Why LASIK Surgery Is Better Than Contacts or Glasses

If you’ve had glasses or contacts for most of your life, you probably don’t need a lot of convincing to make you decide that you would be better off without them. Unless you are one of those people who simply feels they look better with corrective lenses, then you would probably give anything to be free of them. Fortunately, you don’t have to give anything—you just have to come up with some money for LASIK surgery. If you aren’t convinced on a purely convenience-related level, then here are some concrete facts that may help you in your decision making.

Increased Vision
One of the biggest reasons to prefer LASIK surgery over corrective lenses if the broader scope of vision. That’s right—having your eyes surgically corrected will improve the full scope of vision in your eyes. If you’ve worn glasses for some time, you may be used to not having good peripheral vision. Look out of the corners of your eyes and what do you see? If your eyesight is bad enough, then the answer is: not much. With corrective surgery, this becomes a thing of the past. No more waking up in the middle of the night, fumbling for your glasses in order to see the alarm clock. No more worrying about what you’re going to do when you lose a contact and you don’t have any backups left. These things become a thing of the past, and few people are sad to see them go.

Save Money
It seems like a bad joke to say that you’ll save money with LASIK surgery when compared with wearing contacts or glasses. After all, the cost of the surgery can run into the thousands, while even a great pair of glasses is only going to cost a couple hundred bucks at most. But think about it in the long term. You’ll have to continue to buy new glasses and contacts for the rest of your life. With contacts, it is simply part of the deal. With glasses, you’ll have to replace them as styles change, the lenses get scratched, they get broken, etc. In the long run, the medical procedure can often be the best investment.

Freedom
This is the biggest reason to prefer LASIK surgery over contacts or glasses. Though you may become accustomed to it over time, those corrective lenses actually restrict you in more ways than you might be aware of. You can’t always wear the sunglasses you want to wear, as you need prescription lenses. You can’t always participate in the sports or activities you want to because you have to be cognizant of your glasses or contacts. With LASIK surgery, these concerns become part of the past, and it can be as liberating as unshackling yourself from a prison.