There are plenty of stories about the procedure on this site, so I'm going to tell you about my recovery. I had Wavefront Lasik 2.5 months ago at Optical Express, Shaftesbury Avenue with Mr Giledi. I previously had a prescription of -3.5 in each eye with astigmatism. I had been happy wearing glasses for nearly 20 years, but the reason I decided to have surgery was because I had to wear contact lenses for sport, parties, etc. and absolutely hated them. It came to the point where I needed new glasses, new prescription sunglasses (which I used for skiing), as well as new contact lenses. I totted up the cost and realised that I’d be spending nearly as much on that lot as having surgery!! I had the initial consultation and was told I could have Lasik, which I was very happy about because of the shorter recovery times and reduced discomfort compared to Lasek. For anyone who wants to have surgery, but is squeamish about people touching your eyes, I would recommend going for a consultation. There is quite a lot of eye-touching involved, so if you can handle the consultation, you’ll get through the op just fine! I also went for Wavefront, not for any clinical reason, but simply because I wanted to get the best possible outcome. I had to pay £800 more, but I my reasoning was that if you’re gonna mess with your eyesight, you may as well do it properly! I had the Wave Scan a couple of weeks before the surgery date. There seems to be some kind of technique to getting a good reading. Apparently some people just don’t get the hang of it. I got very tired about half way through so the technician sent me out to have a cup of tea and a rest. The operation itself was fine – I had the Valium and I took some strong painkillers as soon as I went into the recovery room. The following day when I went in for my check-up, my distance vision was 2 lines better than 20/20 which I was absolutely amazed about!! However, for the next couple of weeks, I had problems focussing on anything which was a metre or two away, so shopping was a nightmare! When I went back to work, I couldn’t look at the computer screen for very long, my eyes got terribly dry and I got really bad headaches. In the end I had to resort to wearing sunglasses in the office, to cut the glare of the lights and allow me to close my eyes while on the phone without people noticing. I ended up wearing sunglasses for a month – much to the hilarity of my colleagues! Additionally, I found I was also slightly longsighted – I could read fine, but I couldn’t pluck my eyebrows! The optometrist was blasé about it, but I was distraught at the prospect of a werewolf mono-brow!! During this time, I also managed to get a stye so I had to go back on the antibiotic drops. I wore the eye-patches at night for about a month, as I didn’t want to risk rubbing my eyes, as they were so dry and sore. All in all, I wasn't able to wear eye make-up for 5 weeks either. My boyfriend was an absolute star; he insisted on playing nurse and applying my drops, eye-patches, washing my hair and generally wrapping me in cotton wool! When I had my 1-month post-op check-up, I was told to use Viscotears, which are a gel instead of a liquid to combat the dryness. These worked like a dream – I could even stop using sunglasses at work! About a week after that, I noticed I could see to pluck my eyebrows again – woo-hoo!! It turned out that the muscles in my eyes had to get used to a whole new way of focussing, so it just took a few weeks for them to adjust. My vision is still stable at 2 lines below 20/20, I haven’t had any problems with night vision (possibly thanks to the Wavefront) and can see brilliantly at all distances. I now would not hesitate to recommend Laser Eye Surgery, but do be aware that things can take a while to settle and you just have to hang in there. Good Luck!!