• iheartneopets@lemm.ee
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    1 month ago

    An elective surgery you call it, an investment in their vision, I call it. Not everyone has vision as part of their insurance, and contacts/glasses/exams can get expensive without (or even with, depending on the policy). Viewed in that way, LASIK can definitely be seen as an investment.

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      1 month ago

      I mean, lasik comes with issues down the road if you go for the cheaper procedures, and even the good ones if you have complications.

      If the question is money, adding risk is often not the wisest of decisions…

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        1 month ago

        The same can be said for glasses and contacts too. So you have a pay once and done, or a pay forever with the same potential issues. Very few people’s vision ever get better from continual glass contact use, but it can get better permanently from lasik.