This paid piece is sponsored by Vance Thompson Vision.

For Matt Traen, wearing glasses has never been a big deal. They were just a fact of life, a part of him he didn’t mind much. He’d considered LASIK off and on, but a busy family life and prioritizing that ahead of everything else added to his willingness to wear glasses.

“They made me look wiser,” he jokes. “Once I married and we started a family, wearing glasses just felt like part of aging.”

But when Matt broke his glasses a few months ago, he decided it was time to explore LASIK seriously. He and his family have only been calling Sioux Falls home for about two years, though thanks to COVID, it feels like less. The family is still settling in a bit, and that includes developing relationships with new healthcare providers. Without a primary eye doctor to turn to yet, Matt decided to book a free LASIK consultation at Vance Thompson Vision.

“I went in not 100 percent sure I was going to do it, but everyone was great to work with. They looked at my eyes from all kinds of angles, and it gave me a lot of reassurance. Their explanation of the process and procedures really puts you at ease that they know what they’re doing,” Matt said. “I walked out of there ready to do it.”

Matt admits to a bit of anxiousness about LASIK, a common sentiment among LASIK patients. It helped that, years ago, his dad also had LASIK at Vance Thompson Vision, as did several of Matt’s co-workers.

“I kept coming back to the fact that everyone I talked to has had such a positive experience there and that they all said they’d do it again,” he said.

More than a month post-procedure, Matt now sounds like the people he polled before his LASIK.

“I’m not one to look back and say ‘I should have done that sooner’, but I may about this. Playing softball and basketball without glasses is something else. You get used to not being able to see, and when you suddenly can, it’s pretty awesome!”

Ready for your own LASIK experience? Call Vance Thompson Vision at 605-361-EYES (3937) to schedule your consultation. Vance Thompson Vision has performed more than 100,000 eye procedures and includes locations across the Mid- and Mountain West.