Persuasion paper

Jonah Melinn

Mrs. Tombre

2nd Hour English

5/1/2012

                       IT’S A NECESSITY

For my ultimate gift at graduation I would like to get Lasik surgery done. It would improve my vision to 20/20, probably for life. Not to mention it would allow me to show off my awesome eyes. This could be great for those days that I’m running late and I forget my glasses (I wouldn’t need them). The entire procedure itself takes less then thirty minutes to perform and is effective. The cost however, would be about 700 dollars per eye, but this cost would be nothing compared to the amount in glasses or contacts I would spend in my lifetime. It would be well worth the money to have excellent vision for at least 40 years instead of having to buy new contacts every year or new glasses every 5 or so. Lasik surgery is the use of a laser to change the shape of the cornea to improve vision. Blurry and poor vision is when the cornea isn’t completely round and the light rays are not refracted correctly, causing the image to distort. What the laser does is alter the shape of the cornea to produce a perfect circle, making vision crystal clear. However, like any other surgery, it is not perfect and has some risks. Because of slightly different healing cases, perfect vision is not guaranteed. Your vision may worsen and you may experience glares and halos at night, and In rare cases vision may worsen and not be correctable by glasses or contacts, this may be caused by overcorrection or undercorrection or the need to still wear glasses.

That is all in rare cases though, and it seldom happens to patients, it is not uncommon to walk out of the clinic with perfect eyesight and have it last for many years. I am willing to take the risks to do Lasik surgery and improve my vision, and that is my ultimate gift. If I were to get it I would be infinitely grateful and hope I may get it for graduation.