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

Yes, they can be. Not across the board, but LASIK does not correct that.

Does it cause it though? No.

Try wearing only one contact in your dominant eye.

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the problem is they cant do it again, you can only do it once in your life and that is it.

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So false

You will likely need them at some point. Has zero to do with your surgery.

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Dr Brint (sp?) on Veterans Blvd made my two eyes different. One to see far away, and the other to focus up close. Some how my brain sorts it all out and I can't tell (and don't remember) which eye is for which distance. That was 25 yrs ago and I don't wear reading glasses yet.

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My contacts are that way, have had them since '98, wear them 30 days at a time, sleep in them, can't swim in them

My LASIK consent form made a big deal that if you are over 40 and have nearsightedness corrected, you WILL need reading glasses afterward. You are going to need readers eventually if you live long enough, but the LASIK apparently accelerates it whennearsightedness is corrected.

I had it done and did not need readers for a year or two, but then did.

You can go back and get one eye lasered for reading, or you can use a single contact lens. it's called mono-vision.

I now have a single contact for my non-dominant eye that corrects for reading. It takes a little getting used to. I like using it on workdays or even when out shopping, at restaurants, etc. Beats the hell out of fishing for readers every time I need to read a menu or price tag,

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Mr. CT has LASIK because he was tired of wearing glasses. Now he cusses daily because he cannot see shite up close . . . and now he just wears glasses for a different reason.

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I make sure I warn people over the age of 40 until I'm blue in the face about this. It's amazing how people hear what they want to hear because I'll get the "my distance vision is perfect, but I can't read shite" line from these people way more than I should. Not saying this was your husband's situation...maybe his surgeon didn't take the time to explain it well because that is problem too.

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Doc told me as soon as I got the surgery my nearsightedness would go away but I'd have to wear glasses to read (which isn't a bad thing).

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Keep in mind, the problems aren't related. The Lasik removes the (generally myopic level) nearsightedness. The focal "flexibility" that comes as you age would have happened, regardless, and you would have needed bifocals even if you didn't have Lasik.

So would you say it's more beneficial to get the surgery done before 40 or after 40...or possibly at all? I've worn contacts for 17 years now and at this point, I'm wondering if I really want to accerelate the loss of being able to read without glasses. Not having to put in & take out contacts daily would be nice, but wearing glasses is a pain in the was and gives me headaches after a while.