Best Decision Ever! Draper, UT

I am 27-years-old now, and have had poor eye sight since 2nd grade. I always hated glasses and found contacts to be a time consuming and quite annoying in air-conditioned environments. Anyone who wears glasses or contacts know the cons of both: difficult to run in glasses, swimming can be an issue for either, the pain of finding your glasses or putting contacts in. Also I travel a lot. I love to camp and hike and my husband and I have traveled for up to a year at a time. That's a lot of contacts to carry around. And camping or trekking can be tricky as I couldn't always find a place to wash my hands and contacts. There are so many reasons of convenience I wanted lasik. Of course I was always a bit nervous about getting it, not wanting to jeopardize what little sight I did have or exacerbate any conditions such as dry eyes or poor night vision. But in the end I decided I'd go for a consultation and even see if I'd be a good candidate. Turns out, I was! After months of research I decided the benefits outweighed any risks and went ahead with it. I'd like to think I've had a perfect case scenario experience with lasik. My original RX was -3.25 in both eyes. So not extremely severe, but I wouldn't suggest anyone to drive without glasses with that prescription either. My surgery was completely pain free and easy. I had the surgery in the late afternoon and drove myself to my check up the next day. I've virtually had no side effects. Of course the first couple weeks my eyes were itchy and dry but nothing persistant beyond that. Six months later and I only ever put eye drops in maybe when I wake up after sleeping in an air conditioned room. If I am completely honest there may still be the slightest halo around lights at night. Like so minuscule I can't even say if I do or not. Certainly nothing that bothers me or would deter me from getting the surgery again. Lasik has truly given me a new lease on life. My husband and I are currently planning to do a 30-day trek and a year-long world trip and I feel so confident and excited to finally be able to see the world through my own (scientifically enhanced) eyes. I always tell my friends who ask about lasik that I would have paid like $50,000 even if I knew how amazing it would be. My advice to anyone investigating it is to find a great, honest doctor who actually does the due diligence into whether you're a suitable candidate and decide from there. You may find you're happy wearing glasses, or you may find, as I did, that there is actually nothing to be afraid of and everything to be excited about. I am so jealous of people born with great eyesight who've been able to enjoy this world their entire lives like that. I feel like I have bionic eyes. I can see everything, even better than with contacts. It's truly a medical miracle and I'm so happy I made this life-changing decision for myself.