I had laser surgery at Accuvision in London in September 2006. I was -5.5 in both eyes with mild astigmastism. My Corneal thickness was apparently just below average.

Nearly 6 months on I have better than 20:20 vision in both eyes.

My advice is this: - take reviews written by folks 2 days or 2 weeks after the surgery with a pinch of salt. Initially its pretty euphoric to wake up and start to see things clearly!!!

I purposely held off making any comments until things had properly settled down and I'd gotten over that "Oh my god I can see!" stage!

My own personal experience is that I'm chuffed with my distance vision but there are minor side effects.

a) I now have 'floaters' - small black dots I am vaguely aware of at various points in the day (usually the morning). Your mind kind of ignores them but I know they are there. I didnt have these before surgery.

b) my night vision has been very poor until very recently. Strong halos and starfire effects on bright lights. This is a common side effect and it HAS improved with time. Currently I would say it is on a par with my pre surgery spectacle vision - which wasnt great. I hope this will continue to improve over time and Accuvision say it will.

c) in low light conditions my vision is 'grainy'. Definitely more so than when wearing contacts/specs before. I have seen no improvement in this.

d) In situations where I'm dealing with strong contrast eg watching telly with the room lights off - I get blurring at the edges.

e) reading small print (eg magazines) at the end of the day is sometimes difficult.

So overall regarding my vision I would say that overall the result has been "very good to excellent" but it certainly hasn't been perfect.

With time some I hope some of the above will improve and I'll update on here in another 6 months.

Commenting on Accuvision themselves I'd say:

a) Excellent surgeon (Chad Rostron) - highly recommended.

b) The Procedure itself is painless but I did find it mildly disturbing! Be prepared to be momentarily blind!!

c) After the procedure I was left sitting in the general waiting room for an hour before being allowed to open my eyes. This was supposed to be "15 minutes" so I wasn't too pleased at being left so long wondering if it had gone ok!! I also think there should be seperate rooms for pre and post surgery customers.

d) the consultation process wasnt as good as it should have been. I booked the consultation and surgery on the same day, with the surgery slot dependant on my eyes being suitable and my obviously wanting to go ahead. But at no point did anyone actually ask me if I wanted to proceed with the surgery - it was simply assumed I was going ahead.

e) Accuvision were excellent value for money for me - I paid £1700 all in and I had every faith in their technology and Mr Rostron.