I had bilateral Wavefront Lasik in the Shaftsbury Ave clinic on 16/2/05 performed by Mr. Wayne Crewe-Brown. I have to say I would recommend it to anyone – Mr. Crewe-Brown, the Optical Express team at the clinic and the service were superb in every respect.

I opted for Wavefront due to having slightly large pupils and wanting to eliminate as much downside risk as possible, albeit a small risk anyway. I was particularly impressed with Wavefront as it confirmed the right prescription for me (there had been differences from my existing glasses to the manual examination) – but you just can’t argue with a computer-guided laser for accuracy which tallied to my glasses.

The procedure was mildly uncomfortable; no pain at all and everything is explained as it happens. I breathed through my mouth so I didn’t have any sense of smell. My eye test showed 20/20 15mins after procedure – although it was like looking through water.

Afterwards I headed back to my hotel with a mate of mine. Kept my eyes closed and took about 3-4 hrs to settle down and was seeing reasonably well. The next morning (+14 hrs) I was seeing very well with a slight halo effect around bright lights but this has settled down. No grittiness or other issues to report yet.

Went back for my 24 hr check and was much better than 20/20 – could read the bottom line on the chart. There was some slight inflammation which required me to go back today and see a surgeon who was quite happy and bumped up my steroid drops to a stronger version. Flew back home this afternoon with no problems.

Back next week for a check up and hopefully all will continue to be going great. I’m London based for 1-2 days a week out of Dublin. Highly recommend the whole thing for anyone coming over from Ireland – it’s a cinch, very convenient and the sheer experience of the team as a result of the volumes being done every day in London is very reassuring. Note: they also provide the surgery in Belfast.

Thumbs up all round!