Rustom F

Professor Gartry was recommended to me by one of his former patients. As I'm a martial artist, it was decided that I should go for LASEK. The procedure itself was basically painless. If you're a contact lens wearer you'll be used to having things close to your eye. Really not a big deal and I went home unassisted. Then the pain kicked in. I won't lie, it's a grim couple of days but the anaesthetic eye drops really work well. Plan to shut yourself in a dark room and sleep away the time. I had my procedure on a Saturday, came back in and was cleared to drive on a Thursday and then drove to Wales for a camping trip on the Friday. My night vision took about an extra week to start coming back but now, nearly 4 months later I can't even tell I had the surgery. I was seeing perfectly within a week and within 10 days my vision was better than it ever was, even with glasses. I'm now apparently at the Royal Air Force standard and have better than 20/20 vision (6/3.8 since you ask!). Undoubtedly worth the 2 days of irritation following surgery (note, this is exclusive to LASEK, LASIK patients don't need to worry about this) and would recommend the surgery / Wimpole Eye Clinic / Professor Gartry to anyone. I should have done this years ago… I was a daily contact lens wearer for 10 years and never thought I was missing out of anything till I had my fancy new corrected vision. Thanks very much to Professor Gartry and the team!