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Nevermind the dry eyes, the loss of contrast, poor night vision, GASH, etc. I dont need glasses!


I had LASIK surgery 5 years ago. My eyesight was particularly bad and I was warned I would probably still need glasses afterward. The operation was painless and after a week I had superhuman eyesight - I could literally count the individual leaves on a tree 10 miles away. But my near vision was crap. After a few months it balanced out and I had perfect 20/20 in both eyes. However, 5 years later and I am still putting drops in my eyes daily, I can not see nearly as well in near dark light, I'm overly sensitive to light (like even the LED on the bottom of my mouse is painful to look at at arms length) and I wear sunglasses outside most of the time. I'm also susceptible to barometric pressure where my eyes will go blurry for a day when the weather changes. Still, I don't need glasses anymore, so I guess it was worth it.


LOL talk about denial! This is a short story of a guy who had several complications but hes still happy because he doesnt "need" glasses anymore! Thats a big tradeoff to not need glasses for the time being till he regresses and is back in glasses or when presbyopia hits and he needs reading glasses for anything 1 meter and less. Wow some people hate glasses so much they are happy at the decreased quality(and often accuracy) of vision plus other complications like dry eyes.

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Re: Nevermind the dry eyes, the loss of contrast, poor night vision, GASH, etc. I dont need glasses!


Hey I dont know this guy and his wild claims. I just got his story from another lasik message board. Many people with the same experience as him wouldnt be too happy but he hates glasses more than any negetive outcomes he got from lasik. Hey if hes still happy with all that, more power! About 90% of people are happy with lasik for better or worse, they just like not being so dependant on glasses. Surgeons love lasering people with low expectations like those people. Those with high and unrealistic expectations should do themselves a favor and not even bother because they are likley to be disapointed if everything doesnt go exactly perfect and they get perfect vision.
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