Successful??? I would have to say a resounding YES!!! I went from a 20/600 to a 20/15!!! My sister went from a 20/800(i think) to a 20/20. For those of you that don't know what 20/600 is like, I would have to hold my hand approx. 6" from my face before I could see the details of my handprint without my contacts!! It sucked!

My advice would be not to go to a "billboard doctor" that offers cheap lasik...I mean you only have 2 eyes.

The procedurewe were recommendedwas called Wavefront ASA (advanced surface ablation), because our corneas are thin. The "wavefront" is the process of creating a "figerprint" of your eye so the laser only treats the areas that need fixed. Our doctor indicated that some doctors(he called them billboardsurgeons) would go ahead and do lasik on people with thin corneas and that's where the horror storiesoccur. Actually, my sister could have done "flap" lasik or ASA, but decided to do ASA after the success I had. My doctor indicated that ASA offers better quality and quanity of vision vs. "flap" lasik, but the main downfall is it takes your eyes longer to heal. With "flap" lasik, most people are good after a day or so and with ASA my recovery time was 4-5 days. I also had to take 4 prescriptions and put an ointment in my eyes every night for 6 mos., but IT WAS WORTH IT!!!

Are you close to Des Moines, Ia?? I could give you the info of the doctor that did ours. He's very picky and if you are not a candidate, he's going to tell you. Just ask my mother! She was just sick about it!! I thought it really said something about him that if he did not think you would have positive results then he wouldn't do it!!