Monthly reminder to stop neglecting your eyesight and get contact lenses...

nope, wont make anything worse really. you just got through the day seeing like shit

looooooooooooool

Thanks! I'm very interested in it, haven't decided yet if it would be something I would want to do as a career or not. I took some online classes and read a lot of books about human vision (more about the brain's visual processing than about the eye though), it's all really fascinating. I might take it seriously one day.

Eyebro, can you tell me if there is any breakthroughs on the way in eye laser? I understand that we have LASIK and PRK but both of those methods are pretty old now. I heard about this procedure called SMILE can you comment on this? I wanna get an operation but there is no chance that I will gamble with my eyesight. "Maybe your eyesight turns to shit or you get dry eyes, thats just bad luck user" no fucking way im dealing with that over contacts. What are the best brains cooking up for new solutions atm?

just keep your gpa around 3.3-3.5 and the door will always be open to you. with your interest sounds like you would ace an interview even if the scores would be sub par.

SMILE is to LASIK as LASIK is to LASEK.

by that i mean when they make a corneal incision to laser your eye they either use a chemical (LASEK), a blade (LASIK) or a laser (SMILE)

technically smile is the newest in the incision technology which has the highest chance of reducing the side effects but you are using new tech to do a old procedure more accurately just like lasik did to lasek.

as for other breakthroughs there unfortunately is not much on the horizon in that aspect due to the same challenges that we run into in current surgery.

in my opinion and talking to researchers it seems the fastest development comes from contact lens makers since the FDA isn't up their ass as much as the laser guys (for good reason). they can make lenses that monitor blood sugar and add nano chips so my bet is on a computer chip modded contact lens that a doc can modify to be more comfortable and give best vision.

and with that i sleep

Thanks eyebro

I never needed glasses my whole life but then I got headaches and eye strain when working. Anyway, went and checked my eyes out and they gave me a weak as fuck prescription but it's great. I can see fine without it but that little bit of strain being gone actually improved my quality of life. Get your eyes checked anons.
I only wear glasses at the PC, so it changed nothing except that I don't feel as shit anymore on a daily basis.

Hey eye doc, I have a question for you. Is there anything I can do about being stereoblind? I have a lazy eye but it's not visible and I only found out about it late in life. I used to think that everyone couldn't see out of their left eye, like being right/left handed. Basically just normal eye but zero focus.

This. Also parallel parking and hackey sack. Basically anything with coordination