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[Triban]

Is Yonsei Clinic any good? 1.2 mil scares me a bit.

[thomas pars]

I got my LASEK done at the dream eye center on March 22. As I wrote earlier I went in a week before and had about 20 different tests done on
me. I booked my appointment for the following Monday.

The Operation:

The actual operation was pretty easy. Perhaps the easiest part of the whole
thing. We took an elevator ride to the operating room. I was sat down in a
chair and drops were placed in my eyes. Then nurses washed my face and dressed me in a operating gown. Above me lay this strange machine with
four very bright LED lights in a grid pattern and one green and red blinking light. More drops were placed in my eyes. About a minute later the doctor asked me if i was ready to begin. I was and so he placed a metal hook into my eye to force it open and a gauze pad over the other eye. The metal hook worried me most but it was painless.
First he pressed the metal ring on my eye and the red and green and very bright LED lights went from a normal view to a kelidoscopic firework pattern. Next the laser fired and I could smell a faint hair burning smell.
Instantly my vision went cloudy in the corners...a sort of white milky haze. The lens was placed back in as well as the special contacts. During all of it though, I felt nothing due to the pain killing drops. All you have to do is look at the green light but with all the activity and changes to you vision it was harder than I had imagined. Then they moved on to the other eye. I imagined it took about 5 minutes for each eye. After the surgery I was led to a special room and rested for 30 minutes.

After the surgery I took the train home and feel asleep pretty quick.


The recovery:

The first and second days were quite painless. I has some minor tearing but overall it was ok. The 3rd day however was more or less BRUTAL. I was told later that this was because the lens was sealing itself to the eye. I had the sensation that there was sand or an old filthy dry contact stuck in my eye. My face was wet from the amount my eyes were tearing. On top of this the light sensitivity was insufferable. I put a heavy quilt on my bathroom door, grabbed a sleeping bag and zipped myself in tight as a mummy, took some tylenol and did my best not to kill myself.

The 4th say was like coming out of a fever, shaky and amazed that you are feeling better and that you somehow survived.

It has been about 3 weeks since the operation. I am already seeing better than I ever did without glasses. But it is still out of focus but less and less so each day. I am waiting for the day when the perfect vision sets in. Hopefully it won't be too long off yet. I have no regrets. One piece of advice I would give is this: Do it over a long vacation. I think some could have it done over the weekend and return to work on the following Monday...but not many. Good Luck.

p.s sorry for the typos. Computer screens, 3 weeks out are still difficult to read.

-C

[Street Magic]

[kiknkorea]

Want to thank everyone for sharing this info. I may give this a try.

I may have overlooked this, but could someone tell me how your vision was right after the surgery?
I'm asking because I don't live in Seoul and would need to get around well enough to take a bus or train back home.

Would that be possible or would I need assistance?

EDIT: I just saw where thomas pars took the train, so was you able to do it yourself?

[blackjack]

I took the subway from gangnam to beomgye, bought a pizza and a couple of beers, before getting back to my apartment. It was the next day that killed me

[Panda]

Thanks, blakjack, I got your advice and I searched online a lot for the information.

I decided to get a LASEK done instead of LASIK, although all pre-operation examinations showed I had a pair of strong eyes that I could choose all methods.

I had the operation three days ago, same procedure as all described previously, now I can see very well.

But the second day after the surgery was so much in pain, I couldnt stand it and had to visit the doctor, it turned out I might have some infection, so they gave me an anti-biotic injection and I also took some pain killers.

I spent 1.5M by the way, in an eye clinic in Busan, which did all eye surgery for the baseball players in Lotte Giants.

[daniel-andersson]

[SMOE NSET]

I had LASEK done over 7 months ago at Yonsei Plus in Bundang. Love it. Still have light sensitivity at night a bit but other than that, excellent. Ohh and you are not supposed to drink alcohol for a month after surgery (for the poster that said they bought beer).

After surgery, you can see enough to get home by yourself (not driving though). I took a long bus home. The second day was not very pleasant but they said that was to be expected.

PM me and I can get you a discount there. 1.5 normal price down to 1.4.

The doctor studied at Harvard medical if that means anything.

[Weigookin74]