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**pepBarihepe** · 09-25-2009, 05:35 AM

I had it done in my 40's and it has been about 10 years now. I had/have astigmatism so was a borderline candidate.

I had an immediate improvement to 20/20 in the right eye. They under corrected the left eye and I had to go back and ended up with 20/25. I also needed reading glasses after that which they had told me would be the case.

I am now back to wearing glasses full time. You lose some of the correction over time. I do not need them for kendo and what have you. It is nice to do kendo without contacts and be able to see.

Down side is you can lose some visual acuity for nighttime , I did. Having to go back was a pain, but if they screw up and over correct that is a problem too. No dry eyes and I really do not have much of the halo effect at all. I would probably do it again since the technique and lasers are better now.

09-25-2009, 05:35 AM	#10
pepBarihepe Join Date Oct 2005 Posts 487 Senior Member	I had it done in my 40's and it has been about 10 years now. I had/have astigmatism so was a borderline candidate. I had an immediate improvement to 20/20 in the right eye. They under corrected the left eye and I had to go back and ended up with 20/25. I also needed reading glasses after that which they had told me would be the case. I am now back to wearing glasses full time. You lose some of the correction over time. I do not need them for kendo and what have you. It is nice to do kendo without contacts and be able to see. Down side is you can lose some visual acuity for nighttime , I did. Having to go back was a pain, but if they screw up and over correct that is a problem too. No dry eyes and I really do not have much of the halo effect at all. I would probably do it again since the technique and lasers are better now.
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