Originally Posted by lrschum
Yeah, I was talking to my boss the other day and he said that he wore contacts for years and then got the surgery done and it was the best decision ever. Apparently, there is a greater statistical risk of poking your eye out while putting in contacts than having a major complication w/ lasik (i.e. partial or total blindness). And from what I've heard, poking your eye out is really, really hard to do when you put in contacts
As far as I know no one has ever gone blind with Lasik. It just isn't possible if you know anything about the physiology of the eye and how the surgery works. Most common things that go wrong are having halos around lights and dry eyes. For some folks it just doesn't work. But I have to say it changed my life forever. Best money I ever spent.