In this video, I will answer a question I often get from my patients: Is it safer to wear contact lenses or have LASIK surgery to correct vision?
We often assume that having eye surgery is riskier than wearing contact lenses every day. Is this true or is this a myth? I will answer that question in today’s video.
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Time Codes
0:00 Intro
1:05 Biggest risk with wearing contact lenses – infection
3:56 Eye infection statistics with contact lenses
5:02 Eye infection with extended wear contact lenses
6:43 LASIK surgery statistics
8:02 Risks with LASIK surgery
9:09 Summary
Which vision correction method did you choose for yourself and why? LASIK surgery, other vision correction surgery, contact lenses, glasses? I’d love to hear your choice in the comments below 👇.
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Illustration credit: National Eye Institute
LASIK animation credit: JnJ Vision
Eye chart image credit: Wikimedia Commons