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Laser Eye Clinics’ Prices Vary Hugely
There is a huge variation in the prices paid at UK clinics. Read this article to get the truth.
Which Laser Eye Clinic Should I Choose?
The choices of laser eye surgery clinics can seem bewildering! You want to have laser eye treatment e.g LASIK and now you need to choose the clinic for your surgery. But which one?
Laser Eye Surgery Safety: 3 things you must know
For LASIK laser eye surgery safety, there are 3 things you must look for when you plan to go ahead. This LASIK safety trio means a more accurate result and the safest procedure we know of today: Choose a blade-free all laser LASIK technique – using the latest femtosecond lasers means no blade is used [...]
More People Are Choosing to Have Laser Eye Treatment Since NICE Report Into LASIK
More People Are Choosing to Have Laser Eye Treatment Since 2006 NICE Report Into LASIK
Part 7: LASIK vs PRK/LASEK? Which laser procedure is best?
In summary, there are definite clinical reasons why we as treating clinics have moved over to wavefront LASIK and using a blade-free dual laser approach. More accurate treatments so better vision, removal of an older mechanical device technology and improved long-term safety.
Part 3. Should I Pay More For Wavefront LASIK? Will I See Better?
Should I Pay More For Wavefront LASIK? Will I See Better? Get all the answers in this blog post.
Part 2. Expensive Laser Eye Surgery – Is It Worth It?
Do laser eye surgery clinics try to sell you on the most expensive treatments? Are these expensive treatments no better than the cheaper ones? Is there really any difference between blade LASIK and the newer (more expensive) blade free dual laser option?
Laser Eye Surgery Prices
For LASIK pricing, there are two common ways to charge. The first is 1 price for all prescriptions – in effect the lower prescriptions are subsidising the higher more difficult cases. The second method, used by ourselves and some others, is to charge based upon the prescription.
UK Laser Eye Clinic Maps Are Here!
To help you find a UK laser eye surgery clinic, here are two maps. Just click on each marker to see the name and telephone number of each clinic or click on the name to go straight to their website.
2008 list of all laser eye clinics in Great Britain
A list of all the GB laser eye clinics that have their own laser for patients looking at having laser eye surgery vision correction.
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.
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.
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.
What’s important when choosing a laser eye surgery clinic? Part 2
There are FOUR key points to look at when choosing a clinic: 1. The laser technology 2. The surgeon 3. The clinic 4. The price Let’s look at these in more detail: 1. Laser technology The improvements in success rates and safety of laser eye surgery, including LASIK and PRK, have been mainly down to [...]
People confused about laser eye surgery prices!
I got an email this week from a Mr. John Andrews, who was confused about LASIK laser eye surgery pricing. John wrote: Having visited your site I am not clear what criteria you used to determine the cost of treatment. What level of myopia do you treat for £295 per eye assuming a thick cornea [...]
What’s important when choosing a laser eye surgery clinic?
It is quite confusing for people looking at where to go for their laser eye surgery treatment. Especially so in London where there are many laser eye clinics to choose from. In other cities you can usually find one or more of the big three chains: Optical Express, Ultralase and Optimax and these centres are [...]
WaveLight laser owner Alcon boosts sales by 20%
WaveLight AG, which manufactures the FDA-leading Allegretto eye laser system used at FOCUS Laser Vision, was acquired by the major Swiss company Alcon in November 2007. Alcon, Inc. (ACL), a manufacturer of pharmaceutical and surgical equipments, has posted a 6.1% increase in profit for the fourth quarter from the same period in 2006, boosted by [...]
How much would YOU pay for laser eye surgery?
Join our poll on the right side of this page!
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 [...]
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 [...]
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