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Hello!
Those who have been following me on Snapchat would know that I recently had laser vision correction surgery done. A part of my healing process was documented there, and you know that nature of Snapchat. It gets deleted after a day. In order to document my journey of Lasek vision correction surgery and not let this part of my youth (ehem ehem) be forgotten, I decided to blog about it as well.
Just a little background on my eye health and condition. I have been wearing contact lenses for almost 10 years, defined contact lenses for at least 8 years. My eyes feel dry all the time, and I used to be quite dependent on eye drops. I know a girl who uses eye drops so often that I lost count of the number of times she applied them during our dinner together. It was quite insane. And you guessed it right, she has been wearing defined contact lenses for a long time. I was pretty sure that I wouldn't want to end up at that stage where my eyes can't seem to produce tears for natural lubrication anymore T___T
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So this is an account of what happened... I went to a lasik surgery clinic in paragon (level 13) and went through multiple eye tests which confirmed my suitability for Lasek (a type of laser vision correction surgery). The rest is really history.
I never thought that I could survive not wearing defined contact lenses, being the slight vain pot I am. Every girl wants to look good no matter what they say haha. I mean, girls... lets get real. Our eyes look instantly brighter with defined lenses, but do you know that extended usage of these lens cause severe damage to your eyes? Well I wish I knew earlier.
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Since my cornea was really thin and delicate before surgery (due to all that abuse I inflicted by wearing contact lens for prolonged periods of time, staring at screens for more than 15 hours sometimes) My recovery process was much longer than everyone else. Most people take less than a week to function like they did pre-surgery.
That long recovery means that I could get back to my normal routine after 2 weeks - back to doing outdoor shoots, travelled to Krabi and went straight back into video/photo editing in the office. I think thats a pretty good gauge on how long you would take to recover, but everyone is different!
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Never thought I would say this but I really feel the difference after getting laser vision correction surgery done. Its so odd because I feel a significant change in my confidence with baring my eyes, now void of dryness and discomfort from long hours of wearing contact lens. My world is truly brighter and clearer now, which is really quite an indescribable feeling honestly. Lasek surgery is one of the best things I have done for myself. Other than getting my first DSLR - which is a really big deal to me by the way.
I would fully encourage any one of you to consider laser vision correction surgery Be brave and take that leap of faith! I promise that it isn't as intimidating as it seems to be. Feel free to email me at audreyfaithlim@hotmail.com or visit @LasikParagon if you would like to find out more!
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