Originally posted here by ZT3000
I was thinking of going Custom Lasik. So this thread prompted me to read about it.
I found that there were a substantial amount of complaints about the cheaper Lasik, but less complaints about the more expensive Custom Lasik.

I read quite a few complaints (horror stories) and some of the American and Canadian Lasik mills shutting down and honestly, it scared the crap out of me. I found out the American Lasik wasn't as good due to inferior equipment as opposed to the better Canadian equipment.

The complaint rate I read about was from 3% (older Lasik surgery) to 1% (for the Lasik mills primarily where they don't properly qualify a patient), and much much less for Custom Lasik.

My job, just like yours, is so visually oriented that if my eyes get messed up worse, I'll be up a river without a paddle and without a boat.

I don't know that I could ever be I.T.'s version of Ray Charles.
Just so you know a bit more about my surgery. I had custom lasik, and I live in the D.C. area, which means I have access to some of the country's best eye surgeons. I had mine done through TLC, and they still say that the surgery went perfectly, although they didn't expect the night vision to be such a problem. They used the allegretto laser, which is considered to be the best laser available in the U.S. And the surgery was anything but cheap. Luckily I can still do my job, and the problem only slows me down a bit. But night vision can go from annoying, to painful depending on differing factors of ambient light, headlight beams, stop lights etc. I'm hoping that it will stabilize more over the next 4-5 months (the healing time period is a year). but currently I'd rather be wearing glasses.