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Laser eye surgery with optilase

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  • #32
    reddanmm
    Registered Users Posts: 105 ✭✭reddanmm


    It is €2990 for laser vision in Dublin no hidden costs . Plus lifetime guarantee. I am still researching I think it was the wavefront maybe prk . Thanks


  • #33
    reddanmm
    Registered Users Posts: 105 ✭✭reddanmm


    No private health unfortunately. I am going to Belfast 05th mum is getting a cataract removed . I will enquire up there as well


  • #34
    aallaann9003
    Registered Users Posts: 7 ✭aallaann9003


    Hi
    I'm getting PRK treatment with optilase next week.
    Is there anybody who can send me on their refer a friend voucher
    Thanks


  • #35
    DOD555
    Registered Users Posts: 23 ✭DOD555


    aallaann9003 wrote: »
    Hi
    I'm getting PRK treatment with optilase next week.
    Is there anybody who can send me on their refer a friend voucher
    Thanks

    PM'd you, good luck with it.


  • #36
    miss nesbit
    Registered Users Posts: 20 ✭miss nesbit


    aallaann9003 wrote: »
    Hi
    I'm getting PRK treatment with optilase next week.
    Is there anybody who can send me on their refer a friend voucher
    Thanks

    Let us know how you get on...


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  • #37
    miss nesbit
    Registered Users Posts: 20 ✭miss nesbit


    I'm on the verge of booking my surgery for a few weeks time.

    I have dry eyes at the minute and worried the problem will be x100 after surgery.

    Hoping to get LASIK but waiting on surgeon to get back to me to see if he thinks I should get PRK.

    They have told me if I hadnt mentioned the dry eye they wouldnt have known because all my readings are normal.
    The dry eye feeling is subjective though isnt it...


  • #38
    rok
    Registered Users Posts: 538 ✭✭✭rok


    miss nesbit wrote: »
    I'm on the verge of booking my surgery for a few weeks time.

    I have dry eyes at the minute and worried the problem will be x100 after surgery.

    Hoping to get LASIK but waiting on surgeon to get back to me to see if he thinks I should get PRK.

    They have told me if I hadnt mentioned the dry eye they wouldnt have known because all my readings are normal.
    The dry eye feeling is subjective though isnt it...


    I had very bad dry eye and discomfort wearing contacts prior to Surgery.
    My left eye could tolerate wearing contacts for a few hours but the right eye would barely last an hour. Final straw was a trip to the US when it felt like I spent 1/2 of the time adjusting my lenses :(
    Got my surgery done in October which wasn't a great time with colleagues putting A/C on in the Office but I stuck religiously to the eye drop schedule and I was ok.
    Best of luck!
    p.s. I'll send you a referral if you need one, no terms conditions etc :)


  • #39
    miss nesbit
    Registered Users Posts: 20 ✭miss nesbit


    I do have a question about optilase, how does one go about bargaining the price down.
    My quote is 3080 currently so lasik thats not including the 100 off for referal.

    I'd love to knock a couple of hundred off as I see people have gotten it with optilase for less.
    If I say ive been quoted less will they ask for proof?


  • #40
    Scraggs
    Registered Users Posts: 5,578 ✭✭✭Scraggs


    miss nesbit wrote: »
    I do have a question about optilase, how does one go about bargaining the price down.
    My quote is 3080 currently so lasik thats not including the 100 off for referal.

    I'd love to knock a couple of hundred off as I see people have gotten it with optilase for less.
    If I say ive been quoted less will they ask for proof?
    Yeah they'll look for proof as they only match offers with same conditions, technology etc.


  • #41
    halkar
    Registered Users Posts: 1,230 ✭✭✭halkar


    After many years of thinking I finally grew enough b@lls to get laser eye treatment :D
    Anyone has referral?
    Much appreciated :)


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  • #42
    jive
    Registered Users Posts: 5,762 ✭✭✭jive


    halkar wrote: »
    After many years of thinking I finally grew enough b@lls to get laser eye treatment :D
    Anyone has referral?
    Much appreciated :)

    PM'd you :)


  • #43
    amtc
    Registered Users Posts: 2,490 ✭✭✭amtc


    I got my eyes done with optilase in 2013. Never an issue. My dad paid for it as a 40th birthday present. When he mentioned that he got a chunk off. I had vhi and got that off. My mam was with me when I got it done as she was a member of the cwu got that discount as well. I'm sure they shouldn't all have been cumulative but they were

    My eyes still great!


  • #44
    normanbond
    Registered Users Posts: 333 ✭✭normanbond


    Have noticed my eyesight blurring a good bit in the last couple of months. I've been using reading glasses for the last 3 years but never needed glasses for outdoor wear.
    Am thinking of going for laser eye surgery so am wondering if anyone has any advice or recent experience.
    What can I expect to pay and any advice in getting a good price?


  • #45
    Kablamo!
    Registered Users Posts: 879 ✭✭✭Kablamo!


    normanbond wrote: »
    Have noticed my eyesight blurring a good bit in the last couple of months. I've been using reading glasses for the last 3 years but never needed glasses for outdoor wear.
    Am thinking of going for laser eye surgery so am wondering if anyone has any advice or recent experience.
    What can I expect to pay and any advice in getting a good price?

    The price can vary but I paid 1800 for one eye in 2015. I went through Optilase, found them grand and had no hassle with the surgery itself.
    I'd definitely look into going for a consultation somewhere.
    If you decide to go with them I can give you a referral code to get €100 off, or if you have any questions just ask away or pm me for more details.


  • #46
    reddanmm
    Registered Users Posts: 105 ✭✭reddanmm


    After a failed attempt at optilaise my daughter got hers done at laservision.ie with John Fenton . I would highly recommend him for his professionalism and aftercare.
    I found Optalaise to be like a cattle market . The place was packed. You weren’t left upstairs to the clinic until you paid first .
    My daughter was told that because she moved her head they could not continue . They could not get suction on her eyeball and she came out of there in agony. We waited 8 months before we attempted it again. Had no problems with the laser vision procedure .
    Best of luck.


  • #47
    Big Nasty
    Registered Users Posts: 22,080 ✭✭✭✭Big Nasty


    Going to Optilase today for a consultation and not really sure what to expect re prices. They say they start at €795 per eye for 'Standard Treatment' which I guess is Lasik? The next tier is Lasek / PRK / Intralase @ €1495 per eye. No doubt they'll upsell! I gather the quoted prices are less Health Insurance discount? I already have a referral from a user here. So what should I expect to pay then? €2800 (€2900 - €100 referral)?

    Thanks.


  • #48
    Achasanai
    Closed Accounts Posts: 730 ✭✭✭Achasanai


    I considered getting this done years and years ago, but was told my eye sight was too bad (-10 ish in both eyes). I'm wondering if maybe technology has improved. Anybody with really bad eye sight that has had the procedure.


  • #49
    Gingko
    Registered Users Posts: 532 ✭✭✭Gingko


    Big Nasty wrote: »
    Going to Optilase today for a consultation and not really sure what to expect re prices. They say they start at €795 per eye for 'Standard Treatment' which I guess is Lasik? The next tier is Lasek / PRK / Intralase @ €1495 per eye. No doubt they'll upsell! I gather the quoted prices are less Health Insurance discount? I already have a referral from a user here. So what should I expect to pay then? €2800 (€2900 - €100 referral)?

    Thanks.


    I paid approx €3290 4 years ago for Lasik. So you can expext to pay more then the initial advertised price. Very happy with outcome and found Optilase to be 100% re consultation check up, surgery itself and post care up to 12 months after. My eyesight was -3 both and of course 20/20 now. Obviously I also have a refferal if anyone needs one.


  • #50
    Big Nasty
    Registered Users Posts: 22,080 ✭✭✭✭Big Nasty


    Went for the consultation yesterday. My eyes aren't bad at -1.7 & -1.3. She demonstrated how laser would correct my long vision, which I'm currently wearing glasses for but said regardless of surgery I'd need reading glasses within 5 years. She suggested, because my prescription is quite mild, a better and cheaper option would be to get surgery done in one eye only (ever see people take their glasses off to read?). The theory is this will allow me to go without glasses altogether for cq. 10 years. I'm currently wearing just one contact lens to test this out. Not sure about it yet as my eyes were dialated yesterday after the consultation but it all seems good this morning. Anyone else have or hear of this being done?


  • #51
    sarah23lou
    Registered Users Posts: 9 ✭sarah23lou


    I had my eyes done recently and while at a follow up I enquires about a friend of mine who is -10ish in both eyes. I was told they can go to -12 I think but that they do one eye at a time! You should ring and ask! When I initially rang about a consultation I was given my price over the phone! Hope this helps
    Achasanai wrote: »
    I considered getting this done years and years ago, but was told my eye sight was too bad (-10 ish in both eyes). I'm wondering if maybe technology has improved. Anybody with really bad eye sight that has had the procedure.


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  • #52
    Achasanai
    Closed Accounts Posts: 730 ✭✭✭Achasanai


    sarah23lou wrote: »
    I had my eyes done recently and while at a follow up I enquires about a friend of mine who is -10ish in both eyes. I was told they can go to -12 I think but that they do one eye at a time! You should ring and ask! When I initially rang about a consultation I was given my price over the phone! Hope this helps


    That's really helpful. I will look into it. Thanks!


  • #53
    hobes
    Registered Users Posts: 28 ✭hobes


    Just looking for a referral for Optilase (based in Cork if that matters) if anyone has one, cheers!


  • #54
    sportsfan90
    Registered Users Posts: 591 ✭✭✭sportsfan90


    hobes wrote: »
    Just looking for a referral for Optilase (based in Cork if that matters) if anyone has one, cheers!

    PM sent.


  • #55
    hobes
    Registered Users Posts: 28 ✭hobes


    sportsfan90 wrote: »
    PM sent.

    Received, thanks!


  • #56
    hobes
    Registered Users Posts: 28 ✭hobes


    So I went about my initial consultation with Optilase and I feel like I was quoted really high, I'm looking for some guidance here. Here is the quote I received:

    Total cost: €4,460
    15% insurance taken off: €3,790
    €100 RAF: €3,690 (from sportsfan90)

    I was expecting around the €3,000 mark so would like to know if anyone has had any different quote numbers recently from Optilase?

    Thanks!


  • #57
    lemmno
    Registered Users Posts: 418 ✭✭lemmno


    I paid €3500 in 2009 without any insurance so I’d say that’s right now over 10 years later.


  • #58
    reddanmm
    Registered Users Posts: 105 ✭✭reddanmm


    Optilaise aren't the only ones in Ireland that do it . Have you tried other places . If you took a cancellation date with Optilaise they would do it cheaper .
    Personally I found Optilaise was like a laser eye assembly line. . Place was packed and you were not left upstairs to the clinic until you paid in full.
    We ended up cancelling and going elsewhere.


  • #59
    Dorans Pride
    Registered Users Posts: 13 ✭Dorans Pride


    Can you drive after the consultation?


  • #60
    hobes
    Registered Users Posts: 28 ✭hobes


    Dorans Pride wrote: »
    Can you drive after the consultation?

    No, not after the initial consultation, and most definitely not after the procedure itself.


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  • #61
    Lucas Hood
    Registered Users Posts: 7,205 ✭✭✭Lucas Hood


    Anyone a referral please?


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