Dry eyes and halos, many I speak to say they have these issues. Followed by “I don’t regret it, best thing ever”. I walk away mostly confused.
Watching my sister, who had it done ~10 years ago, struggle to stay between the lines on the freeway at night due to halos I wrote it off completely. Even with these issues she’s perfectly happy with the results. Again, I don’t get it.
I have halos, very occasional dry eyes. Was worth it.
I was myopic (20/350) that got corrected to 20/15. Things I can do now:
* Being able to lay in bed and look around the room and see things in focus.
* Being able to lay in bed and look at my significant other and it not be a out-of-focus blurry mess.
* Being able to get up in the middle of the night to go to the bathroom without hunting for glasses.
* Being able to go swimming without goggles.
* Avoiding the discomfort of contact lens wear and cleaning.
* Being able to do read while laying on the couch without bending my frames.
* Avoiding possibility of eye infection due to dirty contact lenses.
* Avoiding the need to clean and wash glasses due to dirt.
* Avoiding the painful removal of contact lenses after falling asleep with them in due to tiredness.
Most of this reads like quibbles to me. The thought of possibly having permanent eye damage, no matter how “insignificant”, in exchange for minor convenience/vanity and only myself to blame is a bit too much.
In my sisters case, she now has prescription night driving glasses and prefers not to drive at night with my niece. I’m not sure why but “was worth it” is what she’d say and similar reasons to yours are what she’d give.
Am I one of the lucky ones? I see quite a few negative comments about dry eyes, halos, etc., but for me that really only lasted about a week or two. It healed so quickly that I actually don't even remember now how long it took, exactly. With that said, I made sure to go to a surgeon with a lot of experience, using the latest proven tech. I spent $4500 on it and I feel it was worth every penny.
Watching my sister, who had it done ~10 years ago, struggle to stay between the lines on the freeway at night due to halos I wrote it off completely. Even with these issues she’s perfectly happy with the results. Again, I don’t get it.