Low risk associated with laser eye surgery and contacts
It’s important to note that this research does not suggest either contacts or laser eye surgery are risky. In fact, it highlights how safe both are. The widespread use of contact lenses illustrates people’s willingness to correct vision while accepting some risk of vision loss, a risk that may be higher than those of laser eye surgery.
Laser eye surgery is a relatively less risky procedure, this study suggests. Thanks to technology advances—such as faster lasers, all blade-free laser eye surgery, more skilled surgeons, better patient screening and a number of related improvements—laser eye surgery has never been as safe as it is today.
By design, contact lenses are foreign objects requiring finger touching to insert in the eye. This introduces a possibility of infection not seen with glasses.