I have had the procedure done twice (I have astigmasism so my eyes change over time). The only reason I had it done was so that I could hunt without glasses. I used to hate my glasses when I was working hard or especially whenI was carrying a somewhat heavy pack through the swamps to my stand andmy glasseswould fog up...or sweat would drip on them..or the rain would mess them up while hunting...or trying to see trough binocs or scopes...etc etc.

After the procedure (which is really nothing...felt nothing)they ususally drug you and cover your eyes with a translucent, hard plastic cover. I just slept until the next day because of the drugs. But when I woke up, I looked at the clock (like a lot of peeple do the first thing after the surgery) and there it is in perfect focus. Man..you really can't appreciate how wonderful the feeling is for the first time unless you have experienced it. Now I don't have all of the problems I mentioned above and have 20/20 vision. One of the greatest advantages is that now I have peripheral vision too and that's something you just don't have very well with glasses. now you will pick up movement in the brush to your side that you didn't see before.

Now for the downside. I had to give up my reading distance with the procedure. Not sure if this is a thing just associated with the astigmatism or not but they showed me exactly what it would look like at the optomitrists office. But I didn't care, my main goal was to rid myself of the glasses for most of the things I do, and besides, most of us older people have to have reading glasses anyways. However, you should be aware that if it also affects your reading distance, that it also means that you will have more trouble seeing the pin on your bow sight or the sight at the end of your barrel. And that will happen immediately and it is still a difficult thing to adjust to. But I still am able to shoot just fine...you adapt and as I said, you will likely have reading glasses at some point in your life anyways. I have never talked to anyone personally that wasn't very happy with their experience with Lasik, however, I have heard of people who have had some problems..like night halos making it difficult to drive at night. So there are a few pros and cons for you. I was glad I did it..happy enough that I have had it done twice!