“What treatment is the safest for astigmatism?”

Glasses and contacts are always safe.

There are 2 safe options for astigmatism and these are glasses or toric contact lenses. If you consider contact lenses, you must be fully educated as to care, solutions, and wearing times for your specific lens that is prescribed in order to reduce any risk of problems or complications by placing a contact lens in the eye. There are astigmatism refractive surgeries, but these options carry a higher risk than wearing glasses or contact lenses. My suggestion to you is, if you want to consider glasses or contact lenses, an optometrist is highly qualified to prescribe what will be best for you. If you are considering refractive surgery, you will need to see an ophthalmologist/refractive surgeon in order to determine what surgical options will be best for you. If you already know that astigmatism is present, then you must have seen an eye doctor already and they can then provide you with your options. Good luck and best wishes.

Glasses

Spectacles.