As was mentioned earlier, this surgery most likely is just for natural lens that are shot. That was my case. I could see fine (with contacts), but the cloudiness was causing everything to be very very bright. The Dr. said I had about two years until the clouds would completly cover my eyes. At that point I would be blind. So as far as helping my every day life I'd say having the surgery was great! I'm not blind. On top of that the surgery corrected my very poor vision (I had glasses at age 5, and had to have hard contacts at age 11 to slow down how quickly my eyes were getting worse). So, when the surgery was over, I was thrilled to have 20/20 vision. Negatives of the surgery are that it is a surgery and has all the risks that go with it. Also, my artificial lens is not flexible, so I have presbyopia. This has been a challenge for me to deal with.