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Lasik might be improving, but as far as I understand, the "best corrected vision" is still inferior to glasses. This means that while you no longer need correct
by lutorm 15y ago
Lasik might be improving, but as far as I understand, the "best corrected vision" is still inferior to glasses. This means that while you no longer need correction, your visual acuity is worse than what it was with glasses.
I'm curious what you mean when you say your contacts "don't correct precisely enough". Is this because the axis/cylinder combination you want doesn't exist or because the contacts move on your eye and screws up the correction?
I have a fair amount of problems with the latter (my cornea has some funny shape that has a tendency to twist the contacts), but I find that it varies a lot between contact brands. So if you didn't already, next time you renew your prescription, try getting trial pairs of different brands and wear them for a week to see if one fits you better.
- georgieporgie 15y agoI haven't done any sort of rigorous investigation yet, but it seems like I'm reading more incidental stories of people being corrected well past 20/20. As for the contacts, I believe that they just aren't available in fine enough increments to properly fix my astigmatism. I'm using the Acuvue Oasys for Astigmatism type, which have little, vertical ridges at the top and bottom. Every time you blink, it forces them into alignment. It is rather irritating, though. It took me a couple of weeks to get used to them, and if I go a few days with glasses then they irritate me again the next time I wear them. Another option I haven't tried is regular contacts along with glasses which just correct the astigmatism. I haven't tried that yet, though my eye doctor was happy to write a separate prescription for that. I don't mind glasses too much while in front of the computer, I just hate them for every other part of life (gym, cycling, motorcycling, etc).