I had both of my eyes corrected when I was 20 (8 years ago) when my dad offered to pay for half. I guess I was emboldened by the fact that he had his done two y

I had both of my eyes corrected when I was 20 (8 years ago) when my dad offered to pay for half. I guess I was emboldened by the fact that he had his done two years before. It cost about $3000 at the time, and I went to a small clinic in Santa Rosa, CA (where I lived). I was in and out in less than an hour. I'm sure technology has increased dramatically since then, but the one thing I recall being slightly uncomfortable/freaky was the eye slicer - literally a blade that sliced off the top layer eye to expose the important bits. I'm pretty sure you don't have to do that now. I also recall the clinic I went to had a 3d imager of sorts - it was supposed to even out the irregularities of my eye, instead of just one blast. That's how I ended up with better than 20/20. After a day, I was seeing better than I ever had before, and to this day my vision is great. Getting rid of the glasses was a huge confidence boost, made my long hours at the computer more comfortable, and has probably saved me a collective 3 months in fiddling with contacts (had I chosen that route) - Vision is my mac, I no longer have to think about it, it just works. While I can't speak to the potential for risk, as you've researched the technology more recently than I have, my resounding advice would be to do it. Vision is your greatest asset - and while I know others who'd disagree, I'd argue that improving it is worth the small risk. Besides, is putting a foreign object in your eye that you wash with chemicals of unknown safety (http://www.tennesseelawblog.com/2008/05/dangerous_contact_lens_solutio.html http://www.tennesseelawblog.com/2008/05/dangerous_contact_le...) EVERY DAY really that much safer than a one-time medical procedure successfully undertaken by hundreds of thousands of patients worldwide?