I'm 22 do you think I should get Lasik surgery, I'm tired of wearing glasses/contacts?

Well if wearing glasses and contacts are that much of a neusense to you than by all means get it done. But i personally would never get it done, i can’t anyway! My eyesight is to bad and i’ve got an astigmatism!

Personally, if you can deal with your contact/glasses, I would wait a few years. Constant improvements in techniques and a equipment are being made, which will hopefully eliminate some of the permanent severe side-effects of Lasik surgery which can result in loss of quality of life and extreme visual impairment..

You must first establish you are a good candidate for this type of surgery. No one should have this surgery until they are absolutely sure their vision has stabilized, usually in your early to mid twenties, give or take several years. If you have the surgery prior to total vision stabilization, you will have to have the surgery repeated

LASIK or Refractive Vision Correction surgery is laser surgery that can correct nearsightedness, farsightedness and astigmatism. . LASIK is surgery and has many of the inherent risks of any surgery. Prior to committing to this surgery, you must do your homework and be willing incur the risks and side effects associated with this surgery. LASIK is considered cosmetic surgery, is not covered by health insurance and can be quite expensive. Lasik is irreversible.

Anyone contemplating LASIK surgery must research the procedure thoroughly and ask lots of questions of your surgeon. You must check out your ophthalmic surgeon thoroughly, ensure that you are a good candidate and check out all the possible side effects. Most people have excellent results from this surgery, but it is the small percentage of those that don’t that wind up suffering for the rest of their lives.

You might want to look into Ortho-K/Orthokeratology which would be a safer albeit temporary solution to your problem. Ortho-K involves sleeping with special contact lenses which reshape the eye for a certain period of time. The treatment has to be repeated fairly often or your eyes will reverse to your original vision.

Long-term effect of both Ortho-K and Lasik are not well known, as most Lasik patients are only followed for five years or less and Ortho-K is a fairly new procedure.