Laser Eye Surgery

I'd Laser surgery 2 years ago this week!
I went with Optilase and I'd definitely recommend them, I'm very happy with my experience and hassle free eyesight.

I'd "over used" contact lenses (7am-11pm daily for years) to the point that my right eye could no longer tolerate a lens for more than 1 hour.
I had nice glasses - light frames with the best crizal forte Essilor lenses but I never felt comfortable wearing glasses.
Eventually I went to a well recommended Optician (Gilna in Ennistymon), he was the 4th or 5th Optician I'd seen down through the years but the one with the most modern equipment and the only one that didn't push eye glasses on me.
He gave my eyes a full scan/health check and asked me did I ever consider Laser surgery. He told me that with correction I'd have 20-20 vision.

My sister just had Laser surgery with Optilase and got a good result.
So I started looking into it - some friends and colleagues had surgery elsewhere (the Mater private etc) - all with different outcomes. I also had a consultation with Ultralase but I found them to be very pushy, and someone posted in this Forum they were in financial trouble so I went with Optilase and it worked out well for me.

I researched the different Surgeons and found that most of them have worked for the different clinics at one stage, either in Ireland or the UK. I think I even found their profiles on LinkedIn. I was happy that the surgeon I had was one of the most experienced.

My eyes were -2.25 & -2.5 and the surgery cost around €2,650 I think the cost varies from person to person. I was able to claim 20% back on the Med1 the following January.

For me the procedure was not painful, they dosed my eyes with lots of anaesthetic. I was very nervous beforehand and took the valium tablet they offered. Only discomfort I had afterwards was when some dry skin got into my eye (dry skin as I couldn't wash my face post surgery). I found the Optilase's aftercare was excellent, they were very accomodating with scheduling/rescheduling the appointments.

Ask friends/family who they went with, research online, read the feedback on here. Best of luck with it!

I went with Mr.Crewe-Brown at Optilase in Dublin(Ely place). Very nice man. Talked me through the whole experience and put me very much at ease. Needless to say I was very nervous about having the procedure done.The recovery took slightly longer then expected but 100% worth it in the end. Perfect vision now.
Very professional. Give yourself a good week or even two weeks for basic recovery. I think the "back to work the next day" claim may be for only the most minor procedures.
Good luck