Accuvision Laser Eye Clinic

I would like to start off my thanking the team at Accuvision for the amazing service that they provided!

I had glasses since the age of 5 and contacts since I was 16. I was near sighted and had astigmatism. I was blind without my glasses or contacts! Now at 25 I was completely fed up of dealing with the trials of corrective lenses. I started researching the many different laser surgery clinics in London and came across Accuvision. What drew me to them was the fact that they did not take a ‘deposit’ for the consultation like many of the other clinics do. That way I was not trapped into choosing them to do the treatment. My boyfriend and I went to the consultation together (he wore contacts and glasses as well) and were greeted by the friendly receptionist. At the consultation our eyes were tested for the eligibility and were told of all the risks involved in the procedure, no question was left unanswered. After the consultation we were so reassured by the clinic that we booked in to do our surgery 6 days later.

During the surgery I must admit, I was quite nervous, but the surgeon spoke to me throughout the entire procedure, reassuring me along the way. I was in and out of the surgery theatre within about 15 minutes then it was my boyfriend’s turn. It went amazingly quick. After the surgery my eyes were burning and itching like crazy but that was all expected. Over the next few days we had very itchy eyes and some blurriness but beyond that WE COULD SEE!

Now 2 weeks later both of our eyes are 100%! All the blurriness is gone and even my night vision is perfect. I still wake up in the morning and for a split second I look for my glasses on my night stand, then I remember I don’t need them and it makes me ecstatic about the surgery all over again! I really do feel like the team at Accuvision is a family and they treat their patients like family. I would recommend them to any and everyone I meet who is considering laser eye surgery. They truly are amazing!

Having +4.5 & +5.5 I never thought I would be able to have my vision corrected. I also had astigmatism in both eyes.I must say it is just amazing waking up and not having to reach for the glasses. Having worn glasses since I was 3 years old It took a while to stop trying to push the non existing glasses back up my nose. I’m now 47 and had the surgery nearly 18 months ago and have just bought a £10 pair of reading glasses to keep at work for reading
very small text. But this was explained to be before the surgery that in my case and age reading glasses were only a couple of years away.

In my case it took 6-8 months to lose the halos around lights, that is now gone completely. You must remember that it can takes weeks to really settle down to get you final result. Just don’t panic. My prescription was quite high so the 1st month was a bit up and down.

I say go for it, the team is very re-assuring and don’t give you any unrealistic expectations.

I started to wear glasses at age 7. I moved onto wearing contact lenses only from age 16 to age 37. My contact prescription was -6 and -6.5 with some astigmatism.

I had wanted to get my eyes lasered since I first heard about it around age 20. Contacts/glasses had always got in the way when I played sport. For the last few years I had been aware of Accuvision and the excellent feedback from customers.

I had excellent vision wearing contacts and my hesitancy on having the operation was due to my strong prescription and there being a small chance of not quite getting 20/20 vision after the operation. I was also very wary of having a flap on my eyeball that may be a weak point on my eye if my eye ever received a knock.

I had almost resigned myself to having the flap operation, then sometime last year I became aware of the Trans-epi treatment at Accuvision. I ramped up my research again and basically decided I wanted it done and I wanted Accuvision in London specifically Chad Rostron to do it.

I was 80% certain I wanted the trans epi treatment but I wanted to hear Accuvision’s advice.

You have to wear glasses for 7 days before the consultation so I booked in for the consultation and treatment on the same day simply because I did not want to wear glasses for any longer than necessary!

So on the 6th March 2009 I went for my consultation and Accuvision advised I was suitable for either the flap operation or Trans-epi. I choose Trans-epi simply because I could not bear the thought of having a potential weak spot on my eye where the flap had been created.

The operation was done by Chad Rostron and now 4.5 months later I have 20/15 vision in my left eye and 20/20 in my right eye.

It’s absolutely amazing to not wear contacts anymore and also not have the worry of a flap weak spot on my eye.

I would suggest to not have the consultation and operation on the same day, as on surgery days they are very busy and my consultation felt slightly rushed. When I had my check ups after the surgery it all seemed more relaxed as it was not a surgery day.

For 24 hours after the operation my eyes were very sore and I could not open them, just to use the drops every hour. By day 3 I could open them ok but it was day 7 before they felt fine. I would suggest 10 days off work.

My eyesight then settled down but was variable over the next 6 weeks, and very sensitive to bright light. By month 4 they were in my mind perfect and this was backed up by my check-up last week.

Overall incredible! Thanks Accuvision!

I had my surgery on 11/07/09. I had been wearing glasses for over 20 years for astigmatism – prescription: Right eye cylinder -4.25 axis 8.0. Left eye – cylinder -4.25 axis 175. I had also had to wear varifocals because reading had becoming difficult
The consultation was easy and the staff were very helpful but most importantly there was no pressure selling unlike other companies. I was told that I could also have ‘monovision’ that meant that I would not need to wear reading glasses. The total cost was £2300.
The surgery – this was uncomfortable rather than painful and the whole process lasted no more than a couple of minutes for each eye. The worst part for me was having to wear clear contact lenses for 24 hrs as I had never worn lenses before.
Post surgery – I had to go back to work on 13/07/09 – we had an Ofsted inspection on the 14/07/09! My eyes were sore and distance vision was not brilliant but your vision fluctuates anyway. They had warned me about this. I returned after a week for my check up and my distance vision was 20/20 and I could read smallest print on the test sheet easily. I still have slight fluctuations with my sight but this is becoming less and less – just as Accuvision said that it would.
I would have no hesitation in recommending Accuvision. Just go for it – brilliant.

It’s just over 7 years since I had my vision corrected. No problems, no halos, good night-time vision.
Everyone was extremely professional, courteous, patient etc. (I had been for a consultation somewhere else, previously, what a difference…)
Not a day goes past that I’m not aware of how wonderful it is to have such good sight after years of wearing thick glasses/ contact lenses.
Probably the best money we’ve ever spent.
A big thank you to everyone at Accuvision.