Eye laser for short sight.

Thanks for all your info,have done some research, reviews from the eye clinics am a bit suspicious about.Its such a faff sometimes.Changing prescription/ non prescription/ contact lenses.Reading in the sun.

I had my short-sightedness corrected when I was treated for cataracts, and it has been very successful. I still need glasses as my eyesight degenerates with age, but overall I am very satisfied.

This all echoes what I have heard. We had a couple in the Bridge Club who proudly had it done and threw their glasses away, only to appear at the card table a year later with new ones.
It is really good for those who need thick lenses and they can be helped and can wear normal glasses- In this case the NHS should pay but they don't.

Yes, I had it done about ten years ago and best £3k I've ever spent!
I was very short sighted with astigmatism in one eye and immediately afterwards I sat up and could see perfectly. What a revelation. I'd been wearing specs since the age of 9.
I do wear reading glasses now as I've got normal age related degeneration but just the cheapy ones from Primark.
I imagine that laser surgery has probably moved on even more since I had mine done.

I do not want to be a gloom merchant but do your homework if you are going to have it done because you only have two eyes.

I have family members who've had it done and I'm sure they now have to wear glasses again after a few years. To me it doesn't seem worth it if sight is going to deteriorate again. I'm not sure if this happens to everyone though.

My daughter had successful laser surgery
10 years ago for short-sightedness. At 40 she now need reading glasses. She occasionally suffers dry eyes but that problem is easily solved.

I would like to know about it too. Does it cure longsightedness as well? I am shortsighted but also now finding it difficult to thread needles or read small print.