Does Lasik improve the quality of vision in terms of vision contrast and sharpness?
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My contrast and sharpness is the same now after PRK as in contacts...I do not see a measureable difference.
I guess it would depend on what "condition" you have to begin with (i.e., astigmatism, nearsighted, farsighted, etc.) --- but, speaking from personal experience - I had LASIK in August 2001- it has been great and my vision is now 20/20 in both eyes without any corrective lenses or contacts. And it's crisp & clear with no "haloing" effect. It's been great!
no. lasik is usually NO BETTER as far as any subjective measurement of vision than any other method. better acuity with lasik than glasses/contacts?...no. better contrast sensitivity with lasik vs glasses/contacts? ...no.
lasik just takes your glasses Rx "out" of your eyes. thats it. its not the be-all-and-end-all of vision correction. and it has some side effects like HALOS that usually dont exist in glasses/contact lenses.
this is question #1 that i have seen for jasonlai today
edit: jason, i suspect that YOU ALREADY KNOW THE ANSWERS to all of these questions you ask here. you phrase them in a way that makes me think you already understand this stuff. if thats true, which i suspect it is, then you're like the know-it-all kid who asks questions in class that you already know the answer to, just so you can "look smart" to your classmates. this was a RAMPANT problem when i was in optometry school among my classmates. highly annoying.
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