My mother blames it on the Mumps she had when I was a mere foetus but whatever the cause I have had terrible eyesight as far back as I can remember, all the photos of me as a kid show the glasses firmly in place. In my early 20s I took to hard contact lenses and in my mid 30s I changed to soft lenses. Now at 50 the technology is at long last here to fix things, so I researched extensively both here and in America before making my choice. At Accuvision they tested my eyes at around -7 each with astigmatism , early presbyopia and secondary aberrations. In addition they found that I had large pupils, a thin cornea and damage to the front of the eye caused by the hard lenses. Nice. Fortunately I was sitting down when they quoted £2,200 per eye, should have worn a cheaper watch and tatty clothes. Come the day I decided to have the operation mid afternoon so it would be closer to bed time and there would be less stumbling round with my eyes closed. The nurse was fantastic. The operation was only unpleasant when they were cutting the cornea, which I felt sharply, especially in the left eye. The lasering effect was quite psychadelic, accompanied with the smell of my burning flesh. Fortunately I remembered sunglasses as I felt quite vulnerable in the eye department after the operation. Also my eyes were very uncomfortable indeed and streamed like crazy, I had forgotten the nurofen plus but luckily the clinic had some ordinary nurofen which helped ease things a bit. Went back to the hotel and sat in the bar with my eyes closed drinking pints with whisky chasers, this eased things a lot more. Then it was time for bed and a stilnox pill finally removed all discomfort. The next morning I could see! Went to the clinic and no problems except for one eye bruised and red which took a week to go. That day I read, used the computer, watched TV and drove a car. Came back 5 days later for a second check and they said the job was perfect and the incisions had healed. This is about right, I have 20/20 vision in both eyes with everything corrected and can see far better than I ever could with glasses or lenses, reaching my far point easily and reading without glasses. Even my colour vision and depth of field seem improved. I have no trouble with bright lights and no dry eye whatsoever. There is no residual discomfort. The capabilities of my eyes as optical instruments is now far greater than I realised was possible, £4,400 looks good value for this. Having read sudies that show that anti-oxidant supplements speed the healing process I stuffed myself with a wide variety till I rattled both before and after the operation. I am convinced that this had a significant effect on the positive outcome. I just cannot quit the habits of half a century of myopia. Each morning I reach for my glasses before I realise I can already see and each night I go to remove my lenses then kick myself. I am not recommending that anyone undertakes having this done to their eyes, all I can say is that thus far , for me, it is brilliant.