3.0 in both eyes. using contacts. can read fine without glasses. considering whether lasik or lasek, or other surgical correction?

Good options availab: Nearsightedness allows you can see up close. When corrected by glasses, contacts, or any procedure for distance, you lose the near clarity because of presbyopia. Monovision may be a good option for you, one eye corrected for distance by contacts or laser procedure, and the other eye not treated to keep near vision. Other options are also available.

Tradeoff with vision: At 48 if you are reading with your contacts you are doing well, unless you have been fitted with mono vision.Lasik would replicate what you see with your contacts, but would take away the excellent near vision you have when you don't wear them.Uncorrected reading ability may or may not be worth maintaining, largely a personal choice. Ideal would be monovision if you have been previously successful.

Epi-LASIK: I have done over 10000 lasik cases and over 1000 prk cases. A documented, peer-reviewed study was published in 2011 showing that the lasik flap never fully heals. The consequence of this is if any lasik patient ever gets hit in the eye just right (just wrong) and the flap comes loose, there is a very brief window to get it repositioned or you'll need a corneal transplant. Insist on epi-lasik!