effect on your quality of life.
(I helped save b3ta! monster munch person, man, woman... camera... TV?, Tue 5 Jul 2005, 14:02, archived)
Why?

(Small Beer, Tue 5 Jul 2005, 14:05, archived)
No surgical procedure is risk free,
and I really can't see the point in going through with it if you're fine as you are.

Just my opinion, of course.

Not only that, but glasses are sexy.
(I helped save b3ta! monster munch person, man, woman... camera... TV?, Tue 5 Jul 2005, 14:08, archived)
It makes your bollocks
swell up and act like hot air balloons and you float into the sun and you burn and you die.

Otherwise, no, it's completely safe.
(I helped save b3ta! baldmonkey a frothy foul-smelling vaginal discharge, Tue 5 Jul 2005, 14:02, archived)
First thing to make me laugh all day
even the cripple I saw falling out of her wheelchair onto a kitten wasnt as funny as that.
(I helped save b3ta! Goatworrier had your mum and she was shit, Tue 5 Jul 2005, 14:07, archived)
My missus had it done and after the initial month or so of wearing plastic
eye-patches to bed she found it was the best money she's ever spent.
(I helped save b3ta! Johnny Catfish - Yowsa!, Tue 5 Jul 2005, 14:05, archived)
You are a pirate fetishist
AICMFP
(I helped save b3ta! Dirty Bob hasn't been here for ages, Tue 5 Jul 2005, 14:09, archived)
Yarrrrr!

TGMTPOE
(I helped save b3ta! Johnny Catfish - Yowsa!, Tue 5 Jul 2005, 14:12, archived)
I know three people who've had it done
and they're all overjoyed with it, all say it's well worth the money.
(I helped save b3ta! Flapjack I spay a little mare for you, Tue 5 Jul 2005, 14:06, archived)
Aside from the £2000 damage to the wallet
Have you looked into the side effects of the treatement? It might not correct your vision either.

I'm lucky that I have quite an honest optician who did try to give me the contact lenses sell, but then quickly realised that I'm one of those lasses who look better with glasses. On an entirely seperate note, glasses are quite sexy, if you have a nice pair of specs for your face.
(witty_ditty has made multiple miaows since, Tue 5 Jul 2005, 14:06, archived)
I don't have the face for the specs.
:)
(Small Beer, Tue 5 Jul 2005, 14:10, archived)
Contacts then.
Unless you are -10 dioptre and are techincally registered blind in terms of short sightedness, in which case, go for the laser surgery --- they might get you down to sensible glasses level rather than the bases of two beer bottles :)
(witty_ditty has made multiple miaows since, Tue 5 Jul 2005, 14:23, archived)
This, most definately.
I feel quite vindicated, as yours is the opinion of a qualified medical professional, and not just an NHS cleric (i.e. me).
(I helped save b3ta! monster munch person, man, woman... camera... TV?, Tue 5 Jul 2005, 14:12, archived)
I, too, am an NHS cleric.
I never did trust those bastards in the white coats.
◎_◎
(Small Beer, Tue 5 Jul 2005, 14:14, archived)
I spent too long working with opticians,
to ever feel comfortable trusting them again.

My advice when it comes to eyes, is to go see an independant practitioner - all the large companies seem to be corrupt, only interested is extracting as much money as possible from you, for teatments that you probably don't need.
(I helped save b3ta! monster munch person, man, woman... camera... TV?, Tue 5 Jul 2005, 14:21, archived)