I had Wavefront LASIK done a month ago. My prescription prior to surgery was -6 in each eye. I have been looking into LASIK on and off for around 8 years. I had consultations with Boots and Accuvision (a year or two ago) who both seemed OK to me, but my nerves got the better of me both times. I was never nervous about the operation, only the outcome. I went with Advance Visioncare because they have Zyoptix Wavefront, and also because you get to talk to the surgeon at the consultation and throughout the whole process.

The surgeon (Mr Pillai) is very friendly and helpful. From the beginning he seemed very confident that I would achieve excellent results. That was good enough for me.

The procedure itself went pretty much as it has been described on this site. I remember the nurse was very good at explaining each part of the procedure. I will say that the pressure on the eye ball when the suction-cup went on was quite uncomfortable for me. I had two bruises on the white part of the eye which have almost disappeared, I'm not sure if this is normal. I also had to go back a week after for a "Flap Lift and Clean" procedure because a fibre was found under the flap of my left eye. But everything was handled very well, and I have no complaints about the care I have received so far.

My left eye has healed much better than my right but that might be because it is my dominant eye. At my last appointment my prescription was -0.25 in my left and -0.50 in my right. I am extremely happy with the results so far. I still get dry eyes and blurry vision as a result, but that is normal and will last another couple of months. However, this does not get in the way of anything.

A lot of people say they wake up the next day with "perfect" vision. It hasn't happened like that for me, but I didn't really expect it to. Although its a quick procedure, your eyeball is cut into and bits of it burnt away!! You have to expect a bit of healing to take place!! I am 100% happy with the results and would definitely recommend the team at Advance Visioncare to anyone.

Many thanks to Advance Visioncare and also to the lasik-eyes website.