My husband was very near-sighted before Lasik... 5.50 diopters of correction were required for each eye. He chose to have Lasik correct one eye to 0.0 diopters (perfect 20:20), but kept the other eye less-than-perfect (to about 0.50 diopters). This less-than-perfectly-corrected eye can read fine. As his Lasik surgeon told him before-hand, his brain would get used to the arrangement. Today, he feels he sees perfectly at all distances... he reads the paper each morning on the bus without need of glasses. And he skis, drives, etc., fine (distance vision-requiring activities) also. The only times he wears glasses are (1) driving a night, when he wears a pair with clear glass in his perfect eye, and 0.5 diopters correction for the other; and, (2) reading at night in low light, when he wears a pair of reading glasses (adjusted mainly for the "perfect" eye). He cautions that this is fine for someone who saw poorly in the first place; he's very grateful to see fairly well, and read fairly well, in all but dark conditions; however, if crisp, binocular vision for distance, in both day and night, is important to you, he recommends correcting both eyes perfectly, and just figuring out how to always have reading glasses available.Quote:
Originally Posted by neondog
