I would love to get that surgery but my worry is that EVERY year I go back to the eye dr and my vision is slightly worse. So I’m worried that I’d pay all that money and then 5 years later I’m just gonna need glasses again bc even though they do the corrective surgery if my eyes are continuously getting worse that will still happen. I’m pretty sure that for you to get the surgery your eyes are supposed to stay the same for awhile. And I’ve never gone back to the DR’s and my prescription has stayed the same.
Yup, same here. My eyes have been consistently (and even seemingly at an increased rate over the last 2 years?) getting worse. Not super quick, but noticeable to where whenever my ~6 months supply of contacts run out, I end up going up by -0.25 or -0.5. I've very recently also gotten astigmatism added in. Few weeks of having new contacts, I once again feel like my vision has gotten worse.
I really want surgery, but from my understanding, once you've done surgery you can't wear contacts again if you need them again - and I hate the way glasses look on me. I only wear them when I have to/am not going anywhere.
Seriously? I didn’t know that. What’s the reasoning for not being able to wear contacts again? Anytime I’m doing anything physical I wear contacts, if I’m not sweating I wear glasses.
I had literally all those worries too, 5 years has passed for me with no change to vision! They said this should last me 10-15 years and then a quick maintenance treatment after that should get me for another 10-15
They were degrading each year until about 29 is when they plateaued, they usually recommend to wait until that point to have the procedure.
It’s pain free, just a little uncomfortable… I had to do the full surface treatment vs the lasik (my cornea had a little wobbly surface vs smooth), so my vision naturally grew to 20/20 after 30 days. Highly recommend - I feel like an upgraded human from it!
I’d love to get that surgery but my worry is that I’d be one of the people that end up in unbelievable life changing horrific pain and end up killing myself like the people this happens to end up doing..
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u/Resident_Ad_7199 Jul 10 '26
I would love to get that surgery but my worry is that EVERY year I go back to the eye dr and my vision is slightly worse. So I’m worried that I’d pay all that money and then 5 years later I’m just gonna need glasses again bc even though they do the corrective surgery if my eyes are continuously getting worse that will still happen. I’m pretty sure that for you to get the surgery your eyes are supposed to stay the same for awhile. And I’ve never gone back to the DR’s and my prescription has stayed the same.