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  • Rainydays123
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11 Apr 2023 15:33

Basically i had laser in 2021, no issues, but since having a baby in 2022 i am now having issues and after an eye test at a local optician, they said i need frames foe short sight, optimax want £50 for consultation. Has anyone gone again?? Im more nervous to go again. What if it happens again?

  • jmorris
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31 Dec 2022 20:39

Hi all,
wondering if anyone would be able to reccomend any alterantive laser eye surgery firms to optical express?
Cheers
Josh
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admin: I suggest you do some more research, and read more of the posts on this forum, to understand that you won’t find ANY recommendations for unregulated refractive surgery here :kiss:

  • Sasha Rodoy
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02 Dec 2022 19:43

Yet another warning to those considering #refractivesurgery, and to anyone planning a gift of laser or lens surgery to a loved one - DON’T DO IT :kiss:

Meibomian Gland Dysfunction (#MGD) is a condition that the majority of people could live their lifetime without ever knowing they have it

I had never heard of MGD, and had no symptoms (asymptomatic), until my regrettable lasek surgery on 18 February 2011, since which time I have needed and regularly undergo specialist treatment, including Lipiflow.*

Due to the ongoing dispute with Optimax|Ultralase owner Russell Ambrose (who could easily settle this, but he’s bored and enjoys fighting with me!), I was overdue for treatment, and as a result, some of the meibomian glands in my left eye had became severely blocked; so after suffering with chalazions (cysts) for more than 6 weeks, the prescibed ointment not working, I had steroid injections (see 29 August post for details & more gruesome pics!)

By mid October all but one had disappeared, this diagnosed as 'pyogenic granuloma’. (Google it!)

I was then prescribed steroid ointment (easier to apply with clean finger tip than follow instructions to squeeze into eye - especially when you have no close up vision sans specs!)

Took a while, but it's worked like magic, and the lump almost gone… then I woke up two days ago looking like the bride of Dracula!

Panicking, I contacted my specialist, who explained that it was a 'Subconjunctival haemorrhage', the steroids having weakened the blood vessels, and told me that I should check my blood pressure asap.

About to rush off to the nearest A&E, he informed me that I could buy a blood pressure monitor at a pharmacy.

I did so, and when I forwarded the reading, he replied: 'That must be your cool and calm temperament’. As I'm sure those off you who know me will appreciate, he was of course joking!

I had surgery in February 2011, almost TWELVE years ago, and still I continue to present with new problems.

How much more do people need to hear to understand that the problems so many thousands of us suffer as a result of #refractivesurgery (laser and lens), including blindness and enucleation, glaucoma, retinal detachment, etc… etc… could happen to them?

Do people not realise that most of us also thought we would be OK? (I was worried, and came close to cancelling minutes before surgery, but that's another story!)

Meanwhile, if interested in reading more about MGD, I recommend this article:'The Effect of Meibomian Gland Dysfunction on Laser-Assisted In Situ Keratomileusis in Asymptomatic Patients’

'The post-LASIK dry eye is a crucial factor of the surgical outcome and patient satisfaction [21, 22]. Therefore, a thorough preoperative evaluation and postoperative management of refractive surgery candidates with dry eye are recommended in the initial screening and during follow-up examinations. Searching the data available in the era of asymptomatic MGD and the effect on LASIK outcomes, it was surprising to learn that it is very limited. More studies are needed to reach solid conclusions.’*
link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s40123-022-00610-y

It should be noted that the study did not include patients who’d undergone #Lasek/PRK or lens surgery.

Fyi: Photorefractive Keratectomy (PRK) and Laser Sub-epithelial Keratectomy (Lasek) are surface laser eye surgery procedures. Lasek is a derivative of PRK, whereby the epithelium is loosened with alcohol solution. The epithelium surface cells are then scraped aside and smoothed back over after the laser treatment. PRK is a similar procedure, but the surface cells are scraped aside and binned.

*This doesn’t work for everyone, is expensive, and only provides temporary relief.
**No sh*t Sherlock! Something the refractive industry is definitely not keen to pursue.

  • Kevin Snelling
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25 Oct 2022 20:01

I asked for a top up laser 2019 on a privious laser corection done back in 2001 through a difrent company,It was sugested by optical express to have lense replacment surgery,so i decided to go along with that. The results were poor ,with various return visits with extra costs my vision now is horible in both eye's like looking through old perspex sheet also geting cloudy with headaces and eye's constant ache . i dont feel safe driving anymore as distance problem as reading a number plate at 20 meters is a strugle unless in good light conditions ,
last visit was 03/08/22 were i was basicly pased on to a private eye clinic for consultaton , now haveing treatment privatly which is costly . Wish i had just carry on with driving glasses back 2019 and not gone to Optical Express , The whole experience has cost me around £10.000 to which my vision is now not good
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  • Lou
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08 Oct 2022 21:27

Hi i had lasek id performed on 27th nov 2021, at OE and all seemed to go well, however around 6 months after i noticed my eyesight appeared to be declining, so went back, seen at Cheltenham and told the vision getting worse due to dry eye/MGD, told to go home use warm compress etc etc and that there was no prescription to correct. My sight seemed to get a little worse....went back to OE 2 months ago to be told exactly the same story..... due to dry eye etc..… My sight was still getting worse so this week went to an independent opticians, did eye test and they said i have not got 20/20 vision! It is only just driving standard and i had to buy some glasses as i drive for my job and was finding i was having to squint to judge other cars distance etc..... so either OE have lied to me and i didnt have 20 20 vision or my eyes are just getting worse??? I have an app at Worcester OE next week, pls advise me what i can say to them and what i should expect them to do. Thank you, Lou
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admin: You should insist on seeing the surgeon, not an optometrist as is too often their practise.
For more advice, please contact sasha@opticalexpressruinedmylife.co.uk
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  • Sayed_ast
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06 Oct 2022 13:23

I regret getting lasik my right eyes are terrible I am spending a lot of money buying drops unfortunately it doesn't work I feel like stabbing in my eyes. it's been 3 years and my eyes still not recovered and I cannot go sleep at night time. Now Optical Express charges me. I am a student and I hardly paid off the cost. I wish I never had this ☹️ it change my life so I cannot do my day to day work anymore ☹️
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