Laser eye surgery at Optical Express

[Gollom]

Suzy Cute had this done on Thursday and wishes she had had it done years ago! No fuss, very short recovery time - went to a concert last night and the fact that her sight is now 20/20 increased her enjoyment a lot!

It cost her £790 all in. If anybody is still a touch nervy feel free to drop a PM and/or talk to her. One word of advice - we suspect that unless there is an optical reason they pitch the price at what they feel you will go to. They asked what price she put on getting it done (clever question!) and menioned that they had really attractive financing.... She said that if she could not have the £395 per eye treatment it was a no-goer and was very adamant.

If you want to look into it (clever pun huh! ) you will get £50 off if we refer you (we get £50 too) so feel free to PM

 

[Howard]

What do you mean by 'optical reason' , surely everyone has their eyes lasered for an optical reason , not cosmetics ?

Been thinking about this ...

 

[ringway]

I know a woman that was as blind as a bat and she had this procedure carried out and is now sight perfect.

We are hoping our son can have this done too, but he is a couple of years of the minimum age yet which is 18 iirc.

 

[Meldrew2]

I had a salesman come to my office a few days ago, selling laser eye surgery.

My PA told him that I couldn't see him.






(boom boom!)

:bannana:

 

[GrahamC230K]

What do you mean by 'optical reason' , surely everyone has their eyes lasered for an optical reason , not cosmetics ?

Been thinking about this ...

Optical condition that would explain a high cost I think was the gist.

 

[Koolvin]

I have also thought about this but having astigmatism makes it difficult... things may of have advanced by now?

 

[Howard]

Same as me Vin .... got a really bad one in my right eye ...

 

[GrahamC230K]

Do either of you use contacts (if so hard or soft) or do you stick with normal glasses?

 

[neilrr]

How long does it last?

 

[Howard]

Normal glasses for me ...

I have a history of conjunctivitis in my right eye as well , having things in them sets it off ....

 

[BTB 500]

If you are short-sighted you have the small advantage that as you get older (typically mid 40s onwards) you just need to remove your glasses and you can focus on things close up.

People with perfect (or laser-corrected) sight lose the ability to focus close up, hence needing reading glasses.

I've worn glasses since I was about 8, I use disposable contact lenses on the odd occasion when they'd be a nuisance.

 

[Gollom]

What do you mean by 'optical reason' , surely everyone has their eyes lasered for an optical reason , not cosmetics ?

Been thinking about this ...

What I was trying to say is that the pricing for LASIK (which appears to be the basic one) seems to be set at what they feel you can afford. i.e you can buy it with more intense aftercare, more visits to the clinic etc. whereas IMHO (supported by the research I did) is not needed for what has become a routine procedure.

 

[sencem]

have been using contacts for the last 15 years now, with last 3 years being daily disposables. never have had a problem and i find them much much more comfortable than wearing glasses.

but, with the growing age i started to have occasional dry eyes. so at the moment i'm seriously considering having a laser eye surgery.

 

[fabes]

My wife had her v bad eyes lazik several years back

has recommended it to everyone (was £500 an eye mind you)
but based on the hard contacts see had and had to keep clean, cleaning and replacing, it almost made sense financially, let alone the freedom

only comment she makes is night driving vision can be a bit blurred.

She was told she was good for upto 20 years

when she woke up the morning after she couldn't get over being able to see with any glasses or contacts since she was 8!

Congratz to suzi

fabes

 

[ringway]

I have also thought about this but having astigmatism makes it difficult... things may of have advanced by now?

My son (15) has bad astigmatism and the specialist at Manchester University said (5 years ago) that laser eye treatment would reduce the prescription.

He did say however that the treatment could advance rapidly and that by the time my son is of age for the procedure he may well be able to do without glasses.

My son wears contact lenses and feels great. When he wears his glasses he lacks a little in confidence.

 

[Rory]

If you are short-sighted you have the small advantage that as you get older (typically mid 40s onwards) you just need to remove your glasses and you can focus on things close up.

People with perfect (or laser-corrected) sight lose the ability to focus close up, hence needing reading glasses.

I'm fairly short sighted (-5) but still need to wear varifocals to read. I got them in my late 40's.

Even so, the only way I can focus on very small things (reading tiny print on parts for example) is to remove my glasses but the range of focus depth is literally about an inch.


One thing (apart from the usual risks) which has always troubled me about getting them done is the amount of times my glasses have stopped things from going into my eyes.

 

[stevesey]

If you are short-sighted you have the small advantage that as you get older (typically mid 40s onwards) you just need to remove your glasses and you can focus on things close up.

Bang on mid 40's in my case - since my last birthday I keep having to remove/look over glasses for close-up work. Quite annoying when you're led under the car with the part you are working on 2 inches from you nose.

 

[Dryce]

If you are short-sighted you have the small advantage that as you get older (typically mid 40s onwards) you just need to remove your glasses and you can focus on things close up.

Depends how bad you are.

It can work negatively if aging extends out your minimum focusing distance so that it reaches your maximum useful uncorrected distance.

 

[BTB 500]

I'm -5.50 in one eye and -4.25 in the other.

I wear varifocals now most of the time, still find it handy to take them off for very close work.

I would miss having that option if I'd had my eyes lasered. It's frustrating enough when I'm wearing contact lenses.

 

[whitenemesis]

As I "suffer" with presbyopia the only option is RLR (lens replacement)... I think I'll stick with my varifocal glasses for now