Laser Eye Surgery: Is it Worth it?

The number of people who have problems with their eyesight has been significantly increasing over the years. As such the extent of research in this area has been on the rise and recently there have been significant advancements made in this field.⁸ The idea of getting eye surgery to remove all the hassle of continually updating and wearing contacts or glasses seems to be more and more appealing. When the concept of laser eye surgery first started becoming possible scientists had no real proof of what the long-term effects could be. Now that it has become increasingly popular around the world I was wondering to what extent patients thought it was worth it, what the process is like and what, if any, risky side effects there might be. I myself don’t need to wear eyeglasses or contacts but there is a shockingly large amount of my friends and family who do. I know someone personally who has gotten the surgery a total of three times in one eye and two times in the other and yet still uses glasses to read. I also know someone who must continuously put eye drops in to prevent the dry eye symptom that came after the surgery. These two outcomes made me wonder how effective laser eye surgery really is.