I was considering getting lasik… but now I’m not sure. I have astigmatism (I think high), but my glasses prescription is relatively low. (I don’t know the exact number, I’ve just been told I don’t need a whole lot of correction.)

After talking to a doc (salesman?) about lasik (and researching online), I learned lasik mainly improves your distance vision. The doc said, I’ll probably still need glasses for up-close work.

But. Don’t we constantly do up close work? Read a message on my phone -> close up work. Read a menu -> close up work. Read a price tag -> close up work. Type on my computer -> close up work. Having to constantly put on and take off my glasses based on the task seems like a huge step backwards compared to today where I just have my glasses on all the time and don’t think about them. (Or lose them.) I heard I could get some glasses that let me see far and close… and I could wear them all day…

So… what’s the point of lasik in that case?

I’ve heard after lasik, my overall un-assisted vision would improve. I would only need minor corrective lenses. But. Why does major vs minor correction matter?

If I still need glasses (with minor correction), what’s the point of lasik?

Am I missing something here?

Why do tons of people online seem extremely happy with their lasik experience?

  • uuj8za@piefed.socialOPEnglish
    2·
    4 days ago

    found it hard to drive at night afterwards

    Found it hard to drive while wearing glasses after lasik? Or found it hard to drive without glasses after lasik?

    • SaveTheTuaHawk@lemmy.caEnglish
      4·
      4 days ago

      Night vision sensitivity and halos are known issues with Lasik. It’s much worse now with these nuclear headlights the car industry insists on using.

    • MentalEdge@sopuli.xyz
      4·
      4 days ago

      It would be both.

      They seem to be describing a potential defect in the correction that can occur, which causes “lens flares”, “blurring” or “smearing” of bright points of light. This is especially bad at night due to the contrast between lights and the darkness of the night.

      It’s similar to a the effect you get with a camera when there are scratches or dents in the lens surface, or if it’s greasy. Except it’s in your eye.

      • phanto@lemmy.ca
        4·
        4 days ago

        I had that after my Lasik for about three months. That said, it was twenty one years ago, and I needed lenses so thick they couldn’t do glass, and I now may need reading glasses because of age and a totally unrelated retina issue. Been 20/20 for twenty years.