Comment on Anon considers LASIK
ceenote@lemmy.world 1 week ago
To each their own, I guess. For me, it was some of the best money I’ve ever spent. My research ahead of it suggested that the most likely permanent side effect was halos, and I’m inclined to think that even if that had happened, it still would have been a net positive.
sandman2211@sh.itjust.works 1 week ago
Had mine done almost 18 years ago and absolutely 0 regrets. One eye went from 20/200 to better than 20/20. The other wasn’t as bad and was corrected to be 20/15. Vision has not regressed at all in either eye. Dryness was mild at first but completely recovered after several months. I’ve had no halos or night vision problems. The most important thing to remember is that not all procedures are equal, and not all clinics are either. Go to a few different eye doctors and ask who is the best in town, and then go there. Don’t get quotes, don’t shop for coupons, and don’t go with the 2nd lowest bidder. If you can’t afford what the best surgeons in town are charging, then you don’t do it. I had to save for 4 years to pay for mine. The next most important thing is to follow every instruction and post-op care recommendation they give you to the letter. I wore those sleep goggles, stayed out of the pool, and avoided touching my eyes for 2x longer than they recommended.
Granted, my research on this is all 18 years old but this was not a brand new procedure even back then. I was convinced that the vast majority of horror stories came from people who did not go to good clinics or did not follow post-op care instructions. If you remove them from the dataset the procedure looks a whole lot less risky than what the naysayers in this thread would have you believe.