Holy shit! I did PRK, even twice in one eye, and I was only a -5.0-ish in both eyes, my left with minor astigmatism. My dad split the bill with me 50/50, and it was the best decision I ever made. LASIK is a more common procedure, but I like the integrity of my eye preserved, and I'm willing to endure the pain of regrowing my corneas from scratch accordingly. Fast forward to now: I'll be hanging out, and somebody will say "I can't quite make out what the details are over there...", and I feel like Legolas. I'll look over and read out verbatim what I can behold, with better resolution than about 99.95% of other humans. If I'm among friends, I sometimes append the delivery of optical information with "AND I PAYED FOR THAT, THANK YOU VERY MUCH." Seriously consider the benefits of getting a LASIK or PRK procedure. P.S. I've had somewhere around 10 surgeries. My favorite? The repair of my extreme case of Pectus Excavatum. Epidural, catheter, Christmas, sneezingOHFUCKTHATHURT.-12.5 and -12.0 with a 3.75 and 3.50 astigmatism, plus color blindness