I had bilateral LASEK at Optimax Manchester on the 1st of November. 2 things to say. 1) OUCH!!! & 2) WOW! The first 24 hours were terrible, probably similar to pouring extra hot chilli powder into your eyes. Every few minutes i had to pull my eyelids open to release the pressure caused by the build up of tears. The sleeping tablet helped and the next day was better. The pain didn't last long but it was very intense and not being able to rub your eyes doesn't help. Things might have been easier with bandage lenses but i wasn't able to go back to have them removed so I went without. Very light sensitive for a few days and still don't like bright lights now, 3 weeks on. Vision is excellent. Better than I had hoped for and still improving every day. At my first aftercare i was +0.7 in both eyes from -2.75 and my sight is even better now. My advice to others thinking about it is, DO LOTS OF RESEACH. That way you can be confident and prepared. I printed off over 200 pages of stuff, good and bad, and read every single piece and everything i could find on the net. I read every posting on this site, back then it was 29 pages. It took a long time but it was worth it. As for Optimax, bit like going to the dentist, not really friendly but not miserable ether. Didn’t have to wait long like some people have said. Didn’t get pampered like at Ultralase (went there first to be sure I was suitable). Asked a lot of tough questions of my surgeon and was satisfied with the answers. 5 stars for results and 4 stars for service. Good luck to all and a special hello to Nina, the lovely lady I joined up with for the 2 for 1. It was good to meet you after talking to you via email, a distraction from the surgery.

Final thought.......I CAN SEE MY HOUSE FROM UP HERE.