I had LASIK both eyes on 17th October at Finchley Rd, performed by Dr Patel. My prescription was around -3.75 both eyes, and I had the choice of PRK and LASIK. After weighing up all I could find, and speaking to the consultant, I opted for LASIK, and I am thrilled. I took up the option of Valium, and highly recommend it - my brother was treated without it yesterday and found it quite disturbing to be so aware whereas I felt quite distanced from the whole procedure - definitely a bonus when someone is slicing through your cornea! My eyes were streaming for 4 hours after the treatment, however I had booked into a hotel nearby and was able to rest them almost immediately - another thing I would recommend, if you are forking out £1000, add the extra £70 for your own piece of mind - I felt comfortable being so near the clinic if anything went wrong. It was 3 days before I had any 'scares', and that was waking up with a deep purple bruise around my eye ball on the Sunday. This was my only complaint - I found the administration sloppy at times, in particular no out-of-hours contact number for panicking patients! However, I went back to clinic for reassurance on Monday and they saw me immediately, and again for my 7 day check-up two days later.