re: From the LASIK thread (are reading glasses req'd later?)

I had one eye remain slightly nearsighted this helped me avoid reading glasses until my mid 50s. Since the Docs are having people sign papers about needing reading glasses at a later date, it seems that a lot of people did not understand that LASIK only corrects refractive errors caused by incorrect shape of the eye's lens. Needing reading glasses as you age is because the muscles used to change the focal range of your eye get weak, LASIK does nothing to prevent this.