Many LASIK patients may wind up with glare, halos or other visual symptoms
I got LASIK as soon as I could pay for it after getting a decent software job out of school. Found contacts pretty annoying and wasn&#x27;t interested in wearing glasses full-time. I think it was a holdover insecurity from childhood, associating glasses with being a &#x27;nerd&#x27; -- I had worn them since 2nd grade. By the end of college I still didn&#x27;t like the way my glasses looked on me and avoided wearing them whenever possible.<p>It&#x27;s been a few years since the surgery now. The side effects are minor. My night vision has degraded somewhat: halos around lights can make depth-perception while driving slightly difficult, and I can&#x27;t distinguish shapes in the dark as well. Not a big deal, mostly just slightly annoying when camping.<p>But I now realize that I miscalculated. I&#x27;ve become somewhat more fashion-conscious since college and now see that it would have been much easier and more cost-effective to actually find some glasses that made me look good. If I knew what I knew now about &#x27;looking decent&#x27; I wouldn&#x27;t have done it.