Moorfields was an obvious choice for me as it is one of the top eye hospitals in Europe and I felt it would be useful if there were any complications. My consultation was £90 and I went to Julian Stevens as I had heard good things from a colleague at work, also my father is good friends with a eye surgeon from there who confirmed that Julian is a top-drawer surgeon (he also said there were some real cowboys at the hospital, so beware!). Julian is very likeable (I suppose I would be too if I was pulling in 2k for 10 mins work!) and is clearly very competent. He also works as a consultant to one of the equipment companies so is presumably at the cutting edge of research in this area.

My presciption was -1.75 on the short sight and -2.25 on the astigmatism and I had the operation 1 month ago. I had Wavefront Lasik and my vision is now excellent. I have had no difficulties other than slight hazing around light and somewhat dry eyes. My only concern is that I may regress a little, as I have heard of this happening to others, but there is no sign of this so far. Theoretically I am entitled to a free revision in 3 months but I doubt I would do this unless something drastic happened. There is only so much cornea to blast away and I would rather save it for 10 years down the line.

Overall, I would thoroughly recommend the procedure and Mr Stevens, there is no point on penny-pinching when your eyes are involved. It is amazing to be able to see unaided.