5 reasons why laser eye surgery is better than wearing contact lenses

More than 13 million Australians have long-term eye conditions. For many years, one of the solutions for dealing with refractive errors was contact lenses. But these days, there’s now a better solution provided through laser eye surgery.

If you’re still on the fence about whether you should get the LASIK procedure, take a look at these reasons below why laser eye surgery is better than contact lenses:

1. You may get eye infections from contacts

If you have an infection like pink eye, it’s probably because you touched an infected surface, your contacts, and your eyes. The risk of infections are one of the main reasons to get laser eye surgery instead of wearing contact lenses.

Not only that, but many contact wearers also suffer from corneal abrasions. Corneal abrasions are scratches that can happen as a result of damaged contacts. These abrasions can irritate your eye if you leave your contacts in too long.

2. Contacts rob your time

When you wear contacts, you have to spend lots of time dealing with them. Before you go to bed, you have to take them out. When you wake up in the morning, you may struggle with putting them back in before leaving for the day.

Ensure that you thoroughly wash your hands before wearing contact lenses. However, when you get laser eye surgery, you no longer have to worry about any of that.

3. You’re constantly changing them

You need to change your contacts quite often. Even if you get extended-wear contacts, you’ll still need to switch them out now and again. Not to mention, you’ll repeatedly have to pay for the expenses of replacing your contacts.

4. Contacts drain your wallet

It is important to remember a huge difference between laser eye surgery and wearing contact lenses. You’ll spend nearly $46,000 for the contacts over 30 years. In addition to that, if you still need glasses, it could cost you an extra $12,000.

However, the laser eye surgery cost (at the date of this post) is 146* per eye. That makes LASIK a relatively cost-effective alternative over the long term.

5. You need to have yearly exams if you’re a contact lens wearer

Another advantage of getting laser eye surgery is bypassing the annual eye exams. You’ll have to visit the ophthalmologist every year to get a new contact prescription and another exam.

But when you get LASIK, you’ll only go through the initial consultation, the eye surgery, and a few follow-ups visits. That’s it! LASIK is a huge time saver.

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If you’re ready to break away from your glasses or contact lenses and finally get LASIK eye surgery, we can help. Here at VSON Laser Vision Specialists, we provide LASIK surgery and services like reading glasses treatment, lens replacement, and laser cataract surgery.

To get started, call us at 07 3067 8928 or book an appointment online.