Mayuko Kawakita

[Myopia and Me]

I have been suffering from myopia ever since I was a child and have been using contacts and glasses all my life.

I've been using glasses since I was about 8 years old.

I started using contact lenses when I had to participate in an audition.

[Myopia trouble]

My vision before the surgery was 0.06, which was so bad that I could not function outside the house or even inside the house.

I had to wear glasses or contact lenses from the moment I got up.

I had to put on makeup after putting in my contact lenses.

There were times when my contact lenses came off during crying scenes, so I had to ask my manager to prepare spare ones.

It was difficult to read the script because it was far away from me, and sometimes my expression became grim.

I have always had dry eyes, so my eyes were often dry when I was on the move.

I had to have contact lenses and glasses with me at all times, which meant more luggage.

[Consideration]

I was worried at first when I heard about the surgery, and I didn't know how it worked. Would it hurt? How long will it take until I could actually see?

I researched on the Internet, talked with my family, and asked the doctor a lot of questions.

[Surgery - immediately after]

The surgery was over in about 5 minutes for each eye.

My vision was about 80% normal after the surgery, and the next morning I woke up and could see right away, which was impressive.

[Now]

The excitement of being able to see from the moment I wake up in the morning is like a dream!

I am so happy!

My world has changed.

I can concentrate on my work.

I can get ready to go out faster!

I never dreamed that the day would come when I could see without contact lenses.

Now I don't feel like I have lenses in my eyes at all, I feel like it’s just my naked eyes!

I others who are struggling with their eyesight also make the best vision correction choice for themselves.

[Others]

I had a conversation with my husband, who has good eyesight, about how I can see so much.

Recently, I've been into cooking Thai food and I want to try Pad Thai.