If you have set your sights on treatment, go into it with your eyes wide openThe adverts promise perfect vision “from £395 per eye”. After wearing contact lenses for 20 years and watching the rise of high-street laser eye surgery over the past decade, I finally succumbed and went for a consultation. Would I at last be able to chuck away my glasses and, as one person I spoke to said, “laugh when I see my feet in the morning”?Sadly, no. Laser eye surgery, I was told halfway into my appointment with Optical Express, one of the leading clinic chains, is priced on a sliding scale. With a “-7.0” prescription in both eyes (I’m fairly short-sighted) surgery would cost £2,590 or £3,390. Following that experience it seemed a good opportunity to take a closer look at the small print. Continue reading…
Source : theguardian.com
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