When Emily joined the London Vision Clinic’s team of nurses in May 2011, almost everything was perfect for the 25-year-old Australian. She was fulfilling a lifetime dream of a career in her chosen profession combined with the opportunity to pursue her other passion of travel. However, at the end of a busy day she was prone to headaches and had no enthusiasm to go out and exploring London with her friends….
Category: Reviews and Patient Stories
Should I Book A Hotel Near The Clinic? [video]
We advice you that if you are to be traveling from far away that you book a hotel for the night of your treatment near the clinic so that you can relax and be back with us early in the morning for your one day check up. …
Words With Friends: Part 2
Mary Harboe, a print journalist and award winning broadcaster, has undergone both laser blended vision and had slight adjustment work at the London Vision Clinic. She retells the second part to her story below: I have several friends who have had laser eye surgery but who still use glasses. It always surprises me that they should settle for anything less than perfect vision after their surgery. My friends appear to simply accept that reading glasses will still be required even if other sight problems are corrected. I should hasten to add that none of these people are London Vision Clinic patients; and none have had PRESBYOND® Laser Blended Vision….
Words With Friends: Part One
Mary Harboe, a print journalist and award winning broadcaster, has undergone both laser blended vision and had slight adjustment work at the London Vision Clinic. She retells her story below: It was the discovery of the game “Words with Friends” which first alerted me to the problem. While playing this Scrabble-like game on my iPhone one night, I realized that I was no longer able to see the value of each of the letter tiles….
Sky Sports Hayley McQueen Tweets Her Appreciation For The London Vision Clinic
Hayley McQueen is most famous for being one of Sky Sports News best TV presenters, reporter and RTS award winning producer. Thrilled after her laser eye surgery experience, Hayley went onto tweet about the procedure, stating that London Vision Clinics Professor Dan Reinstein was her ‘new favourite person’. Hayley also reassured fellow Twitter followers that laser eye surgery was far from being a scary experience and that the procedure was completely pain free….
Robots Can’t Wear Reading Glasses
Star Wars actor Anthony Daniels as C-3PO, the endearing robot and loyal friend of Luke Skywalker, found himself in the impossible position of not being able to see his script while wearing a costume that made it impossible to use reading glasses ….
London Vision Clinic Through The Eyes Of A Medical Student
Tim had never considered LASIK before joining the clinic, but his experience of the procedure and seeing so many patients thrilled with their results soon won him over. He recently underwent LASIK here with Glenn Carp after wearing glasses from the age of eight and I’m sure he would insist he was a model patient. LVC Laser Technician and Medical Student Tim Buick gives his personal account of LVC through his own eyes….
Overcoming nerves means Steven now enjoys the best of both worlds…
Terysa, works at London Vision Clinic as a Clinic Coordinator. She sees the amazing results of laser eye surgery every day, and was desperate for her father, Steven, to experience freedom from glasses. Read more about his experiences of laser eye surgery at London Vision Clinic….
Preston Woman First In UK For New Keyhole Eye Surgery
A woman from Lancashire has become the first person in the UK to have pioneering new keyhole eye surgery at the London Vision Clinic…
Sci-fi Laser That Let Star Wars Hero Bin His Reading Specs
Sci-fi Laser That Let Star Wars Hero Bin His Reading Specs Filming a scene for Revenge Of The Sith, one of the Star Wars movies, actor Anthony Daniels found himself in an embarrassing position. As C-3PO, the endearing robot and loyal friend to Luke Skywalker, he was dressed in a skintight gold bodysuit and mask when he suddenly realised he needed his reading glasses. ‘My outfit was made from metal moulded to fit my body, with two dots in the…