I got Lasik eye surgery about ten years ago. I did it because I had always needed rather thick glasses and this interfered with my active lifestyle -- SCUBA div

I got Lasik eye surgery about ten years ago. I did it because I had always needed rather thick glasses and this interfered with my active lifestyle -- SCUBA diving (couldn't see underwater very well), kayaking and skiing (constant lens fogging issues) and other things -- all were hindered by the requirement for eyeglasses. The procedure for both eyes required about an hour and I was allowed to leave -- but I was told to keep my eyes closed as much as possible for a number of hours afterwards, which I did. For the first two years or so after the surgery, after dark, fine points of light like stars and headlights weren't points, they were blobs of light with radial extensions. I knew the reason -- it's caused by the irregular seam created during the surgery. Over a longer period of time (many years) that seam smoothed out and now I see stars as stars again. Do remember that, as you get older, Presbyopia (a gradual stiffening of the eye's lens) will require you to wear one or another kind of corrective lens, probably for close vision, and Lasik can only allow you to choose which default correction you want to have (I chose distant vision). Before Lasik I had to wear glasses for absolutely everything, now I wear glasses only for close work (I'm in my 60s). So I have to say that, for me, Lasik was an unqualified success, and I would do it again -- no regrets. Also, I have no connection with the business, I'm just a recipient of the procedure.