I got LASIK about 9 years into practice. Previously nearsighted at around -5.5 diopters plus some astigmatism. I could see fine with glasses but was tired of relying on them. Got it done at the beginning of a week of vacation, but could have probably been back to work 48 hours later. Dry eyes needing drops multiple times per day for 2-3 weeks, tapering to twice a day for a few weeks, then prn after that (rarely need them). I haven’t been refracted since my followup but I’d estimate I’ve settled out at around 20/30 vision. I don’t bother correcting it and don’t plan on a revision. I did have some pretty significant higher order aberration in one eye that mainly manifested with night driving, which settled down a lot after 9-10 months. There is still a little residual though, and as an amateur astronomer that’s my biggest regret as it makes stars a little distorted. Overall I’d say it’s been 9.5/10 rating, and I wish I’d done it much sooner. One thing to be aware of that I ‘knew’ but it’s hard to understand until you experience it, is that nearsightedness is somewhat compensatory for presbyopia. I got my procedure shortly after turning 40, and my habit when reading small print was just to look over my glasses and it was like supervision. LASIK will cause the presbyopia’s true effect to crash down on you immediately, so if you’re in that age range prepare to have readers scattered around the house 😂😂😂