Today was my 4 month follow-up appointment. In general, very good results (20/10 vision!) however my eyes are still quite dry. had Lasek Wavefront surgery on the 29th April at the Birmingham clinic. So just over four months today… and what a journey it has been. First of all, I was expecting Lasik but because of my thin cornea and because of the fact I play ice hockey (Lasek is better for people who play contact sports), it was strongly suggested to have Lasek instead, which I accepted . Absolutely no wow factor after the surgery, more of a small pain/blurry vision and a smell of burn (weird). Recovery with the contact lenses on was a nightmare, I suffered lots of pain day and night. Night pain would actually wake me up. My eyes felt ‘heavy’ all the time and sometimes it was difficult to leave them open because of the pain. 4 days later lenses were removed but the cornea had not recovered completely so it felt like I had patches of dryness in my eyes if that makes sense. Vision after removal of contact lenses was very blurry and stayed like that for a full week. 2 weeks after the surgery vision was till blurry but I could feel a small improvement each day. It is only 6 weeks after the surgery that things started to get better and that vision started to get close to 20/20. Some days were very good, others very bad. What did not help is that sometimes at night would feel very high level of pain in my eyes (some times both, sometime the left, sometime the right or vice-versa). Apparently this is due to the combination of 2 things: 1- my eyes have always been dry and the surgery has made that situation even worst, 2- apparently I leave my eyes open at night which makes my eyes very dehydrated. Those two factors combine makes the ‘tear’ film on my eyes disappeared and I feel like my cornea wants to pull apart in 2 different directions. This pain is strong enough to wake me up at night and I have sometime cried so big was the pain. To deal with that problem I now 1- always sleep with my drops to my side an literally throw drops to my eyes when I feel I’m getting this pain, 2- try to sleep with my eyes closed, 3- put Visco tears gel in my eyes when I go to bed and 4- make sure the room is well ventilated when going to bed. The number of incidents have reduced considerably since I take those precautions but it still happens from time to time. Needless is to say that I don’t see that well after one of my ‘night pain’ incidents. It takes usually 24 hr for the eye to recover is see 100% again. Another advice I would give is regarding the drops, I have tried many but the best to me are the Blink for contact lenses (the green bottle). They give samples of that bottle after the surgery. I go through one bottle in a week and at £4-5 each, I will be spending £250 a year on lubricating drops for the rest of my life… So much for the benefits… Despite all that, it was worthwhile, I’m happy with the results and would do it again. You have to be very convinced and expect 2-3 months recovery if you’re going for Lasek. Support form Optical Express has been very professional and advice very good. Good luck.