Accuvision Laser Eye Clinic

I had my LASIK at Accuvision on 4th December. I was around a +3.75, +3.75 prescription in both eyes, i.e. quite longsighted with what the surgeon described as a ‘wow, monster stigmatism’.

Accuvision were more expensive than the other company (Ultralase) who said they could treat me, but seemed more confident and professional, so I went with them.

The surgery was very quick and painless, and I didn’t really suffer much discomfort afterwards either. I spent the whole afternoon in bed with my eyes closed.

45 minutes after the treatment, I was up to driving test standards, and the next day I was nearly 20/20. Since then, my right eye has fluctuated quite a lot, which has worried me, but Vic assured me that this was quite normal for the first week or two. In fact, when I went in for an unscheduled appointment as I was a bit worried, my right eye still tested only one line short of 20/20.

The flares at night are still pretty big, but manageable, and should die down over the next few weeks.

I will post another message in a couple of weeks to give a progress report.

All in all, I am very happy with the result so far. The staff are friendly, helpful and professional. I would recommend Accuvision strongly.

On a related note, I encourage anyone who has had surgery to post on this site as it was very important to me in the run up to my surgery to see the updates that people left.

I went to Accuvision after three other eye clinics told me my prescription was impossible to treat. My prescription was R +4.25, L +3.75 with a very high Astigmatism. I had been wearing corrective lenses all my life and after the other eye clinics told me I was too far out of range to treat, I consigned myself to always wear corrective lenses.
My last resort was to go to Accuvision (without much hope for a treatment) and they were very encouraging and told me they were very confident they could treat my eyes, and hopefully to an acceptable vision (at least to drive without glasses). So I trusted them and set up an appointment for the surgery.
I was very impressed with their professionalism, kindness, and attentiveness on the day. I had my surgery and was assured that everything was going to plan. The next day I came back for a follow-up to the surgery and I was pleased to have them tell me they thought I could attain 20/20 vision in both eyes.
Today I went back for another follow-up 10 days after the surgery only to find out that indeed I have 20/20 vision. My vision is even better now than it was with my glasses or contacts. I am very pleased and can not say enough thanks to the Accuvision staff for achieving the impossible and freeing me of my glasses. Thank you, Thank you Thank you!!!!

I had my operation on Tuesday 26th November. I have just had my 10 day check up and the results are brilliant. At 18 years of age, I seem to be one of the younger patients at the clinic but the procedure seems to have been just as effective. I have been short sighted from the age of 8 with a prescription of -4.5 in both eyes, astigmatism and neovascularisation of the cornea.

The treatment I received at Accuvision was excellent. All the staff were very friendly – Darius Vikash, Mr Ayliffe and the clinic nurse. There were initially some problems and although I was booked in for 9 am, I did not have the procedure until 3pm. Although this seems a negative point, I was relieved as I knew they would not carry out the operation unless they were 100% sure that everything was correct.

My vision is now perfect and I would certainly recommend the clinic and the procedure to anyone who is considering it.

Tomorrow, 29 November, is the day of reckoning when I go to Accuvision to have mono-vision LASIK treatment. Having reached the ripe old age of 41, I decided to go with their recommendation of mono-vision, especially after having trialled mono-vision contact lenses (arranged through Boots). Although I don’t need reading glasses, they hope to put off the need for them for several years to come. Accuvision were great when I went for my consultation in October and, after a rather variable reception at Boots, ranging from extremely friendly to extremely offhand, I chose Accuvision. Only they suggested that they try and improve my night vision, which wasn’t even mentioned at Boots. And the whole team were knowledgeable, helpful and patient. I’ll get back to you when I’ve had the op.

I had the LASIK operation at Accuvision on 20th November 2002 and am now 1 week post-op. The results are superb and still might improve slowly. My prescription was short sight with astigmatism, Right SPH -8 CYL -1.5 AXIS 155, Left SPH -7.5 CYL -1.5 AXIS 15, very large pupils and average corneal thickness. Ultralase said they could do the op with a reasonably good chance of success, but failed to tell me I would be left with a dangerously thin cornea, and still didn’t tell me when I asked them directly (after going to Accuvision). My first appointment at Accuvision was double booked, but fortunately I forgave them and went along, thankfully as I found out all about corneal thickness and large pupils. The Wavefront technology they use (incidentally also used in Canada, New Zealand and Australia) goes a long way to solving those problems. I did quite a lot of research into the subject and am glad I chose Accuvision as I have been confident in their abilities since the first consultation. It is expensive, but with an odd prescription, it is worth every penny towards the chance of a good result. Thanks to all at Accuvision, especially, Darius, Vik and Mr. Ayliffe. To those considering the op, check with the clinics when you have the consultation how much of your cornea they will leave behind (the Residual Stroma Thickness is the important part). If the answer is less than 250 microns, start worrying. This is the ‘safe’ lower limit, but that might not even be ‘safe’. The more the better. Don’t be surprised if a clinic won’t tell you or just give you the total corneal thickness including flap – don’t trust them. Accuvision have left me with 270 microns, so I’m pleased with that. Please e-mail me if you would like to know anymore about my experience.