135 Palatine Road Consulting Rooms, Manchester

Advantages: The gift of unaided vision; cheaper than a lifetime of glasses or contact lenses
Disadvantages: Perfect results not 100% guaranteed

...years, which despite their advantages over glasses were always an expensive albatross. After seeing several articles about PRK (Photo Refractive Keratectomy) in newspapers and on television I decided to pursue the idea of treatment. I chose Optimax Laser Eye Clinics because they seemed, at the time, to be the market leaders in their field and had a branch conveniently located in Manchester. They had recently dropped their prices as a business decision to make the treatment affordable to a greater number of people. It was necessary to wait until my 20th birthday before Optimax would even consider me for treatment. Optimax required that I sent them copies of my optician's prescription from the last four years, after which they agreed a consultation and treatment date. Although the treatment was provisionally booked to take place two hours... Read review

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Advantages: The effects were amazing, skin looked smooth and clear afterwards, Non invasive
Disadvantages: Quite expensive, effects on last for so long

...weeks later. On the day of my appointment I arrived at the clinic, a massive building right in the middle of a new area called the Hub in Milton Keynes. From the outside the building looked very swish indeed! I announced myself to the receptionist who gave me a card to fill in some details - name, address, doctors name, skin type etc. About 5 minutes later my nurse arrived and took me up to the consultation room, she was very friendly and asked me what it was I had to come to enquire about, I explained that I am getting married and that I really wanted some advice on what would be best for my skin to enable me to look like the radiant blushing bride I would love to be. She said that from initial first thought she didn't think my skin was too bad but to get a better idea she would look at my skin on the analysis machine to see what my problem... Read review

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Advantages: Quick treatment, second to none treatment
Disadvantages: Pricey if no medical cover

...accessible by road and public transport and has free car parking facilities. There is disabled car parking available and easy access to all areas of the hospital Hospital Facilities: Beds: critical care level 2 Beds: day-care 15 Beds: single private rooms 46 Beds: total 64 Consulting rooms 14 Operating theatres - total 3 Operating theatres with laminar flow 3 Parent/child rooms 2 Location & Car Parking: BUPA Hospital Cardiff is situated off the A48, and just off the M4. It is approximately 4 miles from Cardiff city centre, Cardiff airport is approximately 30 minutes away by car and the Central train station is approximately 15 minutes by car. It is in the Pentwyn area of Cardiff. Car parking spaces can be tight, although recently they have expanded their car park to accommodate more vehicles, we have visited recently and we couldn't find... Read review

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