Lasik | Lasek Problems

Hi all,

i met the lovely Sasha today who came with me to Harley St clinic where I was told by Professor Jan Venter that my eyes have regressed to the same prescription prior to surgery 7 months ago!

Plus severe dry eyes, floaters, halos and starbursts

I'm now back to wearing glasses and totally gutted and disappointed.

I was told my eyes have regressed more than normal, I wish I never had it done as my eyes are worse than pre surgery.

I'm awake 2-3 hours a night with itchy, sore stinging eyes

I've lost my confidence in driving at night, just wish I could turn the clock back and found this site back in August 2012.

Sorry for moaning, I'm just feeling sorry for myself x

Prior to surgery I had worn varifocals for many years. My prescription had been stable for 12 years.
Post surgery I could not see clearly. I need varifocals again and have had 4 prescription changes in 2 years due to my vision deteriorating since surgery. My one eye was over corrected and the other under corrected. They tried to attribute this to an unpredictable healing pattern. I am staggered that I was not informed beforehand that if one undergoes LASEK then the healing of the cornea is ALWAYS unpredictable so it is ALWAYS unknown whether or not clear vision can be achieved. Just one more risk skipped over on the consent form. I would like the TRUE statistics for LASEK patients success rates.
I would not let OE touch my eyes again for a million pounds.
My advice would be to decline any further surgery. They are clearly inept.

You would be surprised just how many people have had this issue too. I am one of them now two years down the line waiting to hear back from the 'customer support' team to discuss the issues I have with OE.

I will not be allowing OE to carry out surgery to my eyes again I do not believe that they are fully qualified at all to carry out the services they offer. I don't believe they train people correctly and I think the management is absolutely shoddy.

In the same breath I will not be letting my story drop as their feeble, "I am sorry" responses do not cut it and I will be doing all I can to help Sasha Rodroy with her campaign against this industry which is very happy to take our money and do nothing else!!

I had lasik at Optical Express 4 months ago and my vision is WORSE than ever!! They tell me I need more surgery to correct them & it'll be fine. But how can I trust them when they told me my eyes would be perfect after my opertaion which I paid thousands of £££ for & it's not??

While I wait I need glasses to drive and see TV.

They gave me two sets so far which are the wrong prescription and they haven't even said sorry, and I am waiting for the new ones to be sent

Has anyone else had this problem?

Well there it is in writing eh tw@ts!

I think it's the continued use of eye drops as well because the inside of my nose is all crusty n sore.

Nightmare !!

It's a scientific fact that the two are related!

inkfish.fieldofscience.com/2012/03/your-...helps-you-smell.html

Has any one encountered a loss of their sense of smell or it being reduced ?? As this has happened to me I'm sure its to do with the surgery or trauma from it as I could smell fine before it as I miss the smell of freshly cut grass & smells of the old pepole in the local pub. They say its not linked and must be something else to see my own doctor :huh:

Has anyone had, or heard of second lasik flaps being cut in corneas that have already had lasik flaps cut into them from previous surgery ? This happened to me, and it didn't fix my vision problems from the first surgery.

Hi Bungle

Thank you I was not trying to put you off your LASEK OP just thought you needed to know what they do not tell you!!!!!

Hope it all goes OK for you today let us know how you get on please take care and good luck.

Hard to believe this industry is unregulated & people continue to fall for the sales pitches & risk their eyesight just to give up wearing glasses