I had a roommate that got the LASIK done a couple years ago. She needs glasses again for reading now, but even that is a big improvement on coke bottles. She originally got it done because she was into SCUBA diving and getting prescription goggles is painfully expensive, plus she was into a lot of other water sports where having glasses/contacts is a big hassle.

For the other side, a friend’s dad got the radial surgery not too long after it first came out. He had to have it re-done because afterwards he could only see out of the star-shaped cracks where they’d made the incisions. I never did hear whether there was permanent damage or if they fixed the problem, but it scared me enough that I’ll postpone for a while yet.

Oh, and also I can’t afford it.