Ultralase laser eye surgery prices go up even further

| Apr 29, 2008 | Comments 6

Ultralase laser eye surgery chain has increased prices again. They recently moved to only offering blade free LASIK using the American Intralase femtosecond laser, removing the cheaper option of keratome LASIK.

Ultralase laser eye clinics price for Intralase LASIK including the upgrade for wavefront based correction is now £1,945 per eye.

Click here to the US govnerment clinical laser eye surgery trial results for the Bausch and Lomb laser used by Ultralase and how it compares to the VISX laser used at major competitor Optical Express and the WaveLight laser used at FOCUS Laser Vision.

Private equity company 3i recently paid a whopping £174 million to purchase Ultralase (read the blog post here) so perhaps they would like to start getting some money back…? Just a thought.

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About the Author: Mr. Dave Allamby FRCS FRCOphth is a leading London-based laser eye surgeon. You may have seen him on the This Morning TV show with Phillip Schofield and Fern Britton or read one of several articles in the national press, recently for treating Denise Van Outen, rock giant Rick Wakeman and broadcaster Paul Ross. David is Medical Director at Focus Laser Vision, known as a world-leading clinic in the treatment of presbyopia, or age related loss of close vision. Focus Laser Vision is also London's only clinic to offer next-generation Z-LASIK laser eye treatment for short sight, long sight or astigmatism.

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  1. Myopic says:
    April 27, 2012 at 6:26 am

    I want to know about post lasik ectasia. I want to get Lasik but the fear of ectasia is holding me back from Lasik. I need -3.00 correction for both eyes with -1.00 astigmatism in left eye. My corneal thickness is 557 (right) 560 (left) microns. IOP 18

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    • Dave Allamby says:
      April 27, 2012 at 2:00 pm

      Myopic, the risk is linked to the appearance and shape of your corneas, seen on the ‘topography’ scans taken at the consultation. Your doctor can discuss the risks based upon your own scans in more detail, so ask to meet with your surgeon to discuss this. Regards, David

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  2. plumber says:
    April 23, 2012 at 5:59 pm

    I have to say that for the last couple of hours i have been hooked by the impressive posts on this website. Keep up the wonderful work.

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  3. Brian says:
    April 25, 2009 at 2:16 pm

    Hi Dave

    I am going away in 4 weeks time.
    If I came to london and stayed how many visits/days would I need to stay ?

    Thanks
    Brian

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    • Dave Allamby says:
      April 25, 2009 at 2:23 pm

      hi Brian
      You could come this week as I am operating on Wed and Thurs. You could, for example, come on Wednesday and have your consultation in the afternoon, treatment on Thursday and check up Friday morning before traveling home that same day. You could see my optom in Cheshire the following week. My team can help arrange a local hotel near the clinic, with discount through an arrangement as our patient, on Monday. Either call in on 0845 5000 500 or let me know if you want me to email you privately and let me have your phone number that way, rather than on the blog! Could you let me know your age also pls.
      Best regards
      Dave

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  4. Brian says:
    April 25, 2009 at 9:54 am

    Hi Mr. Dave Allamby

    I recently had a consultation with Ultralase in manchester.
    They have quoted nearly £4000 for Lasik wavefront on both eyes.
    My perscription is +3.00 for both eyes.
    How much does this procedure cost at Focus ?
    Would I be able to travel to Focus and how soon could the procedure be done ?
    What are the advantages of Focus over Ultralase ?

    Thanks
    Brian

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