PRK (Photorefractive Keratectomy)

Six years ago my life was changed by PRK treatment for my short sight. Anyone considering this treatment will be well aware of the magnitude of their decision, so I hope it will be useful to read an impartial opinion by somebody who underwent the surgery. I have dug out my old paperwork relating to the surgery in order to make the occasional reference to the sciencey stuff, although my opinion is intended primarily as a real-life snapshot of the experience from a layman's perspective. In the mid-nineties, laser eye surgery started to hit the headlines as it became widely available in Britain. At this time I was only 19 and I had been living under ...  Read the complete review

I first became aware of laser surgery to correct short sight some years ago. My Aunt, Uncle and cousin all travelled to Cyprus for a fortnight and had treatment on the Russian hospital ship which was docked there at a cost of around £2000 each (including the fortnight in Cyprus). ~~~~ Pre-Treatment ~~~~ I was interested in the procedure but the price was way out of my league. A couple of years later I heard of a place called Optimax in London. They did PRK laser treatment for only £400 per eye (they can keep the cost down by doing lots of treatments). I sent off for information and received a video outlining the procedure and all the possible side effects. ...  Read the complete review

What I am about to describe details true events which left me very shocked, for a brief while at least and then very happy in the long run and now a year on almost I am so glad it happened that I find it hard to remember things being any different. So what happened: I finally stopped talking about having eye surgery and actually got my eyes fixed. For those in the know my eyes were fairly bad -5 and -6 and I had an astigmatism in each eye. So I went for a consultation at the London Centre for Refractive surgery www.lcrs.co.uk (+44 (0) 20 7935 7723). From the look of the consultants there they pretty much at the people in the UK for eye ...  Read the complete review