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Infections are rare. I get the impression that people with adverse reactions to LASIK and tested procedures, while also rare, are relatively more common. I'd hate to get LASIK and be one of the minority that has annoyingly dry eyes, or can't even drive at night or enjoy a movie in the dark due to halos. Am I wrong on the data?

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I had dry eyes (although I never noticed it) going into the procedure, and while I'm healing I put artificial tears in at night and a couple times during the day. It's well worth it to be able to not have to mess with glasses to put my motorcycle helmet on. If one had really bad dry eyes after correction one could get tear wells put in. If one had too dry of eyes before the doctor would recommend against the procedure.

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