When you’re a kid and wear glasses, you hear all kinds of jokes: four-eyes, blind as a bat, guys don’t make passes at girls who wear glasses. As we get older, glasses styles evolve, contacts become not so scary, and our peers mature past teasing insults–I hope. And while playground tormenting is a thing of the past, there are new drawbacks and daily annoyances to wearing contacts or glasses that plague our adult lives.

Problems With Prescription Eyeglasses and Contact Lenses

Fumbling for glasses in the middle of the night and blurry peripheral vision are all too familiar complaints for most people with poor vision; contact lense wearers often suffer from dry eyes or increased eye sensitivity. And it seems like everyone has lost a contact lense or broken a pair of eyeglass frames at the least opportune time.

Meet Max the Mole

“Blind as a bat” might be the go-to joke for heckling the vision-impaired, but moles’ eyesight–or lack thereof–rivals that of bats. Which brings us to Viso Lasik Medspas latest patient, Max the Mole.

Saving money is great, especially during a recession, but there are some things you just shouldn’t compromise on—and your health is a big one.

Think about it: switching from brand-name to generic cereal or isn’t a big sacrifice, just a slight difference in taste. And a half-price haircut will grow out if you don’t love it as much as your more pricey coif. But most medical procedures are meant to be permanent, making them one place you definitely don’t want to cut corners.

This includes laser eye surgery, and for good reason: think about how important your eyes are to your daily life. Sure, glasses and contact lenses can be annoying, but there are worse situations than corrective lenses– a scary reality many who go for “discount” Lasik surgery soon face. You pay for what you get, and when it comes to your eyes, you want to make sure you get the best.