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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]OP, how did you improve from -10 to -8.5?[/quote]

OP here; I’m not sure how I improved- I think it was just aging.  From what I gather, getting older also “corrects” nearsightedness a little but in ways I don’t understand (per my uncle the eye doctor).  I should add that I think my total prescription is still over -10 once you include my astigmatism.  I ended up getting phakic intraocular lenses implanted in my eyes (basically like cataract surgery but they left my natural lenses in) and it is AMAZING to not need glasses or external lenses. [/quote]
Wow! Instead of LASIK, or did you actually have cataracts and this is why you had the lenses implanted? I would love not to need glasses or contacts but have always been a little afraid of the surgery. [/quote]

OP here. I don’t have cataracts so it was just an alternative to LASIK. I wasn’t a good candidate for LASIK as I have dry eye and asian eyes are shaped a little differently (flatter, I think?) so they wouldn’t have been able to scrape enough layer of eyeball off to correct my vision. I considered PRK but I liked that the implantable contacts are removable (though arguably your eyes probably won’t return to pre-surgery condition). The surgery was expensive and required a lot of pre-op appts too.  But I’m very happy with the results!

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Interesting - thank you![/quote]

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