Originally Posted by sameness
Again, not to be the hapless contrarian here, but I had a friend go completely and PERMANENTLY blind thanks to complications from Lasik surgery. Granted, this occurred in the early years of the procedure, and I'm sure that much in the way of the variables have been eliminated from the equation by now, but for my money, there's just no way I'm gonna roll the dice with my vision.
It is perfectly safe, probably safer than a lifetime of contacts. I know many, many people who have had it done and not one has had a problem. Of course, I went to a top NYC eye surgeon who charged big $$, not one of these $500/eye slice and dicers. Worth every penny, and the miniscule risk.