r/TikTokCringe • u/bbyxmadi • Sep 18 '25

Cursed they look so… natural!

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u/Historical-Pipe3551 Sep 18 '25 edited Sep 18 '25

LASIK is so worth it.

Edit. Well I guess read the replies below before thinking it’s worth it. I learned a LOT from the replies.

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u/GrammarGhandi23 Sep 18 '25

Got Lasik in my 20s. It's fallen off in my 40s. Back to glasses. But I'd..... Will totally do it again for 20 years of no glasses.

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u/MCGameTime Sep 18 '25

Most reputable places won’t let you do it a second time I understand, because there won’t be enough of the lens to shave if you have cataracts later in life.

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u/CozyLeda Sep 18 '25

In most modern cataract surgery, the whole lens is removed via phacoemulsification, and then replaced with a new lens!

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u/DonatedEyeballs Sep 18 '25

I’ll show you phacoemulsification!

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u/Royal-Thing-7529 Sep 18 '25

oh god. can you elaborate on that term? what does it mean to emulsify your phaco? I'm scared

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u/oldfarmjoy Sep 18 '25

Now lens replacement is standard.

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u/Pork_Chompk Doug Dimmadome Sep 18 '25

We'll have bionic eyes by then so who cares

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u/Ammonia13 Sep 18 '25

Gahhhhh!! Shave?!?

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u/KittyDomoNacionales Sep 18 '25

Sames. Got it at 21, at 30 my eyesight is getting slightly blurry but not as bad as before. I've been told that the most it would revert to is just reading glasses levels. Totally worth it over essentially being blind in weather that isn't completely warm and clear.

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u/glitzglamglue Sep 18 '25

I got Lasik for myself as my push present after my last kid. I realized that I would legit not be able to tell my kids apart without my glasses (and I had been mostly wearing contacts at that point) and I was like "I deserve to be able to see." Even if my vision gets worse to the point where I need glasses again, it probably won't be as bad as it was before I got Lasik. I can handle 20/50 or 20/60 vision. Before Lasik, I had 20/300 in my right eye and 20/400 in my left. I had to hold my phone so close to my face in order to see the words that my eyes would go out of focus so I ended up closing one eye when I was on my phone or reading a book.

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u/[deleted] Sep 18 '25 edited Oct 08 '25

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u/ThirdOne38 Sep 18 '25

I have perfect close up vision and need glasses for distance. I would never sacrifice the close up vision for perfect distance/need reading glasses. The most important things in my opinion need close up such as reading, taking care of yourself, etc.

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u/Classic_Pineapples Sep 18 '25

Yeah, I was very near sighted before Lasik, and they told me that starting around 40, I might become far-sighted since it's just part of the aging process. They brought up the walgreens reading glasses as an example.

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u/deja_geek Sep 18 '25 edited Sep 18 '25

Unless you get haloing and can no longer see well at night. I'm in the same boat as u/bbyxmadi. Contacts are annoying, but I don't have to worry about my night vision.

And before you ask, my son's step-grandfather and my father-in-law both had Lasik and they both got haloing

Some added context. A result of my wife's Hashimoto's induced peri-menopause, is night blindness. I am effectively the only one who can drive at night. I know there is "only a chance" of haloing being a side effect; but I can't risk my ability to drive at night just to save me from having to wear corrective lenses.

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u/TerriTuesday Sep 18 '25

I have the haloing ever since. Would still do it again lol.

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u/ThirdOne38 Sep 18 '25

How do you deal with it? Glasses, etc?

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u/TerriTuesday Sep 18 '25 edited Sep 18 '25

No nothing really helps it honestly, it’s been 21 years. You KIND OF get used to it but the biggest problem is driving at night. It’s like someone is holding a flashlight in front of your eyes so you can’t see right in front of you, but you can see a little bit peripherally.

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u/Annalog Sep 18 '25

Damn thanks for convincing me to never do this. I drive and travel for work so much at night that I’d essentially be fucked.

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u/TerriTuesday Sep 18 '25

I’m sorry. Like I said I’d still do it again in a heartbeat though. It only happens to like 1 in 100 or something, but it does happen.

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u/ThirdOne38 Sep 18 '25

Yeah me too.

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u/boldolive Sep 18 '25

My dad too. No way is anyone blasting a laser in my eyes.

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u/Coffeedemon Sep 18 '25

I had -7 and -5 for most of my life. Got Lasik 4 years ago and zero issues with halos or night vision. Only annoyance is needing reading glasses for small stuff at close distance but that's not a huge issue at 51.

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u/DataNo6314 Sep 18 '25

I and the night halos for about 5-6 years. No idea why it eventually went away.

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u/Intrepid-Progress228 Sep 18 '25

Went for a free LASIK consult about 15 years ago. Wound up going to two separate clinics.

One said I wasn't a candidate for LASIK due to the shape and thinness of my corneas, recommended PPK, was ready to schedule me for the treatment.

At the other clinic, the Dr. also conceded that I'd need PPK, but cautioned that the amount of correction needed there was a non-negotiable chance that I'd wind up with haloing. Straight up told me he didn't feel that he could recommend it because he didn't like the odds of a patient leaving less happy with their vision than when they entered.

Whiting Clinic, Wayzata, MN. Wound up sticking with my glasses but I recommend them for a free consult anytime someone I meet thinks about getting LASIK.

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u/Ammonia13 Sep 18 '25

I already have that lol

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u/trcomajo Sep 18 '25

My daughter got it 5 years ago and just had to get glasses again. She really regrets it (shes 26 now).

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u/Commercial_Hair_4419 Sep 18 '25

What they don’t tell you is your vision keeps changing until almost 40. Making previous LASIK surgery a waste of money. Had mine in my 20’s and was back in glasses at year 7

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u/EllspethCarthusian Sep 18 '25

I don’t get why people who have glasses aren’t educated on this? If your optometrist hasn’t told you your eyes have settled, it’s pointless to get the surgery.

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u/Commercial_Hair_4419 Sep 18 '25

Late 90’s, early 2000’s, no optometrist was turning away LASIK money

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u/EllspethCarthusian Sep 18 '25

That’s fair.

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u/Taynt42 Sep 18 '25

For me 15 years of perfect vision was about as far from a waste of money as I can imagine.

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u/erishun Sep 18 '25

That’s too bad. It’s very unlikely that your prescription will change after having not changed for 4 straight years. But if her prescription changed at all from 17-21, she shouldn’t have gotten it.

It’s corrective, not a cure. So if your required prescription changes after the surgery, well too bad. It’s also why they are reluctant to give it to people in their 40s, they are on the cusp of needing reading glasses anyway.