Some studies of the newest forms of lasik put your odds of 20/20-or better vision at roughly 94 to 94 to 98 %, still up to 10% of lasik patients need a follow up procedure or enhancement. As the eyes age , you may still need reading glasses. Matt wapner had lasik in 1998, and his vision improved from 20/400 to 20/10 - better than perfect. Shortly after, he started seeing halos at night and within a few years had regressed to 20/40. A Iawyer in hoboken, N.J , wapner has since reverted to glasses. I see so much crisper with glasses that time, he says.
While new versions of lasik likely offer better long-term results than that, talk to your doctor about expectations. If a patient says, ' I want to see as well as I do with glasses and want it guaranteed, ' that s unrealistic, "kerry beebe says, A realistic expectation is that you'll be less dependent on your glasses..