I'm 51 and don't have that bad eyesight but when getting tested for new specs at a proper optician in the UK where they scan your eyes with all kinds of machines etc to check your vision I mentioned surgery so I didn't need specs. The optician said they didn't recommend it at my age due to problems that could arise and the actual difference it would make. LASIK was one treatment I mentioned.
A friend of mine got both eyes done in UK so he didn't need glasses, done a few weeks apart. He said he could see after it but it was the most painful thing he had ever experienced after surgery.