Where to begin...
I've been in glasses since age 8 and contacts since 19. Horrible astigmatism and near-sightedness (-3.5 in left eye and -4.75 in the right).
Lately my contacts had started to bother me, and I decided enough was enough...Been eyeing getting LASIK done for some time, and through the meetings with Dr. DeFeo at Ultimate Eyecare I decided the pull the trigger.
You *know* you're walking into the right place when you're almost breathless entering the facilities. Clean, warm and welcome.
The staff is super-nice, and really know know what's going on.
Day of surgery you plan on roughly 3 hrs time there. First you'll turn in your forms, pay up and get the paperwork taken care off.
Next, a quick meeting to describe step by step exactly what's going on.
Plenty of opportunities to ask questions. Next, Dr. Cunningham will perform one last check to ensure the prescription and settings are all correct, make you read the letters on the wall etc.
Dr. Steven Dell next sits down with you, explains again exactly what you're here to do, allows for questions and puts you to ease.
Next, Valium...to literally make you chillaaaaaaax. You're in a room with the others who are in front of you waiting to be lasered...:)
The actual procedure itself was cake. You lay down, and hold on to a teddy-bear..(I kid you not)..and you get ""friggin lasers"" beamed into your ""friggin eyes"" (yes, I inserted Austin Powers reference). It is completely painless; you're only job is to simply lie still, look where they tell you to look and let the pros do their job.
Once you are done, and I kid you not, your vision is already better. You get your significant other (or someone else who doesn't mind you drooling in their car thanks to the valium) to drive you home and you take a nap.
The next day I am able to get out of bed and see clearly for the first time in 26 yrs.
One final thing: This isn't the cheapest place, far from it. If you are looking for a place that offers lay-away plans and surgery in the back of a car, you're looking for the wrong place.
However, if you are looking for the place that oozes professionalism, that know what's going on and where movie-stars and athletes go, then you've come to the right place.
Pros: The best of the best
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