Laser Eye Surgery Discussion Thread

penfold88

Hello,

does anyone have opinions on a company called Accuvision?, I've just been there for my consulation and was wandereing if they are actually any good before I give the go ahead.

Ted_Hutchinson

Two other threads you should read first
Laser eye surgery £695 for both!
and Laser Eye Surgery (Cheaper long term?)

In one maybe both of these threads I have posted the NICE guidelines which anyone considering this treatment should read. There are also posts from those working in this field who have expressed serious professional reservations about the long term implications.

penfold88

Thanks Ted,

After checking out the NICE guidelines I think I'll give some more thought about having LASIK done as I dont exactley like the idea of a flap not healing properley leaving the eye unstable. BTW, also spoke with Accuvision about this and they claim that its takes 8hrs for it to heal but 'structually' it can take about 1yr, but I suppose some people will tell you anything as long as it involves money.

sdl811

All, some serious help/info required here.

It my partners Birthday comming up in Jan and she would really like to have her eyes corrected so no need to wear contacts/glass.

There seem to be so made places doing this sort of thing so am in the market for helpfull information, successes , recommendations of who to use and who to aviod and of course the level of service you receive.

I'm sure the best sort of prices are around the 500 quid mark per eye.

And info will be very much welcomed.

Pink.

Your thread is more likely to get more replies on the health board, so I hope that you don't mind if I move it over there for you.

Pink

Ted_Hutchinson

Previous threads Laser Eye Surgery (Cheaper long term?)
Laser Eye Surgery?

Do read the input from the health professionals and the NICE guidelines. If none of the experts would have it done on themselves I wonder why?

pin

As an alternative to laser Eye surgery have a look at Ortho K contact lens system. The basic premise is you where the contacts at night while sleeping. When you wake up your vision is corrected for about 8 hours. So in effect you where the contacts while sleeping and take them out in the morning.

There was an article in the Metro about a month ago about it.

Ted_Hutchinson

pin wrote:

As an alternative to laser Eye surgery have a look at Ortho K contact lens system. The basic premise is you where the contacts at night while sleeping. When you wake up your vision is corrected for about 8 hours. So in effect you where the contacts while sleeping and take them out in the morning.

There was an article in the Metro about a month ago about it.

More info about OrthoK.
The Ortho-K Network
fromN.F.Burnett Hodd Orthokeratology

Cost?

The procedure is time consuming and involves several lens changes. However, the first years’ charges are less than the cost of daily disposable contact lenses. Once complete, the on-going costs are significantly less than conventional soft contact lens wear.

sdl811

Links don't seem to work?

Ted_Hutchinson wrote:

Previous threads

Laser Eye Surgery (Cheaper long term?)
Laser Eye Surgery?

Do read the input from the health professionals and the NICE guidelines. If none of the experts would have it done on themselves I wonder why?

Ted_Hutchinson

sdl811 wrote:

Links don't seem to work?

I think I've fixed them now. If not use the site search engine to search for those threads but change the capitals to lower case.