Having had the Herpes Virus three times in my right eye, the first time when I was 18, (I am now 57) I was declared a hopeless case when it came to Laser Eye Surgery.
I had been left with scarring in my eye due to it having been cauterised to remove what was a cold sore in my eye.( Nowadays they use drugs) this left me with two very different eyes, the left was short sighted and the right eye was long sighted with scarring which had caused double vision.

I managed for many years with contact lenses, but in recent years I was having various problems, including dry stinging eyes and also having to pay a small fortune for bi-focal lenses. It was actually breaking one of these very expensive lenses that eventually made me take the plunge. I had recently read an article in a newspaper that The Centre for Sight had an excellent track record on treating awkward cases like mine and decided that I’d give it a go.

Why did I not make this decision years ago, I had my surgery on the 4th August achieving near perfect vision almost immediately. I wakened up the next day and was amazed at being able to see so perfectly, I was also able to tackle the long journey to CFS on my own without any problem. I am absolutely thrilled at the new world that has opened up for me; it is like I have had my lights switched after being in the dark for years.

Mr Daya and his whole team were very professional and caring, nothing being too much trouble for anyone especially Linda and Natasha. Linda actually phoned me at eight o’clock on the evening of my surgery to see how I was doing (She had been at work from 8:30 that morning) Thank you everyone at Centre for Sight.

*** Editors Comment ***

It is great to learn of this excellent outcome in an abnormally shaped cornea. Linda Howels has obtained a good visual outcome with no sequelae from her underlying condition. Mr. Daya is a corneal specialist and has the expertise to deal with this type of condition. He was obviously comfortable in treating this lady with Zyoptix wavefront. She has had to be treated with specific medications pre and postoperatively and her treatment was certainly not a regular “run of the mill” Lasik procedure.

After some discussion, with Mr. Daya, and Linda Howels, we felt it would be appropriate and in the interest of browsers to indicate that Herpes simplex is a relative (not absolute) contraindication to Laser vision correction and treatment only be conducted in certain circumstances – please inform your surgeon if you have ever had Herpes simplex virus affect your eye before embarking on treatment.