>>8756918yeah
i have no doubts about its safety - because a lot of people feel like you and the ohioan are probably thinking, they actually have a one-way window into the op room where you can see the procedure being done. there's this big calibrating machine that makes sure the eye is lined up right so there's very little risk of error of the laser just blinding you
but there's a lot of post-op, you don't walk out with pristine vision, just "good enough to not need glasses anymore," and for some time while you're recovering your vision will actually be worse (mom actually had to walk around in sunglasses for a few weeks and was mistaken for being functionally blind a couple times)
if the procedure was affordable and as refined as it is now when i was a kid i'd have liked to have it done because it'd save costs in the long run, but now that my prescription hasn't changed in several years glasses stopped being an expense
