[tomkludy]

I had the waveform surgery 3 yrs ago and it was one of the best things I've ever done for myself. My vision was not terrible before (-1/-1.25 + astigmatism) but afterward I have 20/15 in one eye, 20/20 in the other. The biggest aspect of the correction was that prior to the surgery, I had very bad night vision - halos and glare - that made it very difficult for me to judge distance or speed of oncoming traffic. Afterward, my night vision is very good, and those problems are corrected completely!

The surgery was, I have to admit, a very frightening experience though it did not hurt. The recovery was very quick and easy, and I am happy to report that after one month I never experienced dry eyes again and have had literally no negative effects from the surgery.

I used to wear contacts until my doctor said my eyes were growing blood vessels they should not have to compensate for the contacts blocking the eye from being exposed to the air, and that those might eventually lead to serious problems. Then I talked to a family member who had Lasik (non-waveform) and they loved the result, though it caused night halos for them. So I did the research and decided on the waveform procedure and I am really glad I did. I would definitely recommend it, but spring for the waveform procedure.

Another thing to mention is that my doctor told me that Lasik does not change anything about age-related vision problems, because those are more due to the inability of the eye to change focus than a malformed cornea. He says you are just as likely to need reading glasses at age 50 after Lasik as you are without it. The only thing they can do for older patients is an alternate procedure where they change the focus of one eye to nearsighted, and the other to farsighted. Apparently your brain soon compensates for that and biases to one or the other eye so that you see both near and far things in focus.