At Optilase, we are proud to offer a Lifetime Care Guarantee to all of our patients. In the unlikely event that your eyesight should regress (your old prescription starts to return), we offer the corrective treatment, known as an enhancement, for free. This comes as standard with all of our treatments.

Your glasses prescription need to be stable in the last two years. This is normally defined as no change greater than 0.5 units (0.5D). Your glasses prescription should be: Up to -10.00D of myopia or short sight.

PTK is a minor surgical therapeutic treatment that uses an excimer laser to treat mainly diseases of the surface of the corneal or corneal injury, by removing a small outer layer of tissue from the cornea. It is normally used after more traditional treatments have failed.

An ophthalmologist is an eye care specialist. Unlike optometrists and opticians, ophthalmologists are doctors of medicine (MD) or doctors of osteopathy (DO) with specific training and experience in diagnosing and treating eye and vision conditions.