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Lasik again? Good luck man. You only get one set of eyeballs, be happy with where you are.

Yup. It may be totally anecdotal but from the last 3 people I know who did it, 1 is happy with the result, another is struggling with bad dry eyes, and another one have had his vision worsened on one eye without possible correction.

I know the operation is statistically safe but risks are pretty real.

Medical risks are always very real for anything.

To pile on the anecdotes, I corrected a -6.5 left eye and a -5.5 right eye with LASIK, had dry eyes the first year, and never had any issues afterward. Life changer.

> Medical risks are always very real for anything.

Sure, and that'w why my doctor don't want to operate me on lasik because of amblyopia.

And that makes perfect sense!

I'm hoping to go full Homelander this time.

No more LASIK for me. That's why I returned the AVP. What I'm doing is fine now, but the AVP triggered something in my eyes that I don't want to address just yet.

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