Laser Eye Surgery Prices and Laser Eye Surgery Information

I am a 20 year old male going into training to be a North Carolina State Trooper. One of the requirements is to have 20/20 vision, if not naturally then with correction I recently tested at 20/25, and even though thats always been good enough for me they are still forcing me to get correction. Now I have never worn glasses or contacts, so my question actually has two parts. One, I want to keep the cost minimal when going in for my eye exam for my prescription and then afterward buying lenses and frames. I have heard that there are places with Optometrist and lense/frame facilites coupled together, where the exam is free if you buy the frames and lenses there. Where are these places? Is the Vision Center at Wal-Mart one of them? Two, should I get contacts or glasses? At least glasses would be a one time expenditure but then of course they could tell if I wasn’t wearing them, contacts I have to continue to buy, but they sure would be easy to “pretend” to wear, if you catch my drift.

Glasses aren’t so bad, and some of the Wiley-X goggles I’ve looked at online can be tailored to my prescription. I’ve got astigmatism too with my near-sightedness, but it’s all correctable to 20/20. I know there are a lot of risk with laser corrective surgery, and with my case with astigmatism, it’s even riskier to get a perfect cut, so I still might have to wear glasses after getting the laser surgery.

I was thinking about just sticking with my glasses and getting those Wiley-X prescriptions for combat goggles once I’m deployed to my unit. I think that’s the best bet, what do you guys think? I guess having perfect eyes would help me quality on the shooting range better when I’m at boot camp, but what can you do right?

i have glasses but i dont want to wear them anymore. for the past two years i have tried contacts but when i try to put them in i get freaked out and can’t put them in so what should i do? oh if u answer this with me getting laser eye surgery can you also give me a price range?

Im pretty young, 16, but my vision is HORRIBLE and i mean horrible ( -4.5) Without my glasses or contacts i can’t see anything. I’m waiting to turn 21 so i can be eligible for laser eye surgery but I heard once you get surgery and years later when your vision gets blurry again you cant wear glasses or contacts! Is this true?