I have been wearing contact lenses/glasses for 20 years, and was short sighted -3.75 and -4.50, so I couldn't see without one or the other. After looking into lazer eye surgery, and after doing lots of research, I decided to have Lasik with wavefront and Femtosecond.I booked the surgery for the 1st December 2006 at the finchley Rd Clinic - London, with Dr Patel. Yes, I was very nervous about the whole thing, but was re-assured by a lady in the toilets who said you will never regret it.

The only downside of day was the waiting time, that perticular day the clinic had experienced software problems, which caused all the appointments to run late, 1.5hrs to be precise. When I was finally called, the whole procedure was over within the hour. Be aware Femtosecond takes longer, as you are waiting in a cold room for the flap to form (wear something warm). The rest of the operation went very quickly, I did feel a little rushed as appointments were running late. I recommend The Quality Hotel Hamspted if you are staying over night, its only 5 minutes up the road and its comfortable and reasonably priced.

One Week later I had 20/20 vision, but did experience "halos" whilst driving at night, which was a bit daunting for the first month, its now three months later and the halos have virtually gone, they say it can take upto to year to disappear completely. I occassionly get dry eyes which I treat with eye drops and overall I would recommended this procedure to anyone.