I asked for LASIK but was turned down by the eye doctor / surgeon because my vision is -9.5 and he felt it was too high of a risk.
My optometrist also said to stay away - my eyes are very healthy, so why tamper with them?
I wear glasses every day as I can't seem to read and focus properly using contact lenses (tried about 5-6 times the last 15 years) and the quality is great. I use those high index glasses that are so thin you'd think they are -3.
I still think about some kind of surgery though - maybe ICL ?
It's worth investigating whether you're a candidate for PRK or the more recent SMILE procedure. LASIK is not applicable to high prescriptions, owing to how much cornea loss would be required to correct them.
I did some research now and SMILE doesn't seem to be too widespread yet, but LASIK, PRK and ICL are widely available. For my case it seems like ICL is the best option. It's also reversible (not that I'd easily want to reverse and have a knife shoved into my eye again).
I wear glasses every day as I can't seem to read and focus properly using contact lenses (tried about 5-6 times the last 15 years) and the quality is great. I use those high index glasses that are so thin you'd think they are -3.
I still think about some kind of surgery though - maybe ICL ?