{"id":1715,"date":"2022-08-01T09:39:46","date_gmt":"2022-08-01T09:39:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/vistanow.com.my\/choosing-between-contact-lenses-or-freeing-your-vision-for-good\/"},"modified":"2022-08-01T09:39:46","modified_gmt":"2022-08-01T09:39:46","slug":"choosing-between-contact-lenses-or-freeing-your-vision-for-good","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/vistanow.com.my\/ms\/choosing-between-contact-lenses-or-freeing-your-vision-for-good\/","title":{"rendered":"Choosing between Contact Lenses or Freeing your VISION for good!"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"1715\" class=\"elementor elementor-1715 elementor-678\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-a5f0402 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"a5f0402\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-17916a5\" data-id=\"17916a5\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-cb36623 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"cb36623\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<style>\/*! elementor - v3.13.1 - 09-05-2023 *\/\n.elementor-widget-text-editor.elementor-drop-cap-view-stacked .elementor-drop-cap{background-color:#69727d;color:#fff}.elementor-widget-text-editor.elementor-drop-cap-view-framed .elementor-drop-cap{color:#69727d;border:3px solid;background-color:transparent}.elementor-widget-text-editor:not(.elementor-drop-cap-view-default) .elementor-drop-cap{margin-top:8px}.elementor-widget-text-editor:not(.elementor-drop-cap-view-default) .elementor-drop-cap-letter{width:1em;height:1em}.elementor-widget-text-editor .elementor-drop-cap{float:left;text-align:center;line-height:1;font-size:50px}.elementor-widget-text-editor .elementor-drop-cap-letter{display:inline-block}<\/style>\t\t\t\t<p>A large longitudinal study in the United States of over 1,800 patients at 20 sites revealed that LASIK patients were substantially happier with their surgical correction than patients who opted for contact lenses.<\/p><p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-4609 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.vista.com.my\/pages\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/AMO_Whatis_DT_11-300x222.png\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.vista.com.my\/pages\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/AMO_Whatis_DT_11-300x222.png 300w, https:\/\/www.vista.com.my\/pages\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/AMO_Whatis_DT_11.png 320w\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"222\" \/><\/p><p>The study also found to the researcher\u2019s surprise that LASIK improved the ease of night driving compared to not just contact lenses but glasses and that dry eye symptoms were no worse than what they feel when they wear contact lenses and it improved over a 3 year follow up period.<\/p><p>According to the co-author Francis W. Price Jr., MD, who heads the Price Vision Group in Indianapolis, \u201cAt the time we put this study together, LASIK was being criticized by a small group of people who, rightfully or not, blamed LASIK for any visual problems they had or depression they felt. LASIK was being compared to perfection instead of to alternative treat\u00adments for visual errors,\u201d he said. \u201cTherefore, we felt it was important to see how LASIK patients compared with a control group using another popular form of vi\u00adsual correction, such as contact lenses.\u201d<\/p><p>For more about the study:<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.aao.org\/eyenet\/article\/lasik-satisfaction-vs-contact-lenses\">https:\/\/www.aao.org\/eyenet\/article\/lasik-satisfaction-vs-contact-lenses<\/a><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A large longitudinal study in the United States of over 1,800 patients at 20 sites revealed that LASIK patients were substantially happier with their surgical correction than patients who opted for contact lenses. 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