wore glasses for years and they were allright,but i couldn't ever focus with them,always had to take them off to use the binoc's or scope. couldn't ever get contacts to fit comfortably. i was not real crazy about lasik,and not to mention it was so expensive. i researched it for years and finally decided to take the plunge, i had the mann eye institute do it,and like exoticbob said i never looked back. no more difficulty driving at night,no more worrying about damaging glasses or loosing them. it's awesome,came out with 20/10 vision. now that i've said that i will probably go blind in a couple of years. but seriously it is awesome.