My 83 year old mother had it done when she had some cataracts removed. She has worn glasses all her life and it is so hard to get use to seeing her without glasses. She still needs glasses once in a while to read.
I've worn glasses since the 5th grade. In high school, I went to contacts, but then had to go back to glasses. I just can't see me lying there awake and being able to see them doing that to my eyes. Scary! I can't afford to have it done either, so I'll probably have glasses the rest of this life.