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Originally Posted by DIGItonium
I'm almost 28 and I've decided to get LASIK. My consultation is in a couple of weeks. The greatest concern is the flap that can dislocate easily even years after surgery. I play volleyball, so there is a risk the ball can smash my face and impact my eyes.
However, I'm tired of wearing contacts and glasses because it hinders my depth perception and field of view. Plus, my contacts dry easily so everything gets "cloudy" when I look up and prepare for a spike. 
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I'm 30 and had the PRK surgery done earlier this year, although I had incredibly rare complications, I am very pleased with the results and would recommend it assuming you have a high pain tolerance.
I would suggest PRK if you are concerned with impact occuring to your eye.
I considered Lasik but when I told my surgeon that I fight amateur MMA he said Lasik wasn't a feasable option due to the repeated impact so I should opt for PRK, there is zero chance of complications due to impact because there is no flap created when PRK is performed.
The downside is the surgery recovery time with PRK is about a week as opposed to 48 hours with Lasik and the recovery is incredibly painful as opposed to virtually painless with Lasik.
As mentioned previously I had complications but that is due to human negligence. When you get PRK done, there are contact lenses placed in your eye which act as a shield to protect the eye and allow healing to occur underneath. After a week they are removed, sadly my doctors assistant is an incompetent retard and after numbing my eyes ripped both contact lenses out and didn't notice the significant eye tissue was attached to each lens because she didn't bother to lubricate my eyes.
When I went home and the numbing wore off 3 hours later I felt like I had been stabbed in each eyeball and of course the clinic was now closed. It was one of the longest most painful nights of my life and when I went to the clinic the next morning the receptionist had me in with the doctor within 60seconds of seeing how pissed off I was.
The doctor apologized numerous times about his assistant but realistically they have you sign a stack of legal sheets so unless your vision is actually damaged you have to get over it. A week later my eyes finally healed properly and have been perfect ever since.