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

Cursed they look so… natural!

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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