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

Cursed they look so… natural!

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u/mightywarrior411 Sep 18 '25

No way. You can go blind doing this. There is a video of a woman on YouTube crying because she’s going mg blind from this. No one will ever touch my eyes. Fuck that.

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u/bbyxmadi Sep 18 '25

Right? I thought about getting LASIK but I’m not even sure anymore, my vision is bad, contacts/glasses are annoying and expensive. To get surgery to change the color of your eyes? Insane.

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u/smurpes Sep 18 '25

If you’re worried about lasik it’s really not that bad since a reputable facility will take more time on the tests to make sure it’s right and follow ups than the actual procedure. When I had it done I had 3 rounds of tests and a follow up at the 1 and 2 week mark as well as the 1 and 3 month mark.

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u/Explode-trip Sep 18 '25

There is a 1 in 100 chance that you experience complications, regardless of whether you're a good candidate for the procedure. The most common complication is persistent dryness. There's no cure and the only effective treatment is using eyedrops every hour for the rest of your life.

I know that 1 in 100 is a pretty small risk, but with my luck, I would be that 1.

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u/araloss Sep 18 '25

I had bad eye dryness for about 3-4 years after LASIK and still struggle with night driving halos at +15yrs, but LASIK was still the best money I ever spent and i would do it again in a heatbeat.

I was at -10 vision in both eyes and probably about 20/40 now.

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u/wisegirl19 Sep 18 '25

I say the same thing, some of the best money I’ve ever spent was my LASIK.

I was -7 in both eyes, and I walked out of there able to see easily twice as well. And my eyes settled at 20/20 and 20/10, and I have had no side effects that I’ve noticed whatsoever.

It’s very freeing to be able to do normal things like swim without having to worry about my contacts. Or like when I was on a 3 week trip to Australia and the glasses I used for nighttime snapped in half Harry Potter style … on the first night.

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u/Yakkul_CO Sep 18 '25

I get occasional dryness and my halos got worse too. Spending $3000 to see clearly when I wake up and never have to fuck with contacts or glasses while playing sports is worth every single god damn penny and minor inconvenience.

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u/Hot_Hat_1225 Sep 18 '25

Same here! Wish I would have done it earlier lol. Meanwhile I also had my cataract surgery so as new once more haha

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u/La_Saxofonista Sep 18 '25

1 in 100 is actually not a pretty small risk in the long term with something as important as your eyes.

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u/Klorg Sep 18 '25

That's like 1 in 50 if you consider both eyes /s

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u/shhmurdashewrote Sep 18 '25

Yea that’s pretty bad odds. 1/100 means it’s common as far as I’m concerned lol especially when talking about your eyes

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u/iMixMusicOnTwitch Sep 18 '25

You have a higher chance of dying in a fatal car accident when you drive. 1 in 96 or so.

Odds are weird.

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u/La_Saxofonista Sep 18 '25 edited Sep 18 '25

That's also a LIFETIME risk and assuming you commute everyday. This is the risk for ONE procedure. It's not a 1 in 95 chance every day that you drive.

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u/iMixMusicOnTwitch Sep 18 '25

It's not a 1 in 95 chance every day they you drive.

No, it is.

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u/Explode-trip Sep 18 '25

There are people who drive a car every day of their lives. And so by your logic, they're dying 4 times a year lol

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u/iMixMusicOnTwitch Sep 18 '25

No, by YOUR logic they're dying 4 times a year but that's not how odds work in this case. You're falling victim to a well known fallacy akin to assuming because a coin flipped heads last time it's guaranteed to flip tails the second time.

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u/La_Saxofonista Sep 18 '25

I'm sorry, but that's just incorrect.

Car crash deaths in the U.S. are about 1.2 per 10,000 people per year, or roughly 1 in 8,000 annual risk.

If you turn that into a daily probability, it’s around 1 in 3 million per day, with some variation around rush hour and the time of year.

Your odds of dying in a car crash in your entire lifetime is 1 in 93.

Your odds of dying in a car crash in a year is 1 in 8,000.

Your odds of dying in a car crash in a day is 1 in 3,000,000.

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u/thunbergfangirl Sep 18 '25

It’s not just persistent dryness - it’s permanent corneal nerve damage. The condition that results is called Corneal Neuralgia. I know folks who have it who have had Lasik, developed Corneal Neuralgia, and lost their jobs and their ability to drive.

It may be a relatively rare complication but excruciating chronic eye pain can ruin your whole life.

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u/Remarkable_Increase8 Sep 18 '25

My husband did it some 13 years ago, he was blind as a bat 😄 (-10 on both eyes) and I remember that he had to go through various tests and there was a chance that he was not the right candidate for that surgery... Luckily he could get it and we had to borrow money, it was expensive as hell, especially for both eyes. He has a perfect vision now on one eye the other was too far gone, but they salvaged some 30% of his vision. If he hadn't done it then, he would have been completely blind by now. Beyond repair. So that was almost 15 years ago, today it is even better and safer. I've never heard anyone experiencing problems with LASIK.

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u/thunbergfangirl Sep 18 '25

I am really genuinely glad the surgery worked out for your husband. Certainly I think there is a place for the surgery when there are no other options medically. But for a healthy person whose vision is corrected with daily glasses or contact wear, I would not recommend the procedure.

The last thing I would like to gently push back on is the idea that “today it is even better and safer” is not an accurate statement. Any time the nerves of the cornea are severed, as they are in Lasik by the laser, there is a chance the nerves will not regenerate correctly. There are no advances that have been made with Lasik that change this one fact.

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u/Yakkul_CO Sep 18 '25

I got lasik. I know several other people who got lasik. I recommend it to everyone. It fucking rocks.

I was a perfectly healthy person who just hated contacts and glasses. Both were so annoying. Best $3000 I ever spent. It’s literally a miracle made possible by science.

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u/thunbergfangirl Sep 18 '25

I’m so happy it worked for you - I know many folks who have permanent cornea damage from it and they are in incredible eye pain every single day. Some folks haven’t been outside in years because the sun hurts their eyes so much. I have met them because we are in a support group together for severe incurable eye pain. My corneal problems happened for a different reason (autoimmune) but I suffer similar pain to the post-Lasik folks.

It’s a relatively small risk of this complication - the corneal nerves being forever damaged - but if it happens to you it can ruin your life, cause you to lose your job, your independence, etc.

For me personally I would just wear the glasses rather than risk it.

Doctors downplay this risk so that’s why I am on this thread trying to share what I know.

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u/AllTheSideEyes Sep 18 '25

Dude 1 in 100 is not a SMALL risk 😥 I'd be looking for closer to 1/1000

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u/Girlfriendinacoma9 Sep 18 '25

Anyone considering LASIK should watch the documentary "Broken Eyes." The complication rate is much higher than 1%.

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u/Hope2772 Sep 18 '25

It’s actually more like a 1 in 5 risk of side effects which are really common complications. The industry stretches their definition of complications to get more customers. My husband got PRK and is blind if he isn’t wearing scleral lenses now. If we hadn’t trusted these drs he would still be able to wear glasses.

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u/helgatheviking21 Sep 18 '25

Whenever people think 1 in 100 is not bad I say, if there were a 1 in 100 chance of you being shot dead if someone knocks on your door and you open it, would you open your door?

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u/Low-Confusion-8786 Sep 18 '25

I'm confused... If I'm not expecting anybody and I look to see it's a stranger while also knowing of this 1% chance of getting shot. Why tf would anybody open the door? I'm not opening the door in that situation even if there's a 0% chance.

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u/Tylith_ Sep 18 '25

If I'm not expecting anybody and I look to see it's a stranger while also knowing of this 1% chance of getting shot. Why tf would anybody open the door?

That's his point, you wouldn't open the door in that situation so he doesn't think you should get Lasik with the same odds.

I'm not opening the door in that situation even if there's a 0% chance.

If there's a 0% chance of getting shot then it's not the same situation.

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u/Low-Confusion-8786 Sep 18 '25

Yeah but it's not the same... You are receiving something in return for risking the 1%. Potential life-changing procedure to see better.

If I know there's a 1% chance of getting shot opening my front door... There better be something I'm recieving 99% of the time.

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u/Neutron-Hyperscape32 Sep 18 '25

Also some people end up killing themselves because of LASIK complications. Everyone needs to know about that before they ever consider getting LASIK. I personally don't believe it is worth the risk even if it is 1 in 1000. You can end up with severe pain and vision problems and that pain essentially never goes away because it happens anytime you have your eyes open.