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KAMRA Inlay Eye Surgery Arrives in the UK
The KAMRA Inlay eye surgery is a breakthrough in correcting the need for reading glasses, and is now our primary treatment for anyone aged 45 upwards. You can read an article from yesterday’s London Evening Standard all about KAMRA.
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
What is going to happen to laser eye surgery prices?
Overall all laser eye surgery prices are increasing or set to increase. The cost of new technology to give you better and safer surgery is very high and needs to be constantly updated
Ultralase buys Cambridge Eye Laser Clinic
Leeds-based laser eye surgery company Ultralase has increased its network of clinics by acquiring The Cambridge Eye Laser Clinic for an undeclared sum. The purchase is the company’s second since it was bought by 3i in February for £174 million, and follows the acquisition of Belfast’s Allclear clinic in April.
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.
Essential UK Guide to Laser Eye Surgery Part 2 – Reading Your Prescription
Here is Part 2 of the Essential UK Guide to Laser Eye Surgery slideshows. It covers how to read your prescription and know what all the numbers mean. This is really useful to know for when you call up a clinic to find out if you are suitable for LASIK or PRK laser eye surgery, [...]
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 [...]
Laser Eye Surgery Prices Plummet!
Prices for laser eye surgery treatment in the UK have fallen by up to 80% for correction of short sight. However, tremendous variation between clinics means a difference in price of up to £4,000 ($8,000) for the same glasses prescription. You can see the press release article on the fall in LASIK laser eye surgery [...]
hi Lucy, You are fortunate to have thick corneas, so that your -8.00 is treatable with LASIK. That is the ...
Hi there, first of all this is an excellent site!
I am having LASIK this week (with one of the ...
Thanks so much for your reply Doctor. Just to get your opinion on a few points you missed out:
1. What's ...
Hi Dave again,
Thank you for all your responses. I've been finding this blog very informative and useful.
One further question I ...
Yes, this is what I meant, blurry at distance.
don't know why but i am scared like he** ;) may ...
Hi David,
Hope you don’t mind me getting involved in this thread, but I have been advised I have some dryness ...
hi....i have cornea thickness of 480...and have been advised for bladless lasik surgery ....please advise is it safe or is ...
Dear David,
Many thanks - I'll start taking the flaxseed oil as you suggest and plan to travel to London ...
Hi Dave,
I Type this with great concern, my night vision has not improved since i got the C TEN procdure ...
Hello Dave,
I'm 38 and looking at having LASIK. My vision is -6.50 in the right and -6.00 in the left. ...