I had Epi-Lasik at the Manchester clinic in June-05. Both my eye's were approx -4.0. All the eyes test etc given before the treatment were quick and easy. I was in the treatment room for less than 10 minutes and that included the time to clamp and prepare both eyes and the laser treatment (about 15 seconds for each eye). There was NO PAIN at all during the treatment. After the treatment I was told that within 30 minutes my eyes would begin to feel heavy (as though I wanted to close them and go to sleep) and so was advised to stay in a dark room. And that’s exactly what happened. I was very fortunate that I DIDN’T HAVE ANY PAIN for the first 48 hours like most people do. Not sure if this was something to do with me previously having worn 30 day extended wear contact lens, so I was used to sleeping in lens. I had an aftercare appointment after 3 days where the ‘bandage’ lenses were removed (again NO PAIN). My eye sight was as good as with my contact lenses with a week and a half and continued to get sharper by the day. And now 5 weeks since the treatment my eye sight is perfect. Included in the cost of treatment were all the aftercare appointments, which I’ve always managed to get an appointment for a Saturday (even had the treatment on a Saturday). It’s the best thing I’ve done – should have had the treatment years ago!