I had LASIK surgery on 21/7/04 at Shaftesbury Ave. I would recommend the surgery, my prescription was -3.75 left and -2.50 right (astigmatism) and I can now see perfectly! The procedure was nowhere near as bad as I was expecting, it really DIDN'T hurt. The worse experience was dealing with the nerves as it was happening. I wasn't in the 'theatre' for more than 15 minutes and felt fine afterwards. It was more comfortable to keep my eyes closed. My eyes felt gritty after the anaesthetic had worn off, I took some pain killers and went to bed. By 8 o'clock that evening my vision was good and my eyes no longer felt uncomfortable. By the following morning I could see perfectly! I had better than 20/20 vision 24 hours after surgery. I would say the worse thing about the whole experience has been the conflicting information the clinic have given me. To start off with they said I couldn't wear make-up for a week, on the day they said this should actually be two and a half weeks. Then they said I shouldn't rub or touch my eyes, so how do you get make-up off without that? The optician the day after, also said I shouldn't get water into my eyes. She never specified how long for! So if you can cope with that then go for it! I had my month check three days ago and all is well. Life without glasses is completely different, I'm more confident than ever before.