Laser eye treatment - who's done it?

I had iLasik done around 3 months ago with Optical Express. No complaints really, haven't felt the need to wear glasses since and vision is fine.
 
Cool. Looking at your location I'm guessing it wasn't a facility in London? Did you haggle much, or get the price down at all? Did you consider any other places?
 
The original appointment was in Cheltenham and I had the op done in Bristol. I didn't haggle, the price was £1595 for the one eye only, 10% deposit and 10 months interest free. I didn't want to wait and had an appointment within a week.
 
That's not too bad. Their website says £1800 something per eye so that was nearing £4k for both eyes. I'm happy to pay it but I know people on here have had success haggling. Glad to hear about the quick turnaround.. I don't want to rush into it but I'd love to get it done in time to enjoy some of the summer sans glasses..
 
Bump! So I foolishly entered a competition on FB to win free laser eye surgery from OE. They've already phoned twice and sent an email in the space of two days :p To be expected, but the hard sell really puts me off..

Where else in London are considered the best? :)
 
I had the surgery done 2 years ago (Feb) and mine have been great ever since, was tested a week after showing 20/16 vision (Think that's how it was said, better than 20/20) and after having eye tests done since, am still at that :D

Back when I got it (2013) it cost me £2000 for both eyes for the best version of the surgery from Optical Express in Edinburgh (which has moved to Glasgow now), was originally quoted £4600. Haggling is definitely recommended to try!
 
V_R said:
I went to London Vision Clinic, Very good.
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I like the sound of their Relex Smile procedure, sounds like it might eliminate the risk of having the flap that you get with normal Lasik. Did you manage to haggle them down on price at all? They are expensive.

My girlfriend is still dubious about me getting it done, I might show her this bit of cheesy fluff from This Morning :p

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i4udu94El98
 
My eyes are naturally very very dry. Has anyone else with dry eyes done this?

My wife's had her eyes done a few years ago, and she's still got better than 20/20 and swears by it. I'm just afraid that due to my pre condition, that my eyes might be worse after

My eyes aren't particularly bad, so I'm afraid that for the sake of vanity, I might screw my eyes up.
 
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I actually just watched that. Either he's a little crazy or he was remarkably calm throughout. Did I hear right that they give no drugs at all? :confused:
 
No, anaesthetic eye drops was all I got, Oh and a calming head massage before the lazering! :)

I actually found the whole thing very interesting. No pain etc. Took only a few minutes, could smell the burning though.

FWIW, I was around a +7 (very long-sighted) and was refused/turned away by a lot of other places, OE actually laughed and told me 'no chance'...

Even Focus told me my prescription was too high. Dr Dan actually laughed when I told him that.
 
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Scam said:
I like the sound of their Relex Smile procedure, sounds like it might eliminate the risk of having the flap that you get with normal Lasik. Did you manage to haggle them down on price at all? They are expensive.

My girlfriend is still dubious about me getting it done, I might show her this bit of cheesy fluff from This Morning :p

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i4udu94El98
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Check this out as well, there are some benefits to LASIK if you have astigmatism especially

http://www.quora.com/What-are-the-a...f-the-ReLEx-SMILE-procedure-compared-to-LASIK
 
I've been working on a special project for London Vision Clinic in the last few weeks, can't wait to be able to show you guys once they approve it for release :)

Also, 10 months on since my surgery with them, and all I can say is damn, so glad I had it done.
 
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I actually just watched that. Either he's a little crazy or he was remarkably calm throughout. Did I hear right that they give no drugs at all? :confused:
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You get numbing eye drops, and some anti inflammatories to take, but yea, otherwise no sedatives etc.
 
I got it done about 6-7 years ago. I don't regret getting it done, infact I wish I'd got it done sooner. I do occasionally get dry-eye but I don't know if I'm a bit quick to attribute that to the lasik. It's not as if I didn't get the odd case of dry-eye prior to getting LES.
 
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lol, Not sure what you're getting at but no, it was just like before but without my glasses. :)
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Not strictly to do with Laser surgery.

But I have recently had this done.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mVDPbaotq4g

The procedure was primarily to treat rising IOP rather than cataract but of course a side benefit was that I had my rather long sighted vision corrected.

The effects on my IOP are very impressive I am now 15mb both eyes with no medication and there is a real possibility that this will basically be resolved for the rest of my life (If not, additional i-stents can be easily installed)

Previously my treated IOP was around 26mb (Untreated would probably have been well over 30)

However.....!

I found that since I am no longer wearing glasses, my world is "smaller" (Glasses for long sight are basically magnifying glasses) and I am struggling to get used to this.

it has also taken a long time for corneal irritation to die down (This may be partially a side effect of stopping the eye drops that I was previously taking) so I do tent to suffer blurred vision at the end of the day when my eyes are tired.

I had the surgery done in Feb and I am still "Uncomfortable" driving after dark

I was going to make a post about my experiences but it was getting rather long.

The TLDR version is however.

1) If your IOP starts to rise get this done, Dont wait until your vision is damaged! Go private if you have to. it costs about £5000 including 2 overnight hospital stays. (Which is pretty damn good V for M actually) but if you have a sympathetic/cooperative consultant this is an NHS procedure.

2) You need the overnight stays in hospital after the surgery! do NOT have this done as day surgery! I would have had a miserable (And very worrying), time of it without the overnight stays!

I had what seemed to be a minor bleed aound 22:00 the day of the first surgery. It wasn't in fact a problem but had I gone home it would have involved a traumatic trip back to A&E in the middle of the night to see somebody who would have known nothing of my case history. I also got much better pain control than I would have had at home! (MMnn! Diamorphene MMnnnn! :p )

3) You need to factor in a month off work! You may recover more quickly but don't bank on it!
 
kindai said:
I've been working on a special project for London Vision Clinic in the last few weeks, can't wait to be able to show you guys once they approve it for release :)

Also, 10 months on since my surgery with them, and all I can say is damn, so glad I had it done.
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im actually looking at using them.

is this project treatment based as in better to wait then go sooner?
 
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