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There was a very long thread about this over on Pistonheads.

The general opinion was that Accuvision in Fulham were about the best & LASIK or LASEK were the way to go.

I'm going to get a consultation done at Ultralase in Nottingham & if they say it's ok I'm going to take a trip to London to get it done there. No point in dealing with anyone else but the best IMO.

My prescription is -6.50 in one eye & -7.00 in the other so it's close to the limit of what they can do, apparently.

Is Mrs Duisberg still around on TSN? She got hers done a while ago.

I should think that they must clamp your eye to stop it moving. Not a pleasant thought. Can you specify a general anaesthetic??

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I would like to add a note of caution to those considering lasIK. In addition the the v small risk of the lasik flap being dislodged there is the drawback that a significant number of the nerve fibres cut during the procedure will NOT regrow - in a v small number of cases this can lead to serious dry eye problems (dry eye typically worsens with age) - remember that lasIK has only been an approved procedure for 10years so no long term studies are available. Contrary to claims made by many clinics, the advanced Intralase procedure shows the same degree of nerve damage in clinical trials. In contrast to lasIK, surface based treatments such as lasEK & PRK result in NO significant loss of nerve fibres after 6months recovery. They also show equally good refractive outcomes to lasIK. The only drawbacks are post-op pain (typically mild to moderate lasting a few hours up to 2days) and that you need to take a week off work. If your prescription is myopic up to -6D then you should seriously consider opting for a surface based procedure. Why incorporate the extras risks associated with nerve damage when you don't need to?

I had transepithelial PRK (tPRK) at Accuvision in Fulham 4weeks ago and am now seeing 20/15. tPRK is the surface treatment that Accuvision are currently specialising in as an alternative to lasEK. Clinical studies show that it has similar accuracy in refractive outcome to other surface based treatments.

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April 2005 - I got zapped by Ultralase in Newcastle.

Best thing I ever did.

I would have paid 10 times the price for the outcome.

20/16 vision within 10 hours of treatment, still is.

Bit dry for 1st week then fine ever since.

EEK2.GIF

3 People at work have had the op since me and they are all over the moon with their outcome.

One regret - I wish I did it earlier !

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Fergy: (Re: Ultralase 7 years)

Ofcourse it is in Ultralase's interest to say that as they are the only clinic to offer free lifetime retreament which is one of the reasons they charge extra. For longsightedness there has been shown to be a +0.5D regression after 5years. With short sightedness though, prescriptions are generally stable up to 10 years. See:

http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2006/11/14/health/webmd/main2179834.shtml

What Ultralase say is probably true to the extent that there may be a -0.1D shift after 7years but ofcourse they will not actually retreat unless there is a -0.5D shift. The amount of shift will also be dependent on the size of the correction; larger corrections resulting in a larger shift. In my opinion the lifetime retreatment option is only an advantage if you are longsighted or you have an extremely high myopic prescription.

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I wear contacts and will continue to do so. You only get one pair of eyes

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And putting a piece of plastic in your eye everyday is healthy??? IMO it's not.

I wore contacts for 5 years (toric soft monthly)... I don't believe it's a "good" option, but it is a solution to not wearing glasses.

Glasses are the best solution, but have convenience drawbacks.

Driving home last night I really noticed how clear my vision is becoming. Still get dry eyes a bit after a day on the PC or in the car... but not much more than I did with glasses.

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