Do you have refractive errors like nearsightedness, farsightedness, or astigmatism? Refractive errors usually mean you have to wear visual aids like glasses.
You may also wear contacts if you like the idea of a visual aid that allows you to see clearly while being less intrusive. Although contact lenses offer more freedom than glasses, they come with their frustrations.
Finding the contacts you like most can be a nuisance. You may still discover they are a hassle even after finding contacts that fit your eyes and don’t cause irritation.
But what if you didn’t have to worry about visual aids like glasses or contacts? You can achieve the visual freedom you’ve always wanted, thanks to vision correction procedures like LASIK!
LASIK can give you fantastic vision and total freedom from glasses and contacts. The procedure is simple, effective, and low-risk.
Most patients are good candidates for LASIK, making it an excellent way to improve your vision and life. Keep reading to realize why it’s time to consider LASIK if you’re experiencing contact lens frustration!
Contact Lenses are Often Less than Ideal
Most people turn to contact lenses because glasses can be inconvenient. Whether it’s dealing with foggy lenses or having to clean them constantly, these visual aids can be frustrating.
Contact lenses can be easier in many ways, but they’re still far from an ideal vision correction solution. If you wear contact lenses, you’re undoubtedly aware of the issues that come with them, like having them get lost if they fall out of your eyes or your eyes getting too dry after wearing them too long.
These are only a few of the frustrations that come with wearing contact lenses. One of the other problems with wearing contact lenses is you cannot rely on them alone.
Depending on how strong your prescription is, you may not be able to wear contact lenses at all. Regardless, you cannot wear contact lenses 24/7, as you have to take them out and let your eyes rest.
A certain amount of maintenance comes with wearing contact lenses, especially if you need to take them out and put them back in each day. Fortunately, you can put all these frustrations behind you after discovering you’re a good candidate for LASIK.
What is LASIK and Why Will it Change Your Life?
LASIK is a vision correction procedure that permanently changes your vision by changing the shape of your eye itself. During LASIK, your LASIK surgeon uses femtosecond and excimer lasers to create a flap in the cornea and remove small amounts of tissue from your cornea, which is the clear dome surrounding your eye.
Light refracts through your cornea, allowing you to see, but when you have a refractive error like nearsightedness, farsightedness, or astigmatism, light doesn’t refract correctly, causing blurry vision. Slight irregularities in the shape of your cornea cause refractive errors.
LASIK can fix these irregularities by removing specific amounts of corneal tissue so you can see clearly! LASIK only takes a few minutes to complete and has an easy recovery.
Most patients start experiencing almost instant improvements to their vision and can return to their daily activities after only a day or two of the procedure. But the best part of having LASIK is that it gives you visual freedom and better vision than you could have ever imagined.
How is this possible? LASIK corrects your vision beyond your original prescription, meaning you’ll likely achieve 20/20 vision or better!
See The World Like Never Before
Over 95% of LASIK patients end up with 20/20 vision or better after surgery. It’s no accident that LASIK has a patient satisfaction rate of 96%.
Achieving 20/20 vision or better means having sharp, crisp, high-definition sight. LASIK patients often have better depth perception than patients who depend on visual aids.
LASIK patients often report that everything looks sharper and colors even brighter after the vision correction procedure. In addition to being free of the annoyances and frustrations of contacts, you’ll have better vision and may even have healthier eyes.
Increased Safety and Better Eye Health
Did you know wearing contact lenses increases your risk of developing an eye infection? Wearing contact lenses puts you at risk of an eye infection every day.
That’s because wearing contact lenses causes your eyes to become drier, which also makes you more prone to infection. However, putting in contact lenses requires you to touch your eyes with your fingers.
Any contact with your eyes increases your chances of developing an eye infection, making it crucial to only put your contacts in or take them out with clean hands. It only takes one small mistake, like forgetting to wash your hands or not washing them well enough, for harmful bacteria to get into your eye and cause infection.
Although procedures like LASIK have a small risk of infection, it’s significantly minimized by using prescribed antibiotic eye drops after the procedure. Wearing contact lenses daily makes you more likely to develop an eye infection than having LASIK.
Wearing contact lenses can also exacerbate allergy symptoms for similar reasons. If you have a pollen allergy, the most common reason for allergies, pollen can easily get into your eyes and stick to your contact lenses.
Pollen can get on everything in the spring, including your clothes and hands, without you noticing. If you rub your eyes while irritated and have come into contact with pollen, you’ve now gotten pollen into them, worsening your symptoms. This creates an endless and uncomfortable cycle that increases your risk of developing an eye infection.
Getting LASIK will help you stop the cycle. Once you no longer need contact lenses, you’ll have far fewer reasons to touch your eyes during allergy season, allowing you to feel better. LASIK will allow you to see better, experience total visual freedom, and keep your eyes feeling a lot healthier!
Find Out if LASIK is Right for You!
If you’re nearsighted, farsighted, or have astigmatism, you may be a good candidate for LASIK, as about 85% of patients wanting the procedure are well-suited for it. There’s also no commitment when you get a LASIK consultation, so it’s worth having one if you’re interested in LASIK!
Are you ready for better vision? Find out if you can say goodbye to contact lenses by scheduling your LASIK consultation today at St. Luke’s Eye in Clearwater or Wesley Chapel, FL!
