I think the Holy Grail should be eye surgery that is a permanent fix. Current options wear off with age (and not that many decades at that), and then you are back to corrective lenses. There are usually very few who can qualify for another surgery later in life...and then it wears off again anyways. It's a consumable elective surgery that consumes the benefit and the body, so in my opinion it is a net loss over the long haul.

Must people need different lenses over the years, so it's inherently a temporary fix. And one that comes with the risk of going blind and is almost guaranteed to come with various sight issues a few years after the operation such as having more issues seeing in the dark ("night blindness") etc. Wearing contacts comes with it's own risks however, so if glasses aren't an option for the patient, LASIK isn't that dangerous.

I could've gotten the operation for free (paid by my insurance) but decided against it, as my superlight glasses really aren't that bad and the risks just weren't worth it to me.