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@NeilFairbrother
I wear glasses, hate being short sighted.
I tried contacts, good for bikes and motorbikes esp in wet weather but have had grit cause probs. have to carry spares.
Investigated laser treatment 10 years ago and this is my understanding. The laser burns the living tissue that covers the eye to correct the focussing of the lens, so effectively you have a scar on the from of your eye. This is living tissue and no one knows what the long terms effects of this are, although I've not heard any reports of successful operations going bad. Laser treatment doesn't solve astigmatism which is caused by misshapen lens, so in my case my focussing would be perfect but vision not perfect as I'd still have astigmatism - so about as good as daily disposables which at that time didn't affect astigmatism.
Eyesight changes over time - so in my case 10 years ago I'd have up to may be 10 years of not having to wear glasses but then I'd have to start wearing them again... and indeed last year right on cue there was a shift in my focussing ability....
So all in all it's a big bag of poo and the only solution is a new pair of eyes.