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You can't smell your eyeball burning - you can smell the gas that powers the laser.
Laser eye treatment - who's done it?
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Paid for the wifey to have it done several years ago. About £3500 for both eyes with Opitical Express. Was done in 1/2 hour and 1 hour later she was reading number plates better than me with 20/20 vision.
She regretted never doing it sooner and putting up with contacts for all those years.
She regretted never doing it sooner and putting up with contacts for all those years.
Sorry to necro this thread. However its nearly bonus time and I've been toying with the idea of getting my eyes lasered for a a few years now and finally financially I have enough money to do it.
I was wondering what people though of the London Vision Clinic over Optical express. LVC seem to want a lot of money (around 4k) to get them done however they seem to be the best place to get it done in the UK.
Just wanted to know if anyone had been there or would recommend somebody else to consider.
I was wondering what people though of the London Vision Clinic over Optical express. LVC seem to want a lot of money (around 4k) to get them done however they seem to be the best place to get it done in the UK.
Just wanted to know if anyone had been there or would recommend somebody else to consider.
I can't comment on either of the above ^^ but for anyone who is worried about paying for laser eye surgery in one go, Optimax let you pay interest free over 2 years without a hard credit check ( they ask to see bank statements to prove you are earning money ).
Thats not something you want to hear...ouch.
Thats where i had mine done (July '11). 100% recommend them. Everything about it was great, upto and including the procedure, and the aftercare.
Also, Dr Dan is very very good.
I was a +7 both eyes (long sighted) and got refused from Focus in London, they told me my prescription was too high and could have the treatment and that no one can do it on a prescription of that strength. I'm now 'normal' thanks to LVC.
Its my eyes, as far as i'm concerned you get what you pay for.
LVC or Moorfields is the only place I'd consider in London, it might be expensive but it is your eyes we are talking about here!
Thinking about getting this done too.
Have a consultation with Optimax this Saturday and have gave my contact details to Optilase (think they are Northern Ireland / ROI based only). Will get in contact with Optical Express as well.
Would probably go for the best treatment available as I don't want to screw around with my eyes.
Like the sound of the 2 years interest free from Optimax though. If I could haggle down the price to under £3k, that would be good.
Have a consultation with Optimax this Saturday and have gave my contact details to Optilase (think they are Northern Ireland / ROI based only). Will get in contact with Optical Express as well.
Would probably go for the best treatment available as I don't want to screw around with my eyes.
Like the sound of the 2 years interest free from Optimax though. If I could haggle down the price to under £3k, that would be good.
After consultations with Optimax, Optical Express and Optilase (NI and ROI only), think I'm going to go with Optimax. They are the cheapest out of the three by a large margin and offer 24mths interest free as well.
Total price is £2639 for LASIK with Wavefront Intralase, which I think is fairly decent. Got 30% off because I'm a student, didn't think I would as I'm on work placement currently.
My prescription is -3.75, -3.50 and slight astigmatism as well. Just need to confirm dates to get off work, but 24th Feb is looking like the date!
Total price is £2639 for LASIK with Wavefront Intralase, which I think is fairly decent. Got 30% off because I'm a student, didn't think I would as I'm on work placement currently.
My prescription is -3.75, -3.50 and slight astigmatism as well. Just need to confirm dates to get off work, but 24th Feb is looking like the date!
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2 and a half years since I had wavefront done at optical express and the novelty still hasn't worn off. From the moment I wake up and see the time displayed crystal clear on the clock radio on the other side of the room I appreciate it.
I have a theory:
Having poor eyesight before forced my brain to compensate and 'work out' what the vague shape in the distance actually was. My eyeballs have been corrected but that enhanced network of 'guesswork' neurons is still there and combined with better than 20/20 vision makes my eyesight better than it would have been had I not needed corrected eyesight.
Example: I was driving home and stuck in slow moving traffic, I happened to glance to my left and through the passenger window noticed a house which had the lounge facing the road. Through the lounge window I saw a clock on the far wall and 'bang' there was the time, clearly displayed.
Now, I did a number of before and after tests and one of them was how far away I could tell the time on my wall clock in the lounge at home. Over many years I'd be walking along the hall from one room to the other not wearing glasses and would glance into the lounge to see what the time was, only to have to stop in the doorway and start squinting at the clock trying to work out the time, then I'd have to basically walk into the middle of the lounge before I could see what the time was.
So when I was passing that house and I glanced in, all that guesswork just kicked in, combined with my laser vision, enabling me to tell the time on a faraway clock in a fraction of a second.
Or of course it could just be the laservision
I have a theory:
Having poor eyesight before forced my brain to compensate and 'work out' what the vague shape in the distance actually was. My eyeballs have been corrected but that enhanced network of 'guesswork' neurons is still there and combined with better than 20/20 vision makes my eyesight better than it would have been had I not needed corrected eyesight.
Example: I was driving home and stuck in slow moving traffic, I happened to glance to my left and through the passenger window noticed a house which had the lounge facing the road. Through the lounge window I saw a clock on the far wall and 'bang' there was the time, clearly displayed.
Now, I did a number of before and after tests and one of them was how far away I could tell the time on my wall clock in the lounge at home. Over many years I'd be walking along the hall from one room to the other not wearing glasses and would glance into the lounge to see what the time was, only to have to stop in the doorway and start squinting at the clock trying to work out the time, then I'd have to basically walk into the middle of the lounge before I could see what the time was.
So when I was passing that house and I glanced in, all that guesswork just kicked in, combined with my laser vision, enabling me to tell the time on a faraway clock in a fraction of a second.
Or of course it could just be the laservision
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Man, the prices people show here are nuts - im glad I got mine done early (2003) I paid £800 for both eyes.
Got my yearly check last week and Im still better than 20/20 in both eyes, best investment I ever made in my life. Of course I still think it would be worth the money if it was £3k if anyone has to wear glasses for the rest of their life, its just a shame the companies price gouge so much.
Got my yearly check last week and Im still better than 20/20 in both eyes, best investment I ever made in my life. Of course I still think it would be worth the money if it was £3k if anyone has to wear glasses for the rest of their life, its just a shame the companies price gouge so much.
What was your prescription can I ask? Many places do a fixed price now, Optical Express is the only place here that does "From £xxx" prices. So indeed it's difficult to get the lower prices like before.
Guess as well that it was still somewhat experimental a decade ago. Now that it's fairly tried and tested, they can charge more as more people want it.
Guess as well that it was still somewhat experimental a decade ago. Now that it's fairly tried and tested, they can charge more as more people want it.
I know I ask this all the time but never get a decent response... if anyone has had laser eye surgery who before hand suffered with contact lenses not suiting them ( ie. being able to feel them in their eyes, getting dry eyes) but when just wearing glasses everything was ok... well that's me... did laser eye surgery give you dry eyes and that same kind of dry eye that contact lenses gave you?
This is the one and only thing that puts me off getting Laser eye surgery.
This is the one and only thing that puts me off getting Laser eye surgery.
Where did you get yourself checked?
My prescription was checked for LASIK and my eyes were scanned for the replacement surgery.
The first came up as being quite a bit out for the op and the second just not quite in the parameters for it.
Though now that i think of it, a second opinion other than OpExpress might be useful, as well as perhaps asking what these mystical parameters are.
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If you're not too far from London then why not get an appointment with either Julian Stevens or LVC and see what they have to say?