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LASIK vs. Contact Lenses
If you where contact lenses, you do so for the advantages they provide over wearing glasses. Contacts give you a full field of vision and don’t alter your appearance. Contact lenses make it easier for people to lead an active lifestyle.
Now, let’s compare wearing contacts to having LASIK. You may be surprised to learn that the frequency of contact lens complications greatly outnumbers LASIK complications. Contact lens users suffer a much higher rate of infection than people who choose LASIK eye surgery. Contact lens wearers also are susceptible to corneal ulcers, neovascularization and other eye problems. LASIK does have risks, but the vast majority of complications associated with LASIK are minor and they are correctible.
LASIK can provide more comfort than contact lenses. Most people have temporary dryness issues for the first 3-6 months after LASIK, but most contact lens users also have dryness issues and eventually develop intolerance to contacts. Discomfort leads to shorter wearing times and more irritability, until many people decide to stop using contacts all together.
Nationally, LASIK has an average cost of just over $2,000 per eye. Most contact lens wearers will spend over $10,000 on lenses, solutions, exams, etc. over their lifetime. LASIK actually is an investment in your vision that not only saves you money in the long run, but saves you time and gives you more visual freedom. Have you ever tried to open your eyes under water with contacts?
LASIK provides dependable vision. Contact lenses can move around or even pop out at anytime causing loss of vision. Some jobs are too risky for momentary vision loss that could result in major injuries or even loss of life. These days some Firefighting units, Police Squads, Military Special Forces units, and The Secret Service are now mandating new hires undergo LASIK or PRK before acceptance, realizing the true benefits of laser vision correction.
How Safe Is LASIK?
Yes, there are risks associated with LASIK. Many risks are dependent on the characteristics of each individual such as age, occupation, occular health, etc. But some risks are surgeon skill dependent. A surgeon who has performed over 10,000 LASIK procedures and continues to perform LASIK weekly is able to identify good candidates and evolve with the advancing technology of today more so than a "part-time" LASIK surgeon who may do only one to two procedures a month..
LASIK risks are minimal with an experienced surgeon using updated technology. Compare that to someone who relies on contact lenses to see everyday. How reliable are those contact lenses? What happens if a lens pops out while you're drinving? If you are sleeping, what do you do in a house fire? What happens if your child falls into a pool? Or what happens if you are ever in an altercation? There are risks to wearing contact lenses, many of which are worse than having LASIK.
The fact is, there are risks no matter what you do in life. But in today's world with today's technology, the advantages of LASIK versus contact lenses are overwhelmingly evident by the amount of couples that have LASIK at Envision Laser Centers. Once the first person has LASIK, the other person sees and hears the advantages daily until the urge to get rid of their contact lenses is too great.
We offer a free LASIK consultation to address every person's questions as it relates to his or her own personal characteristics. So call us toll free today @ 866-942-4001 and schedule your free LASIK consultation. Besides your glasses, what do you have to lose?
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