CeeBee

I considered this but i'm only slightly short-sighted and my optician / eye doctor type person said that if i stay as i am now the chances of needing reading glasses in later life would be slim however, if i did have it done then i'd almost be guaranteed to need reading glasses eventually.

Blue Cat

I know alot of people who have had it done here.

kittycat1

That sounds horrific! I feinted having my ears pierced let alone the smell of burning eyeballs and a 007 type baddie operating a lazer gun

Millhouse

That doesn't make it a good idea.

The reality is that the risks are the same no matter where you do it and much of it is down to the machine used (and the maintenance and calibration of the machine). That said, it is also a volume business and it the more procedures the surgeon has done the better.

However, the main difference is the recourse if things go wrong. In the UK, regardless of the waiver you sign, you could still sue them (or their company) if they acted with negligence. Here, I doubt you would ever hear from them again (clearly it is hearing and not seeing at this point).

It's a bit like the whole silicon in the ass thing. In the US that family will be able to seek some recourse... here, Dr Saad would just bugger off back to Syria for a bit before coming back to do it all again.

Spugsy

got the eyepatch thing from bodyshop by the way, thanks for that.