Top 5 Reasons to Choose LASIK

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Posted by: Missouri Eye Institute in Blog on December 2, 2024

There has never been a better time to consider LASIK vision correction. With the holidays just around the corner, you can start the new year with clear, sharp vision without glasses or contacts.

Millions of people have chosen LASIK and experienced the benefits of permanent vision correction. Keep reading to learn more about why this should be the year you invest in your vision with LASIK!

1. Freedom from Glasses or Contacts

LASIK has an excellent success record, with many patients achieving 20/20 or 20/30 vision without corrective lenses. This means vision is sharp enough to drive without needing glasses or contacts.

For many people, LASIK means being able to see clearly from the moment they open their eyes in the morning until they go to sleep at night, with no worries about keeping contact lenses moisturized and comfortable or wearing glasses that can slip or pinch.

2. Better Self Confidence

If you have ever been frustrated with light reflecting off your glasses while you’re trying to give a presentation on a video call, you’re not alone. Many people choose laser vision correction so they can stop feeling trapped behind their glasses.

Being able to show your best face to the world can boost your confidence at work, in your romantic life, and in selfies on social media.

3. Sharper Vision

LASIK can actually give you sharper vision than you were used to with contacts and glasses. Corrective lenses can address common refractive errors like nearsightedness or farsightedness, but the lenses themselves can cause inconveniences.

Contact lenses can feel dry or scratchy, and you may find them getting cloudy until you can use rewetting drops to clear them up. Glasses are prone to sliding down your nose and susceptible to smudges from fingerprints.

LASIK offers vision correction without the hassles of corrective lenses.

4. Cost Savings

Glasses and contacts aren’t cheap, and most vision plans only cover part of the costs. You may need to spend up to $1000 every year on daily wear contacts.

Depending on your prescription and what kind of frames you choose, glasses can cost several hundred dollars annually. Over time, those costs are substantial.

LASIK is a one-time procedure to correct your vision. You won’t need to have subsequent surgeries to maintain the results. In addition to the vision benefits from LASIK, your investment in vision correction can pay for itself in savings over the next few years.

5. Less Waste

Both glasses and contacts are made out of plastics. Daily wear contacts are individually packaged in plastic containers.

While these materials are excellent for making and storing reliable vision correction devices, they are not easily recycled. Every year, millions of contacts and their packages wind up in landfills.

Choosing LASIK or another vision correction procedure can dramatically reduce your share of landfill waste.

What To Expect During LASIK

LASIK is an outpatient procedure that your eye doctor can perform in their office and it takes less than an hour. You will be awake during the LASIK procedure, though you will have the option of light sedation to help you stay relaxed.

Your eye doctor will also administer eye drops to numb your eyes so you don’t feel any pain. During the procedure, your eye doctor makes a small flap in the outer layer of your eye in order to reach the cornea.

They will use specialized lasers to reshape the cornea, which will improve your vision. Once the cornea has been reshaped, your eye doctor will close the flap. It will heal without stitches or bandages.

Recovery from LASIK is typically smooth and easy.

Are you ready to learn more about how LASIK can benefit you? Schedule an appointment at Missouri Eye Institute in Springfield, MO, today!