Laser eye correction?

[Robin Webster]

I am slightly short sighted, my perscription is only -1.25.

I've raced in glasses for many years but they steam up in the rain and I work as a race school instructor so they are in and out of my helmet all day long. I get finger prints on them but more importantly they get battered. Twisted frames, loose arms and cracked lenses.

I tried contacts but did not like them, and they changed my perception of curviture which is no good unless you wear them full time and get used to it.

So, I was thinking about laser surgery, between £350 to £1000 per eye dependent on who you talk to and how bad your perscription is.

Some say that it roughens the surface of your eye and you can get refraction of light at night. This would give you sparkles in the eye and no good for night racing.

A new form of the procedure is called Wave Form. They map your eye more accurately then do the surgery so that you do not have the peaks in your eye for the light to bounce off.

Has anyone any experience of these procedures?

Thanks

Robin.