Laser Eye Surgery and shooting

Todhunter

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A French friend of mine had laser eye surgery and now can't shoot properly as his master right eye has been adapted for close vision, and he doesn't fancy shooting left handed . I am fed up with taking glasses on and off when spying and shooting rabbits etc, and all trhe other boring aspects of age and am wondering about being lasered myself. Has anybody any bad experience of this from a rifle or from a shotgun shooting point of view? Advice gratefully received. Todhunter
 
I've not had any done personally, I am lucky in my eyesight is fine, But my Mrs had hers done about 6 years ago. She was a shooter before hand and she is adamant it has improved her shooting (Certainly made it easier) - she shoots Rifle and competitive clays. She had both her eyes done at the same time.

Mike
 
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I wear glasses and considered laser surgery myself some years ago so I asked a friend of my wife's who was a Registrar at Moorfields Eye Hospital. She said if it were her she wouldn't have the op. i'm still wearing glasses.

Frank
 
I know a few consultant opthalmic surgeons and none of them have had it done. I think if it were me I would go down the one day soft contact lens route. They are very comfortable, there is no cleaning involved and you can always take spares in your pocket. No problems with rain etc. Also I find my vision is better than wearing glasses, even though in theory the correction is the same.

David.
 
A French friend of mine had laser eye surgery and now can't shoot properly as his master right eye has been adapted for close vision, and he doesn't fancy shooting left handed . I am fed up with taking glasses on and off when spying and shooting rabbits etc, and all trhe other boring aspects of age and am wondering about being lasered myself. Has anybody any bad experience of this from a rifle or from a shotgun shooting point of view? Advice gratefully received. Todhunter
had it done a couple of years ago, all fine and tickety boo :D do a search on john from yorkshireroestalking he's just had it done and theres a giant thread on it :D
 
I talked to an opthalmic consultant who recommended dailies, which I have used for years with no problems. Good bit is being able to carry a couple of spares in case of mud splashes etc......
 
A French friend of mine had laser eye surgery and now can't shoot properly as his master right eye has been adapted for close vision, and he doesn't fancy shooting left handed . I am fed up with taking glasses on and off when spying and shooting rabbits etc, and all trhe other boring aspects of age and am wondering about being lasered myself. Has anybody any bad experience of this from a rifle or from a shotgun shooting point of view? Advice gratefully received. Todhunter
not being funny, but why the hell did he have his right eye adapted for close vision? usually the reason for laser eye surgery is to correct short sightedness, not create it ? was it corrective surgery or retina repair surgery?
 
I talked to an opthalmic consultant who recommended dailies, which I have used for years with no problems. Good bit is being able to carry a couple of spares in case of mud splashes etc......
did that for 20+ years before going the laser route, wish I had had the nerve to do it years ago!
 
My Dad had an eye problem and ended up in a specialist hospital in Oxford. He was talking to the consultants there about laser surgery. Their response was "if you lose an arm or a leg you can get a good replacement.......but as for eyes I'd stick with glasses"

I have worn contacts for years and still do!
 
Had mine done 4 years ago and best thing I've ever done. I had mine done by ultralase and had their LASIK wavefront treatment as it was their best treatment and had the lowest chance of affecting low light vision which was important to me. I had terrible vision before and found contacts uncomfortable and wasn't happy when my glasses fogged just prior to pulling the trigger or in rain. I had both eyes done at the same time and had no master eye change. I'd really recommend you have a consultation and then make your decision from there.
 
I insisted they did both my eyes for distance vision.
can read fine still also
have better then 20/20 vision in both eyes now.
They wanted to leave 1 eye slightly short sighted, i refused and told them to do both for distance.
Pleased I did.
 
Holy Thread resurrection Batman!

Has anyone any real life knowledge or experience of "Tear drop Procedure"?

Apparently it is a system that involves inserting a corrective implant just under the cornea and eliminates old age long sightedness. I'm getting increasingly peed off with either being able to see what I'm shooting at (without glasses) or being able read the increments on a telescopic sight or focus on a pistol front sight.

It is supposed to be a new technique, but all the blurb (advertising) is all the pros.......what about the cons. Does it destroy the long vision in that eye? Does the part of the eye cut heal over again (I believe this was an issue that it doesn't with some forms of laser eye surgery).
 
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My Dad had an eye problem and ended up in a specialist hospital in Oxford. He was talking to the consultants there about laser surgery. Their response was "if you lose an arm or a leg you can get a good replacement.......but as for eyes I'd stick with glasses"

I have worn contacts for years and still do!
Cripes I would have bought new condition ones myself.

BC.
 
Had it done 5 years ago.

After having glasses since i was 5 years old, i was sick of wearing them. Been fine since.

I was told at the time that your eyes start to deteriorate after the age of 40, so may only get 10 years before either needing glasses for reading, or another stint of laser.
I will be happy to get 10 years from it.
 
I went in several years ago with the intention of having it done. Chose not to after a serious trial and error session.

First - my eye doc (and also wild fowling friend) let me try two different types of contact lenses to mimic what would happen with the eye surgery. Because I was at the age where I was beginning to need reading glasses also, we first tried a close range and distant range set of contacts. The distant range in dominant eye, and close/reading range in non-dominant eye. Then I went and shot some sporting clays. That was a disaster. With two eyes and two different prescriptions I had lost all my depth perception and was shooting horribly.

So, next we tried just one level of correction, for distance. Shooting improved back to my normal abilities but close in activities were a blur. No reading, no tying on fishing lures, nicked myself while cutting vegetables, etc....

Eventually just gave it up and got a decent set of line free tri focals and continue to cuss the fogged lenses but all else seems to work.

In a perfect world I would have had the procedure done when I was in my teens and had the benefit for 30 years before the reading glasses came into the picture. Unfortunately - as a teen I didn't have anywhere near the sort to money to afford the procedure.
 
A question for some of those who have had laser surgery and found it successful:

What was your glasses / contact lens prescription beforehand?
 
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