I just wanted to give an update after my last posting under Optical express. It has been more than a week now and my sight is really good, my left eye which was originally much worse than my right is now really good. I had my surgery last Sunday and went back to work on the Wednesday. Unfortunately since then I have suffered severe dry eyes, I have to put eye drops in every 10 mins and my eyes are constantly painful, sore and burning. I went to see my optician for my week check up and healing is good but the dryness is severe. The optician said to just keep applying the drops as it would eventually get better but could take a few months! I have to say that if I knew the dryness would be this severe, I would not have had the surgery as work is agony and I can't even go to the shops without my eyes really hurting from the dryness. I have been using gel tears which are better than the drops but still offer very little relief. When I saw my surgeon Mr Giledi before the surgery he explained that dry eyes could be releived with eye plugs if need be but unfortunately with optical express, after you have the surgery, you only ever get to see an optician for your aftercare. Also whenever I call optical express for an appointment because I am worried about my eyes etc. they can only ever offer an appointment for two weeks down the line, so unless you have a serious emergency which allows you to call the emergency number then you are left having to wait ages. In hindsight I would wish I'd have paid extra money to have my eyes done with a clinic where the aftercare was much better and where they were more willing to help you. Optical Express in my opinion, take your money and give you surgery and then aren't interested in you afterwards.