I had to start wearing reading glasses, but I think I would have past 50 anyway, damnit.

For some people, the LASIK procedure can be modified a bit so that one eye is slightly overcorrected and one is slightly undercorrected. This allows for reading without glasses. Unfortunately, in my case, I don't use both eyes equally and so I was not a candidate for that.

Regardless, I'm very glad I had the LASIK. After 40+ years of glasses and contacts, I'm happy to not have to deal with the damned things.


However, I may need to go in for a LASIK tune up at some point. I'm 7 years post surgery, and I think I've noticed a slight degradation in my distance vision (along with a slight improvement in my near vision). So, at some point it may be necessary to get some additional work done. Thankfully, the technology keeps improving.