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What's the worst my vision can get before I cannot get laser eye surgery?

I'm thinking about laser eye surgery as I get older (I'm 17 now.) My vision is -6.5 and -7.25, so I seriously have bad eyesight. This is from pretty much living on the computer and doing nothing else. I don't want to lug thick glasses around my whole life since I think they detract from my overall appearance (if I do say so myself, I look pretty good without glasses!).

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1. Surgery has been performed on may people with worse vision than what you have. But, the Rx is only one of many considerations that they take into account before they approve you for surgery. Corneal thickness, tear production, how glare affects you at night, all sorts of things other than that as well, so it is not just an RX thing. Your vision is mostly caused by your heredity and grfowth, not your computer use. You might want to consider contacts since you would most likely not be eligible for surgery until well into your 20's. They usually prefer you to have stable vision for a couple years before they reccomend surgery and until you are at least 22 you can still grow a bit and your eyes can change a lot. Surgery does not stop your eyes natural times to change, they still will do that. Keep your doctor in mind and ask them about this and see what they say!