Archive for April, 2008
LASIK prices go up at Optimax while headline price falls to match Optical Express
Optimax, one of the UK’s big 3 laser eye chains, has made a significant price hike for their wavefront LASIK treatment, the UK’s most popular type of vision correction. Patients will now pay an additional £480
Ultralase laser eye surgery prices go up even further
Ultralase laser eye surgery chain has increased prices again. Their price for Intralase LASIK including the upgrade for wavefront based correction is now £1,945 per eye.
Join our LASIK price poll – make your vote count
How much do you want to pay for LASIK eye surgery? Most people are voting that LASIK laser eye surgery prices should be under £1,000 per eye. If you haven’t yet voted, look over to the lower right hand side bar and have YOUR say!
FDA recommends changes for eye laser patient labeling during public hearing
Leading ophthalmologists plus LASIK patients at the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) Ophthalmic Devices Advisory Panel (ODP) presented two conflicting perspectives on the LASIK laser eye surgery procedure last week.
Nearly 80% of people want sub £1,000 price LASIK laser eye surgery
If you want, click here to see a price comparison of various prescriptions at several laser eye surgery clinics. Please ensure that you check the final price you will be charged at any clinic you are evaluating prior to going ahead.
9 out of 10 people choose blade free LASIK
Since we introduced the Z-LASIK blade free LASIK laser eye surgery procedure into the UK in January 2008, more than 90% of our patients have opted to go dual laser (no blade) for their vision correction.
American FDA holds public discussion on LASIK and Phakic IOLs (PIOLs)
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) had committed to hold an open public discussion to allow people to make comments about LASIK and PIOLs. The presentations highlighted LASIK and its effect on quality of life.
LASIK Poll – how much do you want to pay for LASIK?
The results of the first 50 people to poll our blog are now in! Nearly 4 out of 5 people want to pay no more than £1,000 per eye for their LASIK laser eye surgery. This price is considerably lower than most clinics are actually charging for laser vision correction per eye. Despite headline grabbing [...]
Optical Express has target to double in size
Optical Express is planning a huge recruitment campaign to find 1,000 optometrists, opticians, optical assistants and laser vision counsellors in preparation for a market share push that will see a doubling in its number of practices.
Ultralase buys Allclear Clinic in N Ireland
The acquisition is Ultralase’s first since it was purchased by 3i in Feb 2008 for £174.5m and the Allclear clinic will now be Ultralase’s 20th UK treatment clinic. The purchase is part of an expansion plan that includes a decision to open three more UK consulting rooms and two further laser eye treatment clinics.
Why don’t patients care about which eye laser they are treated with?!
Laser eye surgery patients just don’t seem to care!! Why?! Laser vision results have got better and better over the past 15 years – and this is mainly because the lasers have got a lot, LOT better! … We have published all these laser eye surgery results on our www.focusclinics.com website (see them here: www.focusclinics.com/treatments_results.php The clear winner so far is the WaveLight Allegretto laser from Germany.
Long sight (hyperopia) correction appears stable up to 5 years after LASIK
Update from the ASCRS in Chicago. LASIK for long sight was shown safe, effective and predictable through 5 years of follow-up.
Moria unveils a new device for creating ultra thin flaps in LASIK
Moria will unveil their new One Use-Plus SBK microkeratome at the upcoming 2008 meeting of the American Society of Cataract and Refractive Surgery in Chicago. Moria will present the clinical outcomes of their clinical trials. In eyes receiving this Moria SBK (ultra thin-flap LASIK), the flap thickness accuracy, speed of sight improvement, higher order aberrations [...]
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I want to know about post lasik ectasia. I want to get Lasik but the fear of ectasia is holding ...
I have to say that for the last couple of hours i have been hooked by the impressive posts on ...
I have only just heard of laser blending treatment. I am about to have laser treatment to correct my distance ...
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Thanks for the go-ahead Doc. Best wishes... 
What if one has cold sores on the lips. Can they spread to the eyes ? 
I forgot to add my vision. It's -6.50 on both eyes. 
Hi Dr. Allamby,
I have just had intralase lasik with wavefront (4 days ago) and am slightly concerned that the day ...
Thank you! 
Hi,
I'm aware that surgery shouldn't be conducted on women who are already pregnant. But could you tell me whether there ...