Laser eye surgery..

Hey..I was wondering. When Im finished highschool I really want to go to a police collage and become a member of the police force in my community...I heard that you need great vision. Now, With my eyes I have something called a stigmatisim (I dont think I spelled it right) Is it possible for me to get laser eye surgery? Do any of you have any info for me?

Thanks :)

Its weird cause in my physics class today there was a presentation about laser eye surgery and stigmatisms. Yes you do need good vision to be cop and yes you can get surgery. Although i think ive seen cops with glasses but it would still probably be better to get surgery or at least wear contacts.

Accidents do happen.A friend of mine had a syrgery and the machine overloaded and threw a huge beam in his eyes.After that I never heard of him again.What was his name?Scott summers if I remember rightHate_Squad

Haha, good one. :P

If there is one thing in life you shouldn't skimp on, it's laser eye surgery.

the only thing i knw about laser surgery is that it hurts like hell mayb worserYoungGun13

Well the people i've spoken to said, at the most its just mildly uncomfortable. If it hurts they've probably done something wrong...

I'm a cop. I've had laser eye surgery before I joined so I could get in. I used to have to wear glasses or contacts to be able to see. Now I have better that 20/20 vision...I think 20/10 to be exact. It's been a few years since I was studying laser eye surgery. There were two kind of surgeries. One was where they cut your eye open part-ways and zappedthe underside of the "flap" and the exposed cornea, and the other was where they zap the eye directly. Either one is good, but you tend to get better results with the first one variety of surgery.

If you don't mind, I'd like to make a few suggestions about the timing of the surgery.

1. Get your surgery about a year or more before starting police training. Any less than that, and you likely won't be able to get peppersprayed. While this may sound funny and sound like a good thing, being peppersprayed in training REALLY helps when you have to explain you know how it feels to a defense attorney while on the stand.

2. Do a lot of research into the doctors and the clinic that performs the surgery. Go for the very best you can find, even if you have to take out a large loan for it. You don't want to get a wish-washy clinic who screws up on the surgery, cause then not only can you NOT get into the police force, you're just f*cked in any other career path too.

3. This is an aside from the whole surgery thing. Make sure you know it is what you really want when you say you want to be a cop. There are a lot of downsides to being a police officer.Way more paperwork/office duties than you would expect, you are hated by a great many people just because of the uniform you wear, the public is eager to crucify you, and your friends may have trouble seeing you as their buddy and not as a cop. There are really really greataspects to being a cop, though...I just wanted to point out that it isn't all roses.

Goodluck man!

Thanks for the responses guys..

Well, I think Im just gonna get contacts..Im gonna be a cop in like 6 years so I got time to think about the future

Hey..I was wondering. When Im finished highschool I really want to go to a police collage and become a member of the police force in my community...I heard that you need great vision. Now, With my eyes I have something called a stigmatisim (I dont think I spelled it right) Is it possible for me to get laser eye surgery? Do any of you have any info for me?

Thanks :)

AKS_74U

Yes, even with astigmatism, you are a candidate for eye surgery. I was the same.

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Thanks Trekeith. That really helped alot! I really want to be a police officer, and I understand that its a tough job. My dad works in the TTC (Toronto Transit commision) So he knows alot of cops and belive me they have told him alot of stories. I know what you mean, alot of people just hate cops (Alot of my friends hate cops)

I want to make a differance in the community, Alot of poeple say "Oh I want to be a cop, you get a gun and you can drive as fast as you want"

Being a cop is hard, I studied up on it and I ask alot of questions.

Im still in grade 11 and I wear glasses sometimes..I think Im going to try contact lenses then I will move onto Laser eye...Thanks for the support man, I really mean it..And I'll make sure I'll get it done a year before the training hahaha

I think Im going to try contact lenses then I will move onto Laser eye...Thanks for the support man, I really mean it..And I'll make sure I'll get it done a year before the training hahahaAKS_74U

Actually, if you're seriously considering surgery, it's better to skip the contacts. Wearing contacts changes the curvature of your eye. It won't prevent an optometrist from determining if your eyes are suitable candidates for surgery, but it will require you to go through a waiting period before surgery to ensure your eyes return to their natural shape.

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Thanks Trekeith. That really helped alot! I really want to be a police officer, and I understand that its a tough job. My dad works in the TTC (Toronto Transit commision) So he knows alot of cops and belive me they have told him alot of stories. I know what you mean, alot of people just hate cops (Alot of my friends hate cops)

I want to make a differance in the community, Alot of poeple say "Oh I want to be a cop, you get a gun and you can drive as fast as you want"

Being a cop is hard, I studied up on it and I ask alot of questions.

Im still in grade 11 and I wear glasses sometimes..I think Im going to try contact lenses then I will move onto Laser eye...Thanks for the support man, I really mean it..And I'll make sure I'll get it done a year before the training hahaha

AKS_74U

My pleasure to help out a future rookie! ;)

Sounds like you know your stuff and are well on your way bro.No doubt you'll make a great addition to any police force.

Thanks bud :)

Its my #1 goal, im also going to take a second language (Im thinking about taking spanish)

May I ask what police force your in?