Archive for January, 2008

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LASIK prices - what it REALLY costs.

See our featured article on LASIK prices and what the real costs are at various clinics.
You can see the £395 headline price from Optical Express and Optimax is not what you will pay at all when you want modern wavefront LASIK. Those prices are for non-wavefront treatments and you have to pay extra if you [...]

26Jan2008 | Dave Allamby | 0 comments | Continued
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How Much Should You Pay for LASIK?

Here you have a comparison of what LASIK costs at London LASIK clinics. You can see 4 typical prescriptions and what each clinic charges - and you will see the huge variation in LASIK laser eye surgery prices!
For example, for a simple -1 dioptre correction there is an enormous variation in LASIK cost. The lowest [...]

25Jan2008 | Dave Allamby | 93 comments | Continued
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Watch the new Z LASIK Laser Eye Treatment now!

OK, it’s here at FOCUS Laser Vision in London. The video of our breakthrough next generation Z-LASIK laser eye surgery procedure! I can tell you the results have been amazing. Twelve treatments on our first day, and everyone can see better than 20/20, 60% of them seeing an incredible 20/12! (that’s two lines smaller than [...]

20Jan2008 | Dave Allamby | 1 comment | Continued
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What is it like to have Z-LASIK laser eye surgery?

You can hear Bella Roberts talking with me just 24 hours after her breakthrough Z-LASIK laser eye treatment. You can read more about Z-LASIK in my previous posts, and compare to Bella talking about her LASIK just before having the surgery!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JmZZ6wWiBH8
Why have Z-LASIK all-laser eye treatment? Why have FOCUS Laser Vision spent more than £300,000 [...]

19Jan2008 | Dave Allamby | 3 comments | Continued
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Z-LASIK laser eye surgery has arrived!

Z-LASIK laser eye treatment has arrived in London. The first procedure happened at FOCUS Laser Vision on Thursday January 17th 2008. Yours truly was the surgeon behind the wheel. I did 12 Z-LASIK treatments and by the next day every patient could see better than 20/20! It’s a pretty amazing technology.Bella Roberts was the first [...]

19Jan2008 | Dave Allamby | 0 comments | Continued
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Z-LASIK is coming to the UK

The UK’s first Ziemer LDV [tag]femtosecond[/tag] laser has just arrived in the country and the first procedure will be carried out pretty soon. So watch this blog space!
If you are not familiar, femtosecond lasers are used for performing the first stage of [tag]LASIK[/tag] [tag]laser eye surgery[/tag]. (LASIK simply comes in two parts - first create [...]

16Jan2008 | Dave Allamby | 0 comments | Continued
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PRK Video - the Basics

Video showing a very brief overview of the PRK surface laser procedure, as well as covering short sight, long sight and astigmatism. LASIK remains the most popular laser eye surgery procedure worldwide. In Italy, though, surface laser (PRK, LASEK) is very popular.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dZZguJNitnU

14Jan2008 | Dave Allamby | 0 comments | Continued
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LASIK video - the Basics Part 1

Video showing a very brief overview of the LASIK procedure, as well as covering short sight, long sight and astigmatism. Simple and to the point.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a7VRghAtwXU

14Jan2008 | Dave Allamby | 0 comments | Continued
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LASIK & laser eye surgery

Follow this blog for regular updates on what is happening in the LASIK world.You can sign up for the feed for blog postings, podcasts and webcasts on what is going on in the world of laser eye surgery (LASIK, LASEK and PRK). Find out if LASIK or another procedure is right for you.

Is it safe?
What [...]

11Jan2008 | Dave Allamby | 3 comments | Continued
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Ultralase sold for £174 million to 3i

British private equity firm 3i has agreed to buy Ultralase from Spain’s cosmetic surgery group Dermoestetica. The Spanish group said the price was 174.5 millon pounds (238 million euros, 348 million dollars). There is an exclusivity period on this deal until January 30 2008. 3i made an approach to Dermoestetica just recently in November 2007.Dermoestetica [...]

9Jan2008 | Dave Allamby | 2 comments | Continued