Texoma Living Well Magazine September/October 2016 | Page 5

cedure is that about one-third report they see better at
nighttime following LASIK than they did with their best
correction with their contacts. The other benefit related
to LASIK and driving is you don’t have to remember (or
choose) to put your glasses or contacts on.”
Don’t risk yourself or others’ lives due to uncorrected vision.
You wear your seatbelt and try to obey traffic laws
when you drive, so why drive without adequate vision
correction?
Dr. Whitman encourages those who choose to drive
without vision correction to think long and hard about
the risks. “Tell yourself, ‘I need to see the best I can,
because I need to be safe when I drive down the road.
I don’t want to hurt anyone else. And I don’t want anyone to hurt me because they can’t see either.’”

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