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04-13-2002 10:08 AM |
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Originally posted by Xantar
Wha-? There's laser eye surgery for 13 year olds? When was this? All the surgeons I've heard of require the patient to be 18 years old or older. At 13, your eyes are still developing and changing, so fixing them now would only mean that they'd get warped again or perhaps be even worse off in the long run.
Oh well, if you see perfectly, more power to you, GameKinG. I just hope you don't regress by the time you're 20.
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They recommend 18-21, depending on who you talk to. It's because your eyes stop adjusting during that time, and if you get it before, your vision can still change. Of course, what they really don't tell you, is that the surgery can be (and often times is) done multiple times. So really, if you got the cash, just do it when your young, and do it once your eyes stop changing again.
That's kinda the theory I'm going on. Doctor says be 20 before you get it. Of course, joniing the military gives me 2 problems. 1) My uncorrected vision is too poor to qualify (I could get a waiver cause it's 20/15 corrected). 2) I have a lazy eye, which happens to be on my right. Even corrected, it's like 20/60. Granted, I can't really read my computer screen when looking through it. Now that doesn't matter with both eyes open, but when trying to aim your rifle at a target 500 yards away, and you can only see one small spot, you got a problem.
So I'm getting it done at 17. Doctors will do it, they just advise you not to. I don't really care though, if my vision changes, I'll get it again in a few years.
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