hello there. i have glasses and my parents has been questioning if i should get lasek eye surgery. i was wondering if it was safe and or have any pain and what appropriate age you should get it done by? thanks.

PRK or Lasek in the Marine Corps.?
I am enlisting into the Marine Corps. no matter what. Currently I am waiting for a waiver because of a high eye refraction. I measure up to -12 and -9 in my eyes. I plan to go in as 0300 infantry or 1371 combat engineer. I understand for engineer I will have a program code of CM which doesn’t really guarantee 1371 exact so I have a big chance of getting something else. Therefore I am 90% sure to go as infantry.

I am hoping to get PRK or Lasek in the military but I am not sure if I will be a good candidate for any eye surgery. This is mainly due to the high eye refraction. I’m wondering if any Marines out there can help me with this problem especially those who have or had really bad eye sight as close to mine, -12. Since I will be going in as infantry, what is the waiting period to get the eye surgery? Will I be put in front as priority for the operation since I’ll be infantry?

If in the event I am not able to get the eye surgery from the Marine Corps, will I be allowed to get it outside in the civilian world. I already know a doctor who can perfrom LASEK on me and I already qualify as a good candidate. I’m not getting my eye surgery from him only because I will have to wait another 6 months just so I can go into recruit training. Also I may be disqualified if anything were to go wrong.

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Can’t remember if i had lasik or lasek, does it matter?

I’m planning on getting LASEK next year, I have seen videos of the procedure being done and it looks bloody painful and horrible. Especially that thing that holds your eyes open.

Ok..basically what the title says but this is a little complex..ok when i was a baby i had cataracts in both of my eyes. My right eye came out just fine but my left eye when they tried to put the lens in my eye the *eyerius* i think its called? (maybe misspelled it) the lines that go to the center of some1’s eye it split and so my left eye is blurry and always has been.. at first i thought i had a lazy eye lol but now i know thats not that case.. i probably should be asking a Optometrists about this but does anyone know if lasek surgery (however u spell it) or something like that could fix this? im 19 now so the whole patching my eye thing dont think will work..also is there a proper name for what has happen to my eye like a medical term or no?

PRK or Lasek in the Marine Corps.?
I am enlisting into the Marine Corps. no matter what. Currently I am waiting for a waiver because of a high eye refraction. I measure up to -12 and -9 in my eyes. I plan to go in as 0300 infantry or 1371 combat engineer. I understand for engineer I will have a program code of CM which doesn’t really guarantee 1371 exact so I have a big chance of getting something else. Therefore I am 90% sure to go as infantry.

I am hoping to get PRK or Lasek in the military but I am not sure if I will be a good candidate for any eye surgery. This is mainly due to the high eye refraction. I’m wondering if any Marines out there can help me with this problem especially those who have or had really bad eye sight as close to mine, -12. Since I will be going in as infantry, what is the waiting period to get the eye surgery? Will I be put in front as priority for the operation since I’ll be infantry?

If in the event I am not able to get the eye surgery from the Marine Corps, will I be allowed to get it outside in the civilian world. I already know a doctor who can perfrom LASEK on me and I already qualify as a good candidate. I’m not getting my eye surgery from him only because I will have to wait another 6 months just so I can go into recruit training. Also I may be disqualified if anything were to go wrong.