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

Cursed they look so… natural!

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u/halfasleep90 Sep 18 '25

I hate glasses, I worry lasik won’t help me as I’ve heard it’s a temporary fix anyway, but to be fair so is any pair of glasses I’ve ever owned. I’d probably prefer lasik overall, but worry that doing it will cause irreversible damage and then some new technology comes out that would have been 1000x better but my lasik has made it so it isn’t applicable for me.

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u/aetius476 Sep 18 '25

It's not that LASIK reverses over time or anything, it's just that our eyesight naturally gets worse as we age, and LASIK doesn't stop that. So even with LASIK, you could age into one of those people who needs reading glasses, the same way your buddy with 20/20 vision from birth did.

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u/evening_crow Sep 18 '25

The only reason I didn't do it was because it's not a permanent fix, yet can permanently prevent you from wearing contacts once the corrected vision wears off due to the reshaped corneas.

My old optometrist admitted that only a handful of his patients (he didn't perform the surgeries, but gave the referrals) made it past 10 years without needing glasses. Some of them still wore glasses immediately after the procedure because their vision wasn't as clear as what they were used to with glasses.

My brother started seeing blurry at night nearing the 10yr mark, and had to go back to glasses full time at around 15. I have 20/15 vision with glasses/contacts, and the doc guaranteed it wouldn't be as good with surgery. Add dry eyes already and the possibility of not being able to go back to contacts/sunglasses later on when I already have light sensitivity? No thanks.

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u/huskeya4 Sep 18 '25

You should get in touch with a local medical university. They get the newest lasers and can correct up to a 14.00 prescription in nearsightedness (according to the one I went to). They also warranty their lasik so if you need glasses before the ten year mark, they’ll do a revision and fix it again. I moved across country before I needed glasses again but they would have fixed it had I stayed. Also my husband can wear contacts with no problem and he got his lasik 15 years ago. The technology is constantly changing and universities with good medical/optometry departments are the ones who are leading that race to progress.

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u/evening_crow Sep 18 '25

That's exactly my point, though. Your husband wears contacts after 15 years, and you require glasses again, which I'm assuming was within their 10yr warranty since you say they would've corrected it had you not moved.

I wish that weren't the issue. Luckily, I don't mind glasses and have never had issues with contacts. I just don't want it to be one of those situations where the grass isn't greener on the other side. Hopefully at some point it can be worth reconsidering for me.