LOL @ LASIK@Home

Suction cups? Flaps? Burning corneas??

When you're having it done how aware of you of all the unpleasantness? Is there much pain? Can't they just knock you out and wake you up when it's all over?

Joking aside, it has been one of the better things I have done. There is mild discomfort during the operation (and most of it psychological as you can't actually feel anything) and then some light sensitivity for a day or so afterwards.

Steve

No pain at all - it's a bit uncomfortable but as Steve said it's mostly psychological...

You can't read / watch TV for the rest of the day and they recommend staying in a darkened room to let your eyes rest (after a nap)...

Sleep wearing goggles for a week to avoid the chance of you scratching your eyes is a bit of a pain.

We had our ops done early afternoon and a checkup the following morning - as I said previously both of us were better than 20/20 by the following morning.

And you need to be awake so that you can tell us how you really enjoyed them cutting the flaps and the smell of burning

You're going to get a slap soon

I did a fair bit of searching and could not find a single case of permament blindness caused by laser eye surgery. This was backed up by the clinic who told me that it has never happened.
All in the laser bit is pretty harmless it's the vibrating of your eyeball as the saw resting on your eye moves around to cut the flap that i did not like, esp considering the surgeon did not put enough numbing drops in and said 'whoops I think I need to numb that eye a bit more sorry'

"Whoops" is not a word I would want to hear when I'm in the middle of any procedure.

I would recommend the Femtosecond procedure where they use the laser to cut the flap rather than a blade.

Steve

It probably is worth the extra for a laser cut flap but I am a tight wad and thought it would be more exciting to have the saw.