38%
Among those age 18-64 who have already scheduled, will definitely have, will probably have, or may have vision correction surgery, the majority, 38%, say that their eye doctor is the most important source from which they sought advice about whether or not to have the surgery.

66%
66% of females who wear eyeglasses say they use only 1 pair ofprescription eyeglasses regularly. Comparatively, 58% of males who wear prescription eyeglasses say they use only 1 pair regularly.4%

4%
Among all contact lens wearers,4% wear rigid (hard) lenses. This is down significantly from last year when 7% of contact lens wearers wore this type of lens.

Source: VisionWatch - a study conducted by Jobson/VCA
Total Annual VisionWatch Sample Size: 100,000 consumer respondents per year (ages 18+)
Data is for the 12ME (Months Ending) December 2005. Refractive Surgery data is for the 6ME Dec. ’05.