Optical Express

Amazing!! 24 hours later did'nt even feel like i had my eyes lasered - had lasik treatment, a bit uncomfortable during surgery but not painful - very odd having your eyes lasered whilst you can see & be aware of what's going in, watering & very sensitive to sunlight after, felt more comfortable with my eyes shut.went home slept for a few hours,woke up eyes felt fine,no soreness or watery eyes,perfect vision,just like i had my glasses on but of course i did'nt have them on.staff are brilliant at shaftesbury avenue - worth every penny!! having my new eyes!!

I had surgery yesterday afternoon-proir to tuesday,i hadnt thought to mch of what it would entail,i was fine until i lay on the surgeons chair.i froze for about 10 mins then it was all over-had no reason to worry at all!i slept for a few hours after surgery and relaxed for a few hours then slept through the night and today WOW!! i can see! it's better than i thought! Thank you all at shaftesbury avenue for everything.

amazed=) It did not hurt at all and i am still getting used to not having to reley on my glasses, I would recommend to anyone,thanks to martha who was great. Thank you.

Hi, I have booked to have Lasex Standard at Bluewater on 9th August. Has anyone had this procedure done? If so does anyone know how the top layer is taken off? I know an alcohol solution is placed on the eye, but then what before the laser bit? I am so scared, I don't want something sharp coming towards my eye. If anyone can help, that would be great. Sherree

World Class!! Anyone contemplating Laser eye surgery should without doubt Visit Optical Express. I have a busy life and i felt that i would have to take a week or so off to have this treatment done.. No way, i was back to work in 1 day, which suited me fine. I visited the Clinic in Renfield Street Glasgow at 10.00am It was very popular and the atmosphere was great and relaxing as everyone was asking everyone questions, drinking coffee, and generally chilling out reading etc. It was actually amazing to see patients come out of Laser Eye surgery when you are sitting there, it is like nothing really has happened other than they have been crying, but of course can now see where they are going!! Dr Teenan, Stewart and his team were without doubt nothing other than perfect. They were calming, very professional and actually filled the very short operation believe it or not with an element of fun! The operation was completed in a very short period of time with my the team there talking me through every step and letting me know what was happening i felt totally at ease and had no worries. Once the operation was complete i could most certainly instantly see much better, however a little cloudy and the feeling was like a eyelash in your eye. I will say that at no point do you feel pain, so dont think it is painful, because it is not. The only painful thing i experienced about it was actually thinking and saying to myself that it was going to be painful! Nonsense! You really cant feel a thing.. Technology and the skill of Dr Teenan is really Excellent. Lots of Eye drops and away we went! I went home, a friend drove me home and i was advised to sleep, which i did for a period of 6 hours, i woke up put my drops in and went for my dinner! .. Amazing!! Then back to bed with my goggles on... Next morning i went for check up etc Eyesight was indeed pretty normal, however just a little bit cloudy, but the eye drops fixed that. This is now 3 weeks later and i have written this (June 28th 2007)and if i could have had it done years ago, i would have never given it a second thought. It has changed my life completely and i can see better than i have ever seen in my life, which helps when you wake up in the morning! I would recommend Optical Express in a second, the entire journey was flawless and service as i said in my opening statement World Class! So.. Dont put it off any longer, get it booked in with them now and you will see the difference it makes to your life. Steven McLeod

Surgeon: Ms Susanna Boytha Date of Surgery: 28th June 2007 Clinic: Glasgow I opted for wavefront intralase, before surgery I only had a small prescription of about -1 in each eye. At the consultation I was so wound up and scared, once they put the drops into my eyes that make your pupils go big I fainted. The days leading up to the surgery I almost cancelled about a dozen times, but in the end I was brave and went for it. I was shaking when I was lying on the table, but afterwards I felt I had been worrying and stressing for no reason as the surgery was not that bad. I felt a little discomfort when they put the clamps on but not much and the flaps were done in no time and the laser was not too bad either. I went for my 24 hour checkup and already my eyes are better than 20-20 My eyes feel a little gritty at times still but Im so glad I went for the surgery, and for anyone out there worying about the acutal day of surgery dont, its not that bad. Pam

Had surgery yesterday afternoon,Staff were absolutely brillient and today i have 20/20 vision,Clamps were the only thing i worried about and i was told about everything before it happened.Why oh why didnt i have laser treatment sooner.

In reply to the person who was considering having a retreatment, I have done this and it went very well. I initially had lasik wavefront to treat a -4 and -4.5 prescription. Surgeon Wayne Crewe-Brown. Unfortunately I had to have both eyes relifted (the flaps) and smoothed out after a week because they had wrinkles in - it does happen and is just bad luck. This had occurred after my 24 hour check up! It did freak me out completely but actually was not half as bad as the original surgery because they didn't have to clamp my eyes open quite as far, and because they didn't have to use any suction as they weren't making a new cut. (For anybody thinking about saving a bit of money, I would definitely have had the intralase and hang the expense if it had been on offer when I had the op last summer). Anyway, at my three month check I was finding vision had deteriorated, and they said I had got some astigmatism due to irregular healing (one eye worse than the other). Six months post surgery I had a retreatment booked in, but the acceptance form is horrendous as the risks are higher, so beware of the awful things you will have to read. However, the surgeon said only one of my eyes was worth treating, and showed my by covering up that the other was pretty good really. This made me a lot happier as I would only be taking the risk on one eye. He said we could always look at the other one later. What was really reassuring was he didn't seem to be considering any sales pitch or financial interest, but was purely interested in my welfare and my final vision. He has been doing the thing for fifteen years. Anyway the retreatment was really easy and much less frightening than before. It went really well and no problems lifting the flap. He talked my through it. Interestingly even though i had only one eye treated, both eyes were dry and needed wetting drops for the next three months - I asked and apparently you can't have only one dry eye - the other will always come out in sympathy.... ANyway, final result is that one year post my first surgery I have 20 20 vision, can read all but the very tiny line at the bottom that hardly anyone can read, and am very very happy. It is still healing and getting better (still a bit of dry eye) but I would never never go back in spite of having had a few hiccups. Just a couple of bits of advice: In view of my retreatment and re-visits, don't have it done abroad! Also, don't book any essential stuff in the first couple of weeks after (you might have a complication like i did) and do spend the money on the intralase. Good luck.

I had Lasek Wavefront Surgery at Birmingham on 18th April 2007. The Cost of my surgery was the advertised minimum price of £795 per eye as i had a prescription of -1.5 in each eye. The initial consultation was good, the guy was very friendly and answered all my questions. I had done a lot of research so had already decided that if the price was within my limits i would sign up on the day. They do make you sign the forms when you cant see clearly from the pupil drops which i think is a little unethical! I was clear in my own mind as to what was going to happen and the surgery was totally painless and took less than one minute per eye. Although the surgeon Alex George was not very nice and kept barking at me to stop squirming (easier said than done when you can see a scalpel coming for your eye - which is clamped open!) after surgery and the installation of the bandage lens i was off home. The next five days were very uncomfortable and often painful. i had so much sensitivity to light, i didnt leave the bedroom for the first four days. On day five (the day before my lens came out) things started to settle down. After the lens were removed my sight was very blurry and i had double vision for at least two weeks (which i wasnt told would happen) this made life a bit difficult at work as i couldnt focus for long. After two months everything had settled down and apart from dry eyes (which i have two sets of drops for) everything is perfect, two lines above 20/20. The customer service at Optical Express is not the best, they take a long time to answer queries / telephone calls and sometimes dont bother at all but despite the a bit of lax customer service and a very grumpy surgeon i would recommend this to anyone. I can see properly now and in all the things that really matter optical express did a good job.

Had surgery on 1st February 2007. Over all I have been very pleased with the results. I didn’t have a very strong prescription for short sightedness but I had had enough of the hassle of glasses. I have one question for everyone. I may need an enhancement in my left eye to cure a slight ghosting problem. Could anyone who has had an enhancement done,good or bad please email me. Thanks in advance.