Anyone had (or considered) laser eye surgery?

[Eikman]

friends of mine have done it. i think complications are very rare. i'd probably do it if i had the money...i've lost too many glasses by now

[Deckard]

Thanks, and yes I've heard quite a few 'Best decision I ever made' type comments floating around as well.

[King of Snake]

Good question. I find myself considering it from time to time too but it is quite scary. I'm not afraid of the procedure itself, but there's some extreme stories doing the rounds on the interwebs of course, with people ending up with unfixable complications/worse than before eyesight. But of course it's hard to tell the numbers/percentages and what the exact circumstances were. I've got -5 on both eyes so without my contacts I'm pretty helpless Still i don't really mind wearing them and I'll probably stick with them for a while longer.

[Caprice]

Originally Posted by King of Snake

I've got -5 on both eyes so without my contacts I'm pretty helpless Still i don't really mind wearing them and I'll probably stick with them for a while longer.

I've got -5 too!!!!

My left eye used to be the weaker one but this year when I got my new prescription both eyes have finally leveled out to -5.

You can try the Bates method as an alternative, Aldous Huxley did: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bates_method

I also give this method a try time to time. Because I've worn my glasses more in the past year than contacts, I occasionally like to take off my glasses and wander around in the sun, its great for strengthening your eyes! I can't wander too far though because my vision is so poor. But after wandering in the sun with nothing but my bare eyes I get some interesting instances of "clearer vision."