I had laser eye surgery at the best clinic in London - 1 year review (SMILE surgery)

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London Vision Clinic | www.londonvisionclinic.com
SMILE vs LASIK, 2019 | bjo.bmj.com/content/103/4/565#
First SMILE patients 5-year results, 2016 | bjo.bmj.com/content/100/9/1192
Contact lenses vs LASIK, 2016 | www.aaojournal.org/article/S0...
NICE safety and efficacy review, 2006 | www.nice.org.uk/guidance/ipg1...
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[@SUMMER666_]

🎉🎉happy to both of us for choosing the same and great clinic ❤❤🎉🎉🎉 So coincidentally we did the same surgery and some period of time 😊😊mine has done one year ago as yours! Everything is going well and their services was amazing 🤩

[@HollyGabrielle]

oh cool!!!! the London Vision Clinic were amazing and I was super happy with the results! glad you found the same too 😇🙌🏻✨

[@adriennb]

im a second year psych student and my first lecture this morning is on the visual system! what are the chances i choose to watch this today haha. amazing video as always xx

[@make725daily1]

You're a true artisan! 🎭 ♦ "The dictionary is the sole place where success comes before effort."

[@silvialogan9226]

Holly, I am glad that the laser eye surgery was a huge success to you and you got your 20:20 vision back. Will you be 20;20 vision permanently?

[@OneGlobe360]

Had lasik last week & super happy!

[@HollyGabrielle]

oh nice!! where did you have it done? in London? 👀

[@OneGlobe360]

@@HollyGabrielle OCL vision in London :)

[@Thefitty]

Is it better to get your vision slightly overcorrected to account for the deterioration of the surgery over time?

[@HollyGabrielle]

As I said, I was slightly overcorrected to account for any changes in my eyes that may occur over the next 20+ years before I hit the age where I may start to experience presbyopia. my clinic told me they were going to do this, so yes, it would be better to be slightly over corrected 👌🏻

[@Nalexandra1994]

Did you feel the need to blink when they clamped your eyes open?

[@PlanetImo]

My other half was one of those that was turned down for lazer eye surgery. He had his natural lenses replaced instead.

[@HollyGabrielle]

ah interesting! what was the reason out of interest? and when was this? 👀

[@PlanetImo]

Apparently his eyesight was just too bad to be corrected. It was the same for his son. He had worn very thick glasses/lenses previously. After having his eye lenses replaced with artificial ones, he has expereinced some glare from lights in the dark, which is a bit problematic for driving at night. @@HollyGabrielle

[@sophita_]

Love your wavy hair! 😊

[@HollyGabrielle]

thank you!! 🙈🙈🙈

[@User1849a]

What about Focus, was thinking of doing it there cause they give 10 years guarantee

[@HisandHerDiaries]

I am thinking to get Lasik eye surgery at LVC soon nervous but their reviews are 5 stars

[@KP-nc5fm]

How much does it cost? Altogether

[@lukejarvis5552]

I also had Smile done last November at the same clinic (after months of researching and watching your surgery video) was totally worth it travelling 3 hours on the train from up north, i had bad short-sightedness with high astigmatism, i can now see 20/16 which is exactly were i was expected to be. I had Glenn Carp doing my surgery, he and all the staff there were beyond amazing. Post Op was good apart from the first week were i had bad light sensitivity so basically wearing sunglasses at work but after that my vision became better and after wearing glasses for 25 years i could never have imagined my vision to become this good.

[@HollyGabrielle]

I feel the same!! I couldn’t ever imagine having better than normal vision, so I am just so happy! 👀😉 I’m so glad you found the clinic through my videos and your experience also sounds amazing 👏🏻 Whilst my eyes weren’t sensitive to light and adjusted super quickly, I guess that just goes to show that we all experience slightly different things 🤷🏻‍♀️😌

[@lukejarvis5552]

Everyone has different recovery times, mine lasted abit longer than normal but the end result was perfect. I went from L- -2.25,-2.25 R- -2.25, -2.75 to L- +0.25, -0.25 R- +0.25, -0.75. Which is amazing since the procedure lasted like a minute. I did alot of research for clinics up north where im from but i got a lot of bad vibes and was constantly ringing me for deals and thats a big red flag. When i seen your video i never thought about going to london but after researching and getting in touch i was glad i did it. Also that was my first time in london

[@Nalexandra1994]

Your prescription wasn’t even that bad. Would’ve been nicer if they gifted it to someone who’s prescription was really bad 🙄

[@Jess_to]

Oh I just watched this video before I get the surgery in 10/25 😂 It's bit nervous

[@natkanikol]

Its the best option

[@mochiwoo174]

OMG I did the sugery too

[@HollyGabrielle]

ahhh cool! how was it? 🤓

[@grachoderunwiderstehlichen]

harley street , glide ? holly on a big-bike 😮...don't do it build up your intresting to yamaha ,ducati or bmw less vibration 😉 to expensive the laser technic , for two decades i can full pay glasses

[@steveelkins52]

Not in a million years