Lifetime Aftercare Guarantee
Your Optimax care doesn’t stop after your immediate recovery,
we give all our laser patients all
necessary aftercare and remedial treatment for as long as you need
it, free, even after you’re discharged with a satisfactory
result. This doesn’t cover natural changes to your eyes or any
diseases not connected to laser treatment.
We want to ensure that
your treatment achieves the best possible results, so it is
important that patients attend their aftercare appointments.
Personal aftercare is included as part of the treatment
pathway and, for complete peace of mind, the
Optimax aftercare advice line is
available for patients to call 24 hours a day. To
date we have recorded over 600,000 aftercare results.
Laser Eye Surgery
We believe that continuity is an
important part of the Optimax treatment pathway, so your treating
doctor will be actively involved in your aftercare.
LASIK - including Wavefront/ Intralase
Femtosecond
Aftercare appointments usually take place on the day following
treatment, again one week afterwards and six to eight weeks later
(if all is well you will also be discharged at this
visit).
LASEK - including Wavefront
If bandage contact lenses are used, they should be
removed three to four days after treatment at an Optimax
clinic. The next aftercare appointment will be 7-10 days
after treatment and then again at six to eight weeks (if all
is well you will also be discharged at this visit).
After your second appointment at
Optimax, we
can arrange for you to see one of our participating opticians in
your local area for further aftercare appointments. You will
be charged a fee by the optician (usually £15-£20 and not
covered by
Optimax) however this may be a less
expensive option than your travel costs to
Optimax. The
optician will forward your results to us for our
records.
Other Vision Correction Treatments
As with Laser Eye Surgery, we believe that continuity is
an important part of the Optimax treatment pathway, so your treating
doctor will be actively involved in your aftercare.
You will be seen on the day after surgery, so an overnight stay
in a local hotel may be desirable. Appointments then take place one
week later when the second eye may be treated; at four to six weeks
and at six months after treatment. Patients will also be
required to attend every two years for a endothelial
cell count test, which will cost £25 per check.
You will have a check up with your treating doctor the day after
surgery and again one week later. The doctor will assess your
individual needs. Most patients need to use eye drops
every two hours for the first three days, then four times
a day for the remainder of the week and continue to use the drops
for an additional two to four weeks.