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I was considering LASIK but why risk it? Glasses aren't so bad and I could always get contacts if I really wanted. Even without my glasses I can see okay, not great but okay.



If you like to be outdoors, camping etc or in situations where glasses could be broken it is a no-brainer.

Also if you do the math it can potentially save you money on contacts and the ever-obnoxious eye checkups.

9 years since I had it done and it is amazing. No regrets so far.

I get out of bed every day and I can just see. No searching for glasses or going to the bathroom to put contacts in.


If I'm in an environment where I'm likely to break my glasses, I want to be wearing some kind of protective eyewear - a scratched eyeglass lens is a lot easier to replace than a scratched cornea. Wraparound safety glasses are comfortable, extremely durable and can do double duty as sunglasses.

https://www.rx-safety.com/product-category/master-safety-gla...


Oh, well, my vision is not that bad. I suppose if I could barely see when getting out of bed in the morning then perhaps I would consider it more seriously. I only had to get them because I failed a drivers vision test but just barely.




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