Really, how awful is it to put recessed lights over a vanity? I hear over and over that the shadows are awful, but in the one bathroom I've been in with recessed lights, I don't remember noticing any shadows.

Here's my situation:

I put in a full-wall mirror, and learned too late that the height of my mirror makes lighting a real problem. It's too low for me to mount a fixture directly on the mirror (wish I'd come across that idea before having the mirror cut). But it's also so high that mounting a fixture above it might lead to shadows anyway; the fixture would be just a few inches from the ceiling.

But hey, I prefer the look of recessed lights in this spot, so maybe none of this matters?

Are recessed lights really that much worse than a regular bulb mounted close to the ceiling?