Actually it peaked in 2000, one year after the FDA approved it in 1999 when 1.4M Americans got it. Now around 700K people get it yearly (1). ~10M people total h

Actually it peaked in 2000, one year after the FDA approved it in 1999 when 1.4M Americans got it. Now around 700K people get it yearly (1). ~10M people total have gotten Lasik. Around ~165M Americans currently have glasses. About 75% of adults need corrective vision of some sort. I wouldn't call this widespread adoption. Maybe it's cost, maybe it's the risk of the surgery. (1) https://www.webmd.com/eye-health/news/20180727/lasik-know-the-rewards-and-the-risks https://www.webmd.com/eye-health/news/20180727/lasik-know-th...