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I have been too scared! But I have never heard of a non-cutting procedure . . . like, no eye flap? Imma hafta do some googling today!

My dad did a few years ago and loves it. He had been nearsighted for all his life, and now he can see far away with no glasses at all. He needs them to read, now, which is the opposite of what he needed before, but he really likes to be able to go out in the boat and stuff without worrying about glasses.

i wanted to before i got pregs, but DH was against it. he was afraid i'd go blind. i still really want to get it. i can't stand wearing glasses and dealing with contacts is annoying.

I did when I was 20--it was awesome! My eyes were too sensitive for contacts so the feeling of seeing perfectly with no glasses was surreal. Highly recommend it! Down-time was no problem.

I'm planning to get this sometime this year. My eyes are very damaged from years of contact wear, so my eye doctor recently told me no more contacts. I can't stand my glasses, so I guess it'll be LASIK for me!

@char54: flannels, hairy legs, messy bun and lasik.... *shifty eye*

Where do you live?

I did and I loved it! It made traveling so much easier and I loved waking up to perfect eyesight every day and shaving 5-10 min off my morning and night routines. The procedure took less than 5 min on each eye and I was able to go back to work the next day!

BUT, I wish I waited to get it until AFTER I had kids because my eyesight started getting worse again after my first pregnancy. Then I found out that pregnancy can affect your vision and it's recommended not to get Lasik til after you're done with kids.

@MrsBrewer: corrected?? Did he have to do the surgery a second time? Eek. That's what I want to avoid.

@Mrs. High Heels: oh good grief another restriction?!? Ahhhh. At this rate I'll be waiting til I'm 35

I really want it.
My mom was legally blind and had it done when I was a kid, and her eyesight was instantly perfect. It did effect her night vision though - she avoids driving at night because she sees star bursts with every point of light.

I hate my glasses (haven't worn them in months) and I misuse my contacts (as in, sometimes don't take them out for weeks - horrible I know!) so I really should get it. I'm only 22 though so I might have to wait a few years.

I did! I got it done in 2006, my eyes got really sensitive to my contacts so I wasn't going to really be able to wear them anymore. I just wasn't a glasses girl so I bit the bullet and got them lasered. Many years and a pregnancy later they are super awesome - many times I can read things on the projector screen at work that no one else can read. So I think that means they are still super awesome! Although I haven't seen an eye doctor in years to be honest.

@Arden: I was a horrible mis-user of my contacts and it got to the point where I have been on probation from contacts for a month now, pending my next visit to the D.O... save your eyes while you are still young! (sorry, not meaning to lecture, just wish someone had warned me...)

I did, I love it! It was quick and painless and I was back to work the next day!