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I've been thinking about LASIK for years. I wear -3.75 diopter contact lenses (I think that makes me about 20/350). They work fine, I see clearly, albeit with a bit of blurriness now and again. I don't have any troubles with contacts, but they are annoying to have to worry about, become uncomfortable when you leave them in too long, etc. Part of the reason I want to get surgery is to not have to worry about contacts with sports anymore. I'm not a big athlete or anything, but I play frisbee / football / paintball and ski / waterski / swim / wakeboard fairly often. I hate wearing goggles for water events and I don't like having to worry about losing a contact. I hadn't realized there was a distinction between laser surgery and knife surgery for this sort of thing. I thought athletes got laser surgery all the time? Obviously I'll consult an eye doctor if I begin to consider it seriously. I don't have the money yet anyway. But I have a plan that will cover a decent amount of cost, and even though I don't pay much as it is (my contacts are covered in full by my vision plan and I don't often replace my glasses) I'm thinking of the surgery. Anyone got any advice or thoughts on whether I should spring for it? Or should I just stick with contacts? e: but see, I'm already confused. I thought PRK was knife surgery. Is it not? Maybe this is a good question to tack on - given my desire to remain active etc, what sort of laser surgery should I research?
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