Accuvision Laser Eye Clinic

A very positive experience. I came to this site before I chose to go with Accuvision in Fulham. I've followed eye surgery for many years but always thought it too risky. The most recent techniques have cut down risk substantially and make a positive outcome for high myopes like myself a really good chance.
My prescription was -8 in both eyes and slight astigmatism, no other major problems. I had custom lasik on Thursday and have carefully followed the regime since then. My vision is better than 20/20 some 3 days later and getting better!
I've religiously stuck to the post-op regime, including keeping my eyes closed for most of the time immediately following the op.
A very professional company with ultra-modern equipment, and they're looking for perfection if they can achieve it.
It's a fantastic result that puts an end to 33 years of wearing glasses.

Accuvision provided me with a free initial consultation which was very thorough and professional.

Based on this I knew I was in the right hands and decided to have the surgery.

On the day of surgery everything went well with a perfect outcome.

The after care is just as thorough.

In addition I thought the cost of surgery was very affordable.

I am delighted with the outcome of my experience at Accuvision. The surgery has been life changing and I have already recommended others to Accuvision!

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Miraculous!

That’s the only word to describe lasik laser eye surgery. Actually, uncomfortable also describes it pretty well.

I didn’t go blind. Far from it. Less than 24 hour after the procedure and I have better than 20/20 vision. OK, my vision is a little hazy and my eyes hurt a little bit because essentially they are still recovering from injury, but I no longer need to wear glasses.

I met Phil at the clinic in Parson’s Green at 2:30pm. We had to have a quick eye test to make sure that our eyes hadn’t changed in the 6 months since our initial consultation.

If you have an image of the clinic as a hospital ward, it’s nothing like that. A stylish, well appointed waiting room. Comfy chairs, big screen plasma TV with rolling news and good tea and coffee on tap.

It is a little bit of a production line and all the staff are slick and professional. So while Phil and I got on with chatting about Meagan’s party in Kingston at the weekend, we were whisked off here and there to meet the surgeon, be briefed on aftercare, sign our consent forms, and then finally into the treatment room for the procedure itself.

Which is not very nice. Have no illusions. This is Laser. Eye. Surgery. You are awake and there is no way to do this without staring up at the laser beam. If I ever make a film about alien abduction, it will look like the experience of having lasik.

So I’m lying there, trying to stay as calm as I can and relax as much as possible. Not easy when the surgeons are clamping your eye open and you’re seeing it all coming. Then comes the aesthetic and something very weird. A scalpel thingy on some kind of runner comes down and skrr skrr, you KNOW that they’ve just cut a flap right through your cornea. Then the weirdest bit. Some tweezers come down and you actually see the flap of your cornea being peeled back and your vision suddenly goes completely blurred.

2 more minutes. The laser is positioned and then zzzt zzzt. There’s a slight smell of burnt pork as human tissue is burned away, but it’s done in a split second. Then the flap is closed, a contact lens put over the wound is cleaned and bosh. Job done. On to the other eye.

That’s it, you’re done. Like I say. Not nice. But you can live with it.

Next step is to go back out to the waiting room and hang about for 15 mins with your eyes closed. All the better if you’ve got a mate there you can chat to. Another quick check up and some eye drops and you’re good to go. We were both finished by 4pm.

I’d booked a B&B just up the road to make things easier. You need to be back in the clinic for a check-up the next morning and you don’t want to be buggering around on the tube.

It was cold outside and my eyes hurt. When the aesthetic wore off later in the afternoon they hurt more, but the antibiotic eye drops you need to put in every hour soothed & helped a lot.

A couple of hours of recovery and Phil and I were well enough to go out for dinner. After a nice bottle of wine at Strada in Parson’s Green it didn’t hurt at all and we both started to notice how well we could see. Like we used to see with our glasses.

So yes. This morning my eyes hurt a bit, but I’d had contacts in over night and I’ve never worn them before, but having the optician check my prescription again and tell me I had better than 20/20 vision. Well, quite frankly it’s well worth a little bit of discomfort.

A thousand pounds well spent too. All of a sudden I’m thinking about what other kinds of elective surgery I can have. Maybe I’ll put my name down for a liquid titanium double ‘ard exo-skeleton so I’m first in the queue when they get invented.

I've just had my 6 month check up, having the surgery done in July 2005. Not only are the results above my expectations, but every visit was an example of professional approach to post surgery care. I can only give the highest marks to every aspect of Accuvision – from the inital consultation,surgery itself and all check ups. I have been recomending Accuvision to all my friends.

I like most people did a lot of research before going ahead with my surgery, I opted to go and see Accuvision and Ultralase who from this site seemed to me the best bets. My first appointment was at Accuvision and Vik took me through all of the complex test – he was really nice and obviously new his stuff, and really made me feel at ease, and also kept me well informed of all the tests he was doing and the outcomes he observed, the tests took 1 hour in total, and at all times, all of the staff in Fulham were really friendly and professional. He noted that I had a very minute cataract and printed out a picture of it for me but stressed that the cataract was very small and looked congenital, and was nothing to worry about. I was advised that as my eyes were well within all of the parameters and that they recommended the normal Lasik at a cost of £1398 for both eyes.
My second appointment was at Ultralase on Tottenham Court Road, the expression “poles apart” comes to mind when trying to compare it with Ultralase. Where do I start – well the initial tests were carried out by the ‘receptionist’ who seemed to me to have no idea what she was doing, she had to re-do 2 of the test 2-3 times as she wasn’t getting correct results. She never said one word to me whilst carrying out these tests which even though I knew what was going on as I had had similar tests at Accuvision still made me feel really uneasy. Once these initial tests had been carried out I was sent outside to wait to see the Optometrist for 40 mins! After the optometrist who I thought was not much better qualified than the ‘Receptionist’ I was sent in to see the ‘Sales person’, who proceeded to tell me that my optometrist had advised I go for the Custom Procedure at a cost of £3000 (the most expensive), without any real explanation as to why I they thought I warranted this particular procedure other than trying to infer that if I didn’t go for the custom I would “probably” have night Halos!! They then proceeded to try and get a surgery date from me there and then, no “well, go away and think about it and get back to us with your decision”, and seemed quite shocked when I said I would not be making any appointment at this stage. To be honest there was absolutely no way I would ever let them near my eyes. In total the whole experience took just over 2 hours, but most of this time was spent in the waiting room!
I obviously opted to go ahead with my surgery with Accuvision, who were and have been absolutely brilliant, the surgery in November, aftercare, information provided has all been second to none. My prescription was -2.5 and -2.75 and I had 20/15 vision @ my 1 month check-up, which is absolutely and scarily accurate, even and in fact more noticeable at night. The surgery was I thought absolutely painless, although the smell of your eyeballs burning was a little weird! And took in total no longer than 3 minutes; afterwards and for about 8 weeks my eyes were extremely dry and scratchy, like having your eyeball covered in salt and vinegar!!! But the drops sort out this problem instantly. In summary I would highly recommend Accuvision in Fulham if you are considering this procedure.