My $.02
Many commercials offer 99-100% success rates on their surgery.
What they don't tell you is that 20-40 vision can be called a "success". Disregard ALL commercial claims and find a Doctor who will openly tell you their success rate of 20-20 or better patients. I have been told by several doctors (eye doctors, that do NOT perform the surgery themselves, many who have had it done), that money does matter. Many of these "$500 an eye" people are the ones who claim 100% success, even though more than half will have 20-40 vision. Almost no doctor should have a 100% 20-20 success rate, go for the one with the highest rating who seems the most open and honest about their record.
In case you are not familiar, with 20-40 you would have a very hard time reading posters and signs that were in the same room as you.
I opted to wait, the procedure is only going to get better, and contacts are so cheap and easy to use nowadays. Consider that you can even wear some for the whole month and then throw them away, no cleaning no taking them out, compared with night halo vision and possible blindness, it seems like a winner to me:)
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My $.02 Many commercials offer 99-100% success rates on their surgery. What they don't tell you is that 20-40 vision can be called a "success". Disregard ALL commercial claims and find a Doctor who will openly tell you their success rate of 20-20 or better patients. I have been told by several doctors (eye doctors, that do NOT perform the surgery themselves, many who have had it done), that money does matter. Many of these "$500 an eye" people are the ones who claim 100% success, even though more than half will have 20-40 vision. Almost no doctor should have a 100% 20-20 success rate, go for the one with the highest rating who seems the most open and honest about their record. In case you are not familiar, with 20-40 you would have a very hard time reading posters and signs that were in the same room as you. I opted to wait, the procedure is only going to get better, and contacts are so cheap and easy to use nowadays. Consider that you can even wear some for the whole month and then throw them away, no cleaning no taking them out, compared with night halo vision and possible blindness, it seems like a winner to me :)