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If I already had perfect vision with glasses or contact lenses, I would not choose LASIK surgery.
My reasoning is simple and consistent:
- Glasses and contacts already give perfect, reversible vision
- LASIK is elective and irreversible
- It does not prevent presbyopia or eye aging
- It can introduce long-term issues (dry eye, glare, future surgical complexity)
- The benefit is mainly convenience, not better
For me, the trade-off would not be worth it when the baseline is already excellent.
That doesn’t mean LASIK is wrong for everyone — but in that situation, I would stick with glasses or contact lenses.
With this sort of clear logical framing it’s not a wise choice to get LASIK. However people are not entirely rational and are susceptible to marketing, that’s what happened to me. I saw 20/15 with glasses/contacts but I was led to believe I would see just as well after the procedure (maybe even better) which was never the case. I’ve enjoyed the freedom from glasses/contacts but I was not properly informed of the risks and I regret it.
What exactly do you regret if you can be specific did you lose night vision or etc
Severe dry eye that's been hard to manage (which doesn't sound that bad until you realize how much it affects your quality of vision and your eye comfort), foreign object sensation, reduced contrast sensitivity (faces are harder to identify at distance), halos, starbursts, uncorrectable astigmatism, refractive index regression, lack of visual parity between the eyes leading to depth perception challenges, and persistent conjunctivitis. Overall though, it's not realizing how sharply I was seeing with glasses and contacts. I had some chromatic aberration with glasses, but there are so many factors to vision quality that I didn't appreciate until I had lost them.
I got it because my job required me to wear a gas mask and contacts irritate my eyes. No regrets since everything worked out and 20 years later it's still 20/15.
However I'm not sure I would have gone through with it if I knew there was a chance of developing cornea neuralgia. I saw a video on that and even though it's super rare, there still no way to entirely prevent it or predict you can get it. And the people they interview looked super depressed having constant 24/7 pain because there's no cure. One person was even taking opioids daily for it.
https://youtube.com/watch?v=tlZ396O7O5E&t=555s&pp=2AGrBJACAQ%3D%3D
There are really good solutions for corneal neuralgia though and there are more medications in the pipeline
Contacts eventually become intolerable with age unless you’re lucky and can wear them for life. Most people’s eyes start to reject them and cause MGD. Then it’s just glasses. Which hinders everything you can think of that can only be enjoyed not wearing glasses.
No
Yes I would have, because I obviously did 😂
The reality is that soft contact lenses are really problematic long-term. No matter how "breathable" they are designed, they still suffocate the eyes, decrease blinking, collect allergens and bacteria, and lead to dryness, inflammation and meibomian gland dysfunction. They're also wasteful and expensive.
So contact lens intolerance is a a really powerful motivator to get refractive surgery.
The benefit is convenience and lifestyle.
LASIK is wrong for everyone. FTFY
NEVER.