LASIK Doctor Salt Lake City - Dr. Phil Hoopes, Jr.

The show co-host talks about her LASIK experience with Dr. Phil Hoopes, Jr., a LASIK doctor serving Salt Lake City.

FEMALE VOICE: You want to do— FEMALE VOICE 2: I know. FEMALE VOICE: --because it’s a holiday and there’s fresh powder out there. FEMALE VOICE 2: I know but in bounds in fun. FEMALE VOICE: Right. FEMALE VOICE 2: Stay in bounds. FEMALE VOICE: Stay on the beaten path. Well, actually you can see better. FEMALE VOICE 2: I—you know what, ladies? FEMALE VOICE: Dun da da da! FEMALE VOICE 2: I can see today! FEMALE VOICE: Awesome. [Applause] FEMALE VOICE 2: This is so exciting. Thank you. And - -, I’m celebrating on Presidents Day. I’ve been wearing these for the last two weeks. Oh, my gosh, how weird that now— FEMALE VOICE: Never again. FEMALE VOICE 2: --they don’t work anymore. I went into surgery with Dr. Hoopes, Jr. on Friday night. And in less than a hour, no more of those. FEMALE VOICE: Did you break those? FEMALE VOICE 2: Can you believe that? I don’t care. FEMALE VOICE: She doesn’t care. FEMALE VOICE 2: I don’t care. I can see— FEMALE VOICE: Well, if that’s the case. FEMALE VOICE 2: I can see 20/20 within, I don’t know, let’s see, I went in about 4:30 Friday night. I had the surgery done. By Saturday morning, when I went in for a check-up at 8:00 that morning, I could see 20/20. FEMALE VOICE: No? I think that is so unbelievable. I said it’s like— FEMALE VOICE 2: Can you believe that? FEMALE VOICE: You can believe when you can get on a plane, and you can be across the country later that day. FEMALE VOICE 2: Yeah. FEMALE VOICE: You can’t believe that in one hour, your vision changes in one hour. FEMALE VOICE 2: Well— FEMALE VOICE: And Marty’s big question. MARTY: Well, I— FEMALE VOICE: Does it hurt? MARTY: No, does it hurt, but also I expected totally my friend to come in and see with like these pinkish, reddish eyes. FEMALE VOICE 2: No. MARTY: And they look fabulous. FEMALE VOICE 2: No. I have just a tiny amount of make-up on today because you’re really not supposed to put make-up back on your eyes for three to five days because you might rub. FEMALE VOICE: Uh-huh, okay. FEMALE VOICE 2: Not that the make-up will hurt your eyes, but in case you forget and rub your eyes. In fact, look what I have to wear to sleep in right now. FEMALE VOICE: Your bringing sexy back in the bedroom, Nisha. FEMALE VOICE 2: Oh, yeah. It’s true. Scott goes I’m sleeping with Amelia Earhart. I go I know. [laughter] It’s true. You have to wear these for three to five days, though, just in case at night you rub your eyes. And when I show you the surgery here, you might understand why you wear these. FEMALE VOICE: Okay. FEMALE VOICE 2: Now if you’re squeamish— FEMALE VOICE: I can’t watch. FEMALE VOICE 2: --if you’re squeamish— FEMALE VOICE: I’m squeamish. FEMALE VOICE 2: --you might want to look away, but what I want you to know throughout this entire surgery, not one second of pain. I am not feeling— FEMALE VOICE: Really honestly honestly? FEMALE VOICE: Wait a minute, what about when he pushed on your eye? FEMALE VOICE 2: I’m being honest. FEMALE VOICE: Because Roxanne was telling me that when he pushed on your eye, that was a little freaky. FEMALE VOICE 2: Okay, so this right here is the IntraLASE. And they have to put that kind of suction cup on your eye to match it up with the laser. And I would say that was the most uncomfortable part. FEMALE VOICE: Okay. FEMALE VOICE 2: What I just—it didn’t hurt, but it kind of— FEMALE VOICE: Were you not going—wait, wait, wait, wait. You were comfortable? FEMALE VOICE 2: Marty, they give you a little pillow to hug. MARTY: Bear hug, thank you. FEMALE VOICE 2: I was hugging a little pillow. You’re looking at—first you go through the eye. FEMALE VOICE: IntraLase. FEMALE VOICE 2: So it’s completely bladeless. And then this is the second laser that actually goes in and corrects your vision. I’m near sighted. It took, I’m not kidding, under 10 seconds with the laser. FEMALE VOICE: No. FEMALE VOICE 2: See the laser just goes right in there and corrects your eye and-- FEMALE VOICE: Like that’s pretty cool. I think it’s so amazing. MARTY: Oh, my God. FEMALE VOICE: I called Roxy because I was worried about you. I called Roxy and I was like how is she doing? And she said she’s hugging her little pillow, not moving. FEMALE VOICE 2: Oh. FEMALE VOICE: Well, you don’t want to move. MARTY: Okay, were you like— [laughter] FEMALE VOICE: Look at you. I can’t believe how easy it is really. FEMALE VOICE 2: You know what right there— FEMALE VOICE: That’s amazing. FEMALE VOICE 2: --it’s—when you get up, it is blurry. I mean, every thing is really blurry. So you’re a little bit, you know, you’re off kilter. But I’m not kidding, so that night, I came home. And I—Scott was—Roxy our Q producer took me home. And, because Scott had the kids somewhere else so I could take a nap. And I did try to pour cereal. And I was like the bowl, the cereal. [laughter] FEMALE VOICE: Oh, no. FEMALE VOICE 2: But by the next morning, I could see. FEMALE VOICE: Wow. FEMALE VOICE 2: By the next morning. And Dr. Hoopes was so nice. I had Dr. Hoopes, Jr. over at Hoopes Aldridge in Sandy that did my LASIK. And he talks you through the entire thing. Now I’m lifting the flap. Now it might get a little blurry. Now you might see—I mean, you feel like— FEMALE VOICE: You felt comfortable? FEMALE VOICE 2: Yeah, I knew exactly what was going on. FEMALE VOICE: Okay, they give you a pillow to hug. Do they give you a little pill to relax you? A little Valium? FEMALE VOICE 2: Yes, okay. FEMALE VOICE: Wow. FEMALE VOICE 2: That’s what I needed, thank you. And it’s optional but not for me. I was like give it. FEMALE VOICE: Okay. FEMALE VOICE 2: It’s a little requirement. FEMALE VOICE: Well, you know what? I think - - being a happy place. MARTY: That’s probably smart, though. So it gives you—you don’t, if you have anxiety, if you really are scared, it probably gives you that calming feeling, so you can— FEMALE VOICE 2: The only downside, Marty, is there’s dust all over my house that I haven’t noticed in years. MARTY: Because you can see it all now? FEMALE VOICE 2: Yeah, I can see it. FEMALE VOICE: Wow. FEMALE VOICE 2: Darn it. Like and there’s little cleaning areas around the sink I’ve noticed, too. FEMALE VOICE: So and—oh— FEMALE VOICE 2: My house has been messy. FEMALE VOICE: But my friend— FEMALE VOICE 2: I never noticed. FEMALE VOICE: --you can’t get that dust in your eyes. So give Scott the duster and say you know what, there you go. FEMALE VOICE 2: I can’t for the next three months get any dust in my eyes. Have at it. FEMALE VOICE: Yeah, that’s what the doctor said, right. What can I do, Scott, I’m sorry. FEMALE VOICE 2: Right. [laughter] I can’t clean, I can’t vacuum, it might strain. FEMALE VOICE: Exactly. FEMALE VOICE 2: No, truly, you’re up and going the next day. You could go back to work the next day if you wanted to. So it was amazing. I want you to do it. I’m going to share these with you, if you do it. MARTY: Okay. FEMALE VOICE: How much longer do you have to wear those at night? FEMALE VOICE 2: Three to five nights. FEMALE VOICE: Wow. MARTY: Oh, that’s not bad. FEMALE VOICE: That’s not bad. FEMALE VOICE 2: No, it’s not too bad. You’re not supposed to rub your eyes, though. And some of you, my mother-in-law has allergies. And she said how do you not rub your eyes for not up to a month? You’re not—you’re supposed to really try not to rub your eyes because if you could see in that video, they’re—they cut a flap. And they open up the flap, correct it, and put the flap down. You don’t need stitches. I mean, your eye just heals, but you don’t want to bump the flap. MARTY: Right. FEMALE VOICE 2: Marty, painless, okay? MARTY: Okay. MARTY: Okay, you’re coming with me. My girls are all going to be there. [Crosstalk] MARTY: I’m not holding a pillow, I’m hanging on to all of you, okay. FEMALE VOICE 2: Dr. Hoopes, thank you. It’s amazing to wake up and see. It really is. FEMALE VOICE: That’s unbelievable.