I thought ill leave a comment as this site helped me decided who i went with. I had a consultation with accuvision and ultralase, both in london, in November. I decided these two places as they both had very good reviews from this website. My prescription is -4 in both eyes and -1 agtism in both to. I had been wearing glasses for 12 years.

My first consultation was with Accuvision where I thought the consultation was very good and informative. I couldn’t fault the optometrist who spent a lot of time in answering any questions and made me feel at ease. The clinic seemed very professional and spaced out leaving me with every confidence in them. I was quoted £1700 both eyes, ultralisik non wavefront.

The next day, I had a consultation with Ultralase in Tottenham court road, London, who i had been recommended by a friend. The clinic was very small and seemed a bit cramped. Although the staffs there were friendly, I just seemed like i was rushed around and never really felt at ease. I honestly got the impression that they were trying to sell me their most expensive operations (intralase and wavefront) and were trying to serve me as quick as possible so they could serve the next customer. This didnt give me a very good opinion of the place. However, on the plus side, it did seem like they used more advanced technology. I was quoted £3770 Intralase ultralasik +wavefront which was much more then i thought i would pay before i decided i wanted surgery.

Before, i went to ultralase, i was 80% certain that i would have my surgery with them, However, since my visit didn’t leave a good impression, this left me with a dilemma.

After thinking about it (for about an hour). I decided to go with Ultralase. Although they were more expensive and i didn’t have the best experience, I just kept thinking that there must be a reason why they charge so much. As everyone says ‘its your eyes, so give it the best’ so I guess the higher the price the better the service.

So, I managed to get the operation next day with Dr Gupta, who is a genius (according to my optometrist). For any one who is scared of this operation, DON’T BE!!!! Its just feels a bit uncomfortable and I had a little problem with staring at the shiny light with my left eye (but its not a problem).

About 30min after the operation, I had a little eye test, I could only read up to half way down the letters, but they said that is only normal and it takes time. I then went home and spent the rest of the day in bed hoping to wake up, with exceptional eyesight. To my disappointed, I woke up and my eyesight was slightly worse, which got me a bit worried. However, Ultralase do next day check-ups after surgery, hence this allowed me to see an optometrist the next day so they could do a check up and answer any questions that I may have. I still could barely read half way down the letters, and was thinking if something has gone wrong here. But the optometrist said that with my current vision, I am able to legally drive which I thought was funny cause I couldn’t see much. She also said that my eyes are very dry and to the eye drops more frequent (like once every 40-60min). I was still a little scared that my eyesight wouldn’t improve but the optometrist was reassuring that my eyes will slowly get better. I ended up taking two weeks of work for it to recover, but that was because I was being extra safe.

Four months on, my eyes are 20/20, although my left is slightly worse than my right, but I can’t complain as I don’t have to wear glasses anymore.

Just to end it, I would recommend laser eye surgery to anyone (if they could do it). Ultralase are excellent, I get seen fairly efficiently and get eye drops whenever I need to. Don’t be scared of the operation and it doesn’t last long. Don’t expect instant recovery, it takes a while before you get good vision!!!! Thanks for reading, hope it help!!!

Good luck to anyone wanting to do it.