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Originally Posted by Myst
how much does it cost?
are you awake during the procedure?
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Mine was around $3600, with insurance covers ZERO of. I don't understand that, insurance will pay for glasses and eye check ups but not lasik.
Yes you are awake the entire time. You don't see anything though, they black out your vision for a few mins while they cut and laser.
Here's how it goes. They give you some numbing drops and then tape your eyelids open. They put this ring around your eye and when the turn it on it feels like someone is sucking on your eye, doesn't hurt at all just a unique feeling. They cute a small flap on your eyeball, pull back the flap, laser laser and but the flap back. The flap heels in a matter of 1-2 mins. You don't see any of this because your vision is blacked out on the eye they are working on. Remove the ring and tape from your eye, tape your eye shut and move onto the next eye. This is atleast how lasik is done.
As soon as the procedure is over you see perfect, well atleast I did. They give you sleeping pills that will knock you out for atleast a day. No showering for like 4 days, no rubbing your eyes for a week and you have to wear special glasses every minute you are away for 2 days.
All well worth it.