...my better half had both her's done about three years ago. She had been wearing contacts for the best part of 30 years. She was extremely short sighted due to eye damage possibly caused through her early working years.
Now she might wear glasses with a slight magnification reading in low light but other than that a brilliant result. She can see like she is 18 again...
She did not pay for hers as the Doctor said she had the possibility of having cataracts. Cataract surgery is available for free...so if you have the possibility of cataracts you could get the surgery done for nix...
