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2 months agoI didn’t need glasses for 40 years.
My glasses were costing $500 plus in the 1980s. They needed replacing annually.
I didn’t need glasses for 40 years.
My glasses were costing $500 plus in the 1980s. They needed replacing annually.
Lasik didn’t get FDA approval until 1996.
Before that, it was radial keratotomy.
I got mine in 1986 and it was effective until 2015 when I started to need bifocals.
I consider it a success.
Only if you have broadband in the grave with you.
X, the cowpunk band from Cali, would like a word with you. They were formed in 1980 and still perform.
I was paying $500 annually for a new prescription back in the 80s. Had to get new ones every year.