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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Because some people are risk adverse. When there is a 100% safe alternative it is perfectly rational to choose it over a riskier option that would carry additional benefits.

I myself had PRK instead of Lasik, which is very out of character for me, because I am extremely risk averse. But I got lucky and am very happy with the results. Yes, I’m 50, and I need glasses, but they are thin, light and cheap. Not at all like the pricey Coke bottle lenses I needed before.

Funnily enough, I feel like I look better with glasses than without, but I was so happy with the improved functionality I got from surgery that I didn’t regret it. So now I need glasses again I don’t mind at all![/quote]

I don’t get the Coke bottle glasses reference in the year 2023. My eyes are like -9 so very severe but they have done amazing things with lenses and you can get much thinner high resolution lenses. With insurance it’s not even insanely expensive… I tend to have more expensive glasses because I always choose designer frames, which is totally optional.

Yes, you can tell my glasses I guess are thicker than yours, but they are hardly Coke bottles? Just don’t get this reference in this day and age! When I was younger and cared about such things, I wore contacts every day anyway. It’s only now that I’m nearing 50 that I tend to rely on glasses a bit more.[/quote]

Yes, I'm only a -4.5 but my DH is a -9 and we both wear glasses and they aren't "coke bottles" at all. Glasses actually improve DH's looks because he has deep set eyes that have receded a bit with age and glasses counteract this -- he gets compliments on his glasses all the time.

The thinner lenses are usually like $30 more expensive than the thicker ones (which already are not as thick as they used to be). And since it's easier to find more affordable frames than it used to be, it's pretty easy to get a pair of glasses for less than $100. [/quote]

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