I had my lasik surgery on 12/12/07 with Osama Gildi at the Shaftesbury Avenue branch just before my 26th birthday and it's now just over a week since the operation.

Originally my eyesight was Right -5.0 and Left -5.5 diopters and used contact lenses to correct my shortsightedness. I could barely read a book more than 25cm away

A week on I've been told I now have -0.5 in both my eyes and have better than 20/20 vision which is a vast improvement than before and I can now drive without glasses!

My only gripe is with my post operative vision, I see less clearly than with lenses and glasses. The only reason I can think of is that I used to wear lenses that were 0.25 diopters less than my actual prescription in both eyes and now my vision is -0.5 (-0.25 than I am used to). I was also told they don't normally give people glasses with my current prescription of -0.5. However, I have been told my eyesight should continue to improve as they settle after the operation so will have to be patient with this.

Short distance vision is a massive improvement and a lot clearer than before and I do not suffer from dry eyes or halos/starry lights.

Everyone was very friendly and helpful on the day of the procedure. My only gripe was that I felt a bit rushed between the surgery of each of my eyes as I found it difficult to keep them open and even focus into the laser beam.
After the procedure my eyes were extremely painful with continuous streaming for an hour and was not able to open them for nearly 4 hours.
Still, the staff were very helpful after the procedure ensuring I was made aware of the post operative eye drops I was required to take for the following week.
Once I could open them I was very happy to see my eyesight was much better than before.

I now have my 3rd check up in 3 weeks.