generally the thing that affects candidacy the most is the thickness of the cornea - most places will do a free evaluation, so go check it out!

I was already starting to save money, and had almost three quarters of the sum, when I got the idea to do a little more research on the subject, and found some article on the net that said about 40% of people who have had lasiks last year in the US(might be 2006) have had some serious complications afterwards-like really dry eyes, double or triple vision, hyper-sensitivity to light etc. and I totally freaked out, and spent the money on clothes and cosmetic products..."laughs"

Seriously, now, they all say they don't know the long-term effects of the surgery-even if it succeeds. I mean, they've only been doing these kind of procedures for what?-10, 15 years?

And anyway, I would've had to wait till next year, 'cause you have to be at least 20 to get it done.

Meanwhile, my myopia is getting worse and worse. If I would've had a milder form-like no more than -1, I wouldn't have even considered lasiks, cause with -1 you can see the surroundings pretty well, if you go out swimming in a lake, for instance, you can admire the hills, and all that. But with -2.5, all you see are some blurry, green spots.

And contact lenses are just as risky as the lasiks, especially since I live in a very dusty, polluted city, and the risk of infections is very high.

All in all, if my myopia keeps getting worse, in a few years, I'll be forced to have the lasik. I mean, I don't wanna end up wearing lenses the size of jar glass.
I've decided to suck it in until I finish college, anyways. Just in case I'll go blind, I'll have a profession.lol

And..didn't wanna worry you, or anything. If you haven't had any complications yet, chances are you won't be having any in the future, either.