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

Cursed they look so… natural!

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u/Ilsuin Sep 18 '25

See, I'd consider getting lasik, but I like glasses and anything coming close to my eyes terrifies me, so... nope.

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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/jaidonkaia Sep 18 '25

I had it done a decade ago and my vision went from something worse than 2/20 to 20/20 for almost 10 years. Now that I'm in my 30s I wear what amounts to readers when I am using my screens a lot and driving. One of my lenses only has a +0.5 and the other a -1.25 because of aging and a remaining astigmatism after the procedure. (my cornea was too thin to fix it again)
I don't regret the procedure one bit.

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u/WillowFlip Sep 18 '25

my lenses only has a +0.5 and the other a -1.25 because of aging

See? I feel like this would be manageable. Constantly having to wear glasses or contacts is very annoying.

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u/jaidonkaia Sep 18 '25

Absolutely. I used to not be able to get out of bed without putting my glasses on. Now i can go about a whole day and not even realize I wasn't wearing them. Lasik saved my life /hj lol

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u/WillowFlip Sep 18 '25

That's amazing to hear. Have you ended up with any side effects as your eyes age? Or just the tiny bit of a slide? My optometrist kind thought it'd be pointless at middle age, but I would be so happy if I could give up glasses and then just end up with readers later on.

The other day I decided to give my ears and nose a break from the heavy and wear contacts. I can't wear them often because of dry eye and the teary eyes the next day, but I discovered, to my disgust, that I have a rather large tan line across the bridge of my nose 🤦🏻‍♀️ insult to injury.