When I was being fitted for contact lenses for the first time a few years ago, I asked my ophthalmologist about implants and he basically acted like I was insane for wanting that procedure versus laser.

After experiencing truly dry eyes for the first time - from contact lenses - I will probably never get laser correction. Even a 1% chance of having permanent dry eyes at that level of discomfort sounds horrific.

Also, the slight chance of losing near vision in exchange for far vision is not worth it imo. I'd like to put off needing glasses to read in bed for a few more decades.