Accuvision Laser Eye Clinic

I am 48 hours post procedure and my vision is fantastic – the care and attention throughout has been exceptional. I would thoroughly recommend Accuvision.

What an experience, I attended the clinic 48hrs ago along with my twin sister. We have been treated with the utmost professionalism, care and attention. Our choice was Monovision laser eye surgery, what an amazing transformation. Thankyou so much to the whole team at Accuvision, London for a very kind, detailed and personal service. Looking forward to our check-up.

I had been considering Laser surgery for years, done hours of research online and visited Optimax & Optical Express before contacting Accuvision at Wetherby. My prescription was -5.75 and -6.00 and I have slightly thin corneas which caused problems for Optimax & Optical Express.
I spoke to Simon at Wetherby, and had a consultation, he talked me through the process, explained why having thinner corneas could cause problems, and how Accuvision’s laser, being faster and more accurate than the other’s, could cope with my needs. That was it, no pressure, no ‘book now and you’ll get a good price’ simply what I wanted to know, when I wanted to know it. I booked my surgery date, and continued to bombard Simon with e-mail questions for the 3 weeks between my consultation and surgery date (yesterday (30th June) @ 9am!). All my questions were answered the same day so, by the time my surgery came round, I had no nerves or apprehension at all!!
I met Prashant and Daryus, my surgery team on the day, both of whom made me feel relaxed and at home.
The surgery took less than 10 minutes, NO PAIN AT ALL!!! and when I got off the bed I could see!!!! It was a bit like being under water, but I could read the clock on the wall!!!!
I went home, rested, put my eye drops in as instructed and by 7pm could see very clearly (in fact I annoyed my wife because I was reading car number plates and signs as we went for a little walk!)
I can’t praise and recommend Accuvision @ Wetherby highly enough, from the lovely Kim on reception, to Simon who’ll answer any question and put your mind at rest, to the surgical team, who’ll talk you through the procedure and make you feel so comfortable.
All I can say is go and talk to them, compare with others if you want, I did, but without doubt, you’ll go back to Accuvision for the treatment.

I’m 26 & my prescription was -1.75 in both eyes. I had been wearing what I thought were amazing contact lenses for over 2 years – Air Optix Night & Day. Apparently it was fine to wear them & sleep in them for a MONTH continuously and then just change them with a new pair.. I thought they were great until about 2 years in, when i suddenly woke up in the middle of the night with terribly bad eye pain. From that moment on my eyes totally rejected any contact lenses and always felt very dry and irritated. My useless NHS opthamologist told me i had Blepharitis and could not wear lenses anymore. bleph usually stops u having eye surgery but when I went to eye surgery clinics they all said there was no sign of it and that it was probably just my epithelium had worn down & had no chance to recover. I was quite nervous to have laser surgery because my eyes did not feel healthy at all.

I orginally booked in to have wavefront intralase at optimax for £1850, this was the price I got only after about 12 months of letters when the deals kept getting better and better. At the last minute I discovered no-touch & found that accuvision were the only ones that do it. When they quoted me £50 more I was instantly sold. People that take LASIK because it doesn’t hurt are really selling themselves short. I play rugby and optimax never told me that there was a distict possibility a blow to the eye could have dislodged the flap which stays weak for up to 7 years post-op. Accuvision said any ppl with active lifestyles should never get a flap, but they recommend trans-epi to everyone that is eligible.

My surgeon was Chad Rostron, nice guy and he did a great job. Only ever met him for 15 mins as I primarily dealt with optometrists. Fair enough if this makes my surgery cheaper!

So about the pain – surgery was completely painless, don’t be nervous about it because it is a breeze. 30 mins afterwards you will not be very comfortable at all, if at all possible I would advise getting home to a dark room within an hour. As i mentioned before, waking up with my contact lens problem was painful, this i’d describe as a discomfort.. a discomfort that takes a very long time to subside. I slept for 4 hours on the first night and the second day was much more managable. I got a good 10 hours on the second night. By the 4th day I was comfortable doing anything and even drove to my follow up appt, although was still very light sensitive. You will be unable to look at computer or tv screens for 3-4 days even with the brightness turned down. So to sum up, the pain isn’t a big deal, it’s the boredom. Get an ipod with a few audiobooks on it to keep yourself occupied.

The results;
at my 4 day appointment my vision was 20:40, (driving standard)
at my 2 week appt I hit 20:20, and was able to read 2 letters from 20:15.

I am now at 4 1/2 weeks and I guess I’m at least 20:15 now, I am hoping, although unlikely, that I will get to 20:10 at some stage and really impress people.

They warned me that having to use reading glasses in my old age was almost certain after any laser eye surgery. Seeing as both my parents had perfect eye sight all their lives, and now require reading glasses I thought chances are I will too. Who knows what will be out there in 20 years anyway and at least I know I took the procedure that causes the very least damage to my eyes.

Visited the Fulham, London clinic, a very friendly and knowledgeable team. I was -2.50 and -2.75. With some apprehension I underwent surgery on 23 June. The rest of the day my eyes were sensitive to light, my vision a little misty, and occasionally my right eye felt a little scratchy. The eye drops supplied were very soothing and I was not in any real discomfort. The next morning, my eyes were little gunky from the contact lens ‘bandages’, but my vision was perfect. The rest of the day my vision was a little variable, but basically perfect and during my post op checkup the bandage contact lenses were removed and quick sight test showed 20/20 vision in my right eye, and just a little worse in my left. Obviously, less than 24 hours after surgery I could not hope for better. All my friends are amazed I am up and about and watching football and my eyes look perfect (not bloodshot!). Thinking back to the procedure itself – there was NO PAIN. It was a little uncomfortable, and the thought of what was going on was disconcerting. Certainly a strange albeit brief experience! But the team were great and it was over very quickly.