Lasik surgery?
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I’ve tried replacing my thick glasses with contact lenses before but never stuck with contacts because it always felt uncomfortable. My eyes will always feel dry and I can always feel something foreign in my eye.
The alternative was to get Lasik surgery to correct the shortsightedness.
The one thing that scares me the most that it’s never 100% successful. There may be complications as after all it involves a laser beam cutting into the tissues of the eyes. One side effect is that you may end up long sighted.
According to USAEyes.org, about 90% of patients achieved 20/40 vision or better and 64% managed to achieve 20/20. Hmmm.. 90% with 20/40 vision is good enough to drive but that means there is the unlucky 10%.
I’ll probably do it when the statistics becomes more favourable 
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hi.
i did lasik back in 2002. at that time, lasik is not really well-known. but i just did it:-)
the surgery went without a hitch. i went there by myself (optimax in hukm hospital), get my sight corrected, and walked out of my own an hour later. it’s not really complicated, they used highly precise laser equipment and all i saw was a bright light (not in a tunnel though:-p)
the day i did it, i could see but there are fogs everywhere. however, on waking up the day after, voila! i cant believe my perfect eyesight! i remember looking at my hands and seeing all the veins etc. that’s a feeling i would never forget.
it took a week for complete healing. in the meantime, i had to be careful not to accidentally rub my eyes:-) but in my experience, it really is worth it.
I’m not going to encourage or put you off having lasik surgery–it’s your own eyes and you have a right to choose whether or not to have one. I’m just chipping in by saying that only a few percent of the patients achieve 20/20 vision and it’s not a surgery without risks. You don’t even see many world leaders or filthy rich people going for one and still keep their glasses. And we wonder why.
Past the age of 25–I’m referring to your post of geekiness with glasses–people who wear glasses look more mature instead of looking geeky. It’s normal for high school kids to poke around with their schoolmates who wear glasses but when we’re adults, those who do actually look like having an IQ 20 points higher.
My eye sight is a bit kabur and I have trouble looking at the board in class since I sit at the furthest back so I have to wear glasses then. Otherwise I don’t and when I play sports and other activities that require me to be exact and sure (like in the hangar), I wear lenses.
Lenses are cheap alternatives to lasik surgery and really safe (if you follow the instructions well and take care of your personal hygiene). Maybe you should try them for awhile before considering lasik.
Cheers.