Contact lenses should not make your vision worse.
Laser surgery is highly successful if you have the 'right' sort of eye sight problems. It cannot, for example, rectify the need for reading glasses in later life.
Many many places do free consultations for eye surgery - Optical Express is one. I suggest an early consultation so if you are not suitable you won't waste hours researching it, and you'll know how much it will cost.
Have at least two consultations thogh, and research the surgeon.