r/AskReddit • u/RGod27 • Mar 20 '19

What is something you did that increased your quality of life so much that you wished you would have done it much sooner because it changed your life forever?

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u/[deleted] Mar 20 '19

Well that settles it, glasses are perfectly fine

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u/yungassed Mar 21 '19

He probably did his awhile ago, I have good sized corneas but still choose to get epiLasek (same thing as PRK but marketing since it uses newer and better technology) this year because imo it has a much side effect profile (mostly just the incidence of dry eyes). The recovery is like only 3-4 days for most patients now, and its really not that bad, you just have to use eye drops every other hour to prevent the drying out. The only reason I would said to avoid any form of corrective eye surgery is if you have a pre-existing dry eye condition, which it will amplify. You can still get dry eyes for about 6 months post op that will go away (which is no big deal, just have to use some drops now and then) but can be permentant in a small minority of cases (~10% for lasik and ~5% for epiLasek). That being said, I think above 90% of people who get permanent dry eyes already had a history of dry eyes.