Laser vision correction

[somegirl]

No you don't.    Do you spar?  Do you regularly get punched in the face/head?  Hard?  I've heard a lot, from fighters and those in the fight game, LASIK is not good for fighters.

Yes although I mostly teach other people how to do it now (I've been sparring for over 15 years now, thank you very much ).

Several people in my karate studio have gotten LASIK.  I agree there are more considerations here.  Generally we recommend wearing good eye protection, such as shatter-proof googles.

[Sinister]

Edit.  PM sent.

[somegirl]

What?  How can you wear goggles and get punched in the head?  We're talking apples and oranges.  Karate= points, MMA=blood

I have gotten punched and kicked quite hard in the head and elsewhere, usually not drawing blood, but I have had some pretty spectacular bruises.

[CDawg]

2 comments:
1) FDA is looking at how satisfied people really are with the procedure.  Early data was 15% have some degree of issue of varying degree.  You should do a google search on this.
2) My friend when is the regional manager for a large co that manufactures LASIK machines wears glasses

I've decided to stick with contacts for now...

[ADG]

No you don't.    Do you spar?  Do you regularly get punched in the face/head?  Hard?  I've heard a lot, from fighters and those in the fight game, LASIK is not good for fighters.

I've been hit hard many of times, since the surgery ten years ago, sparring.

I think most of you are pussies.

[Sinister]

I've been hit hard many of times, since the surgery ten years ago, sparring.

I think most of you are pussies.

Hmmm...interesting.  So, you had LASIK?  Did you discuss your pastime with your surgeon?  What were his comments?  I'm curious, because I'm thinking/researching it and I don't want to give up the standup game.

make the beast with two backs you, on the 'pussy' comment, stud.

[jdubbs32584]

I've been hit hard many of times, since the surgery ten years ago, sparring.

I think most of you are pussies.

WTF dude? Was that really necessary?

[trenner]

I think most of you are pussies.

Sweeping, incendiary comment FTW!  Threadjack.

[MikeZ]

Had the Wave LASIK done a few years ago and I am ALWAYS recommending it. 
By the 1st check up after the procedure was done (can't remember if it was 6 or 12 months after procedure) the Doc couldn't find the scars.
Definitely don't go cheap. Find a well established practice so the lifetime guarantee actually has some meaning.

[darkduke]

Definitely don't go cheap. Find a well established practice so the lifetime guarantee actually has some meaning.

+1

I have heard there is less success with the PRK procedure. But each candidate is different. I'm glad I qualified for the Lasik.

-I had the Lasik done 6 years ago
-My eyesite is still great (20/15)
-I love that I don't wear glasses or mess around with contacts anymore
-My night vision improved a lot, no halos from lights
-I train in Muay Thai and Kickboxing, been hit plenty hard more times than I'd like, with no issues. (you do have to wait a reasonable amount of time for the eyes to heal before you do any serious activity)
-I realize that my eyes will get old just like the rest of me and I might have to get reading glasses someday.
-I feel it was well worth the money.

[minkman]

I have a good friend who is an ophthalmologist(eye surgeon). She refuses to let her husband get LASIK. He wears contacts.

I wear glasses. In my opinion, no matter how annoying glasses and contacts are, the possible complications of LASIK are way more annoying. I don't feel the need to roll the dice on my eye sight.

Ken

[cmorgan47]

in addition to my overwhelming fear of anything touching my eyeballs,

chicks dig the glasses
they make me look smarter
in meetings, i can pull them off, rub my eyes and make it look like whatever's being requested will be  a lot of work.

in short, they're an excellent prop....

though i do hate the remove glasses->put helmet on->put glasses on through visor routine

[Sinister]

in meetings, i can pull them off, rub my eyes and make it look like whatever's being requested will be  a lot of work.

I do this...sometimes followed by a heavy sigh.

[dropstharockalot]

Is it the promotion or the state athletic commissions, which deny fighters?

I've read rules from a couple different kickboxing alphabet-soup sanctioning bodies that would have excluded me from Amateur comp... I'll search around and try to locate those.  I think IKA was one.

When I called the local cagefight / traveling circus (King of the Rage in the Xtreme Elite Fight Combat whatever... Chris Lytle's promotion...), their guy said they didn't allow fighters that had had LASIK.

Dunno about state commissions.

BTW, I've been sparring w/ headgear and 16oz gloves since about two years after the surgery... against my Dr.'s advice.  He's made clear that it would nullify the warranty if my eyes are injured during this activity.

[cmorgan47]

I do this...sometimes followed by a heavy sigh.

oh yeah, the sigh is critical
rub eyes....maybe take a long sip of coffee before saying an exasperated "ok, what that mean I'll have to do is....."