Ultralase

MUCHO EXCELLENTE!! I had the treatment this morning at the Birmingham clinic, I could not recommend the clinic and staff more! The staff are all "real people" & have sense of humour (but very professional) as I am mad and zany!! The machine that makes a spinning spiral pattern is great, reminds me of Ibiza I would pay for that experience again!! Up front I was err Mr. Macho but inside terrified, so much that for once I was SPEECHLESS as I was terrified!! The "eye sucker" was the scariest but painless. I had 5mg sedative but they can give you up to 10mg of the sedative, I thought for the money I might as well have some FUN. The sedative was excellent not so much for the procedure but for when I got home as it felt like onions and grit in my eyes, now I can see down the bottom of the road. I recommend the sedative as when you get home you can SLEEP for about 3 hours as your eyes feel like you have been in the sun to long!! Oh yah I was blind as a bat at -7.95 each eye, my mother always said doing that would make me go blind, I had to laugh when they said don't "rub" (they mean the eyes!!) for 4 weeks!! hahahahaha!! I made them laugh when I said which "eye" do the drops go in!! All in all thanks go to the Birmingham staff. I have got like a mild "tooth ache" in my eyes, the lids are sore and the eye looks blood shot. All I can say is GO FOR IT!! Oh yah in case your wondering they say don't wear perfume or aftershave on the day it's because it affects the laser not because so they can smell if you are on fire or not!! Oh I nearly forgot they give these mad eye shields to sleep with and some clear glasses that are included in the (current) price of £895 per eye. The eye shields are hilarious I would rather wear those than the glasses that make you look like a total knob. At least the shields give you sympathy with the birds innit!! Contact me if you are are scared, I have had worse experience at the dentist and when I was younger worse experience from hangovers!! (PS I went on my own and travelled home by taxi as the little Mrs. had a training course, yes you can see after the procedure but it's milky) Ray!! Best money I have spent I guess now the new carpets will have to wait!!

Had LASIK yesterday,now I'm wondering what all the fuss was about. Yes it was uncomfortable but no more than when you go to the dentist and the staff were all excellent which helped me relax.
The results are nothing short of amazing,I had treatment at about 6.45 last night and by 11pm the milky haze had gone and my eyesight was nearly as good as it had been with my glasses,and only a minor irritation reminded me that I'd just had an operation.
This morning it was even better and the irritation had completely gone. I went for my next day check up and I have 20 20 vision so I'm well chuffed.
If your thinking of having LASIK then I say Go For It snd you won't go far wrong with Ultralase.
Feel free to contact me if you want more info.
PS my surgeon was Niel Marshall(very nice chap)
Matt

See my comments (Ray L) previous at Birmingham Clinic!! 24 hours now and...amazing my vision is (tested) 6/5 which means it is better than 20/20!! Worth every penny and no halos or pain!! I was previous -7.95 each eye. I saw various testimonials at the Birmingham office and one lady had -10 eyes and was treated with success to answer somebody else here!!

Just to let you know....tested today...vision is 6/4 which is amazing.....this is about 20/10

I had my eyes treated at Ultralase in Birmingham. I was long sighted in the left eye and had a bad sitgmatism in the right eye. Mow, after 8 weeks, I can rwad most type, other than the very smallest in poor light, without te aid of the spectacles I have worn for 35 years. I haave had very few after effects, other than occasional watering in bright sunlight.

I am 59 years old and delighted with the treatment

Dave Lathan

Have now had my initial consultation at the Bristol branch, and so far so good!
Everyone was very helpful, and I didn't feel under any pressure to make an appointment.
Each of the eyetests was explained to me, and all my questions were answered.
I intend to ask the surgeon some more questions on the day as it may be that they don't operate on my left eye -as there isn't much wrong with it. I'd rather they didn't if it won't make much difference, as I can always have it done at a later date if my vision isn't good enough and I don't want to waste that much money!
I'm going for the actual surgery in a couple of weeks..so I'll let you know how it goes!

Well, I was treated on 12/2/02 in Hammersmith. My eyesight was (L)-4.0. 0.75cyl 010ax (r)-2.75 2.25cyl 180ax. The surgeon was Vinod Gupta.I had my initial assesment at Bristol and was impressed enough to go ahead with the surgeon of my choice.I chose Mr Gupta because he was the most experienced and performed surgery on another surgeon so must be trustworthy! So I went to Hammersmith for the treatment. There was a guy looking in on the procedure.Mr Gupta was very confident, and we agreed to go for a slight over correction as I wanted to make sure!Whether he did or not I dont know because after the day of surgery you dont get to see the surgeon again...just the optometrists! Anyway the surgery went well and the clamp and flap cutter presented no problems. However when the time came to look at the centre of the light I could not do it and tried to have the procedure stopped.This was ignored as apparently my eye was not moving enough to stop it! I could keep the eye still for the 2nd procedure.Both flaps were cut well according to the surgeon.All in all not a difficult procedure to have done.30 mins later I was in a lot of discomfort however but still able to make out 6/12.
The rest of the day was spent in bed in a darkened hotel room 2mins walk from the clinic.A big thank you to my good friend Jerry G who lives in H'smith and came round to cheer me up,see how I was getting on and help me put.His lovely daughter Laurien used to work at Ultralase which was a coincidence I found out after the booking.6 hrs after the op I felt well enough to go for a short walk outside but still had blurred vision.MY EYES WERE AND REMAINED VERY LIGHT SENSITIVE FOR A FEW DAYS and even now on very bright days I do get some mild discomfort akin to snowblindness.Please note that the first drops that go in to your eyes is like putting lemon juice in your eyes - not pleasant at all.Next day for the check up- flaps in place and read the chart....left eye 6/4. Right eye definitely worse than left however according to eye chart can also read 6/4, but blurred and heavily ghosted.After one week settled down a little but essentially the same.I feel personally that the right does not see as clearly as well as the left because I did not have the eye fully centred under the laser and the surgeon continued anyway. However one has to put it in perpective...it is a reasonably good result after all!
Will keep you informed of the rest of my experiences.

I am 30 years old, and at -9.5 in the left eye and -6 in the right, with terrible astigmatisms, I have worn glasses for 25 years. (contact lenses are a pain in the arse). I thought I would be waisting my time, but Ultralase who have some of the best results statistics, and operate upto -14 assured me I was curable. (Boots said No, but only because it keeps their statistics high, operating up to -8 AND optimax. Well they just scared me!
Once I met the nurse and the optician, I felt very comfortable at my consultation. I booked for the soonest available appointment. Paid for it with a new Barclaycard and will worry about that later.
What they do tell you, and what they don't --
-You have to wear Space Monkey Goggles in bed at at night for a month.
-You don't see the clamp on your eye - It just appears painlessly in less than a second.
-The room doesn't go dark or scarey - you just get very blurry vision and someone holds your hand and talks to you gently.
-There are no loud noises and nothing to make you think about "the Gory bit"
- Its over in minutes.
-You will not be the one person that it goes wrong for. (thats usually me and it didnt happen beacuse they don't operate if they are not sure)
-MR Gupta should get an OBE
-The opposite sex will be more attracted to you! Even if your face looks like a smacked arse - it will look better without spectacles!
Its been a month now and I feel so brave. All that fear beforehand, stopped me and when I finally did it, it was no worse than an eye examination! I was so scared before the operation that I nearly cried (the nurse then gave me some Valium and I became Mr cool (which hasn't lasted). Email me now if you are unsure or check out the ultralase website for an instant check and within a month you will loose all that scaffolding round you face too. God Bless you Mr Gupta.

Had my consultation a few days ago, which was all very reassuring, and so far I'm very impressed. So much so, I've booked an appointment in May to be treated by Farokh Irani at the Bristol branch. I'd be very grateful for any information/reassurance from patients he has treated. Thanks.

I've had my consultation - so nervous I was early, but I was seen early without any hassle. I am very rare in that I'm very LONG SIGHTED +6.5 & +7, have astigmasisms in both eyes and my left eye is lazy. After much research accuvision is the only place in the uk who will do me :-) The staff answered all my questions, and rephrased things when i didn't understand. They were paitent when I couln't make a desicion there and then, have customers you can call for references etc. The technology was great - I work with computers so i know what I'm looking at. Yes I am going ahead - very nervous, but they say there is nothing i can do which will hinder the surgery. So in 9 days - 2 1/2 weeks after my consoltation I'll be done - yes I'll let you know how it goes, but as I've worn glasses all day every day since I was 4 (now 26) and have a tendancy to bump into things and can't catch, anything will be an improvement. If u have questions u can mail me....Wish me luck!