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I wear corrective glasses all day everyday and I don't add safety glasses on top of them unless there is some serious fragmentation going on.

I would wear 'em more often if the corrective glasses were not present though.

sorry why would i take off my glasses?

I wear contacts most of the time but if not those, I'll be wearing my glasses.
I don't wear safety glasses since I haven't been in a situation where they're necessary.

For those that have gotten surgery, how did it work out? I've been thinking about it for a long time now.

I have glasses for close vision because at my age (46) everyone's eyes start to seize up even if they were perfect when younger. I can't remember the medical term for it -- it's not the same as myopia (shortsightedness.)

I first noticed the problem when trying to paint 6mm figures a couple of years ago. It was the first time for a few years I had taken up a paint brush, and my eyes had altered in the interim.

One way to help close vision is to have a bright light on the work. This lets your pupils close up more which gives you more depth of field -- in other words it helps with focussing.

I'm very nearsighted, which is actually great when you're trying to paint little men. I just take off my glasses, and I can hold something 12" from my nose and focus fine.

Sad as it is, I've actually put off lasik because I still paint a lot, and I like being able to just take my glasses off and be all set.

I wear contacts. Of course, I can't exactly wear them while painting/modelling, but that's okay, since I'm nearsighted anyway. So I don't wear anything on my eyes when I paint/model.