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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]

That’s great that you’re happy with what is available to you. No reason for you to have surgery if you’re happy as you are. I was buying 1.74s and still felt that they were heavy, looked ridiculous in wire frames, and made my eyes look small.  I felt they looked unflatteringly thick, and were way less comfortable than the inexpensive and lightweight reading glasses I need now.

But if you don’t agree, and you’re happy with your glasses, then yay. Different people have different preferences (and different perceptions) and that’s OK.[/quote]

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