FAQ

An eye assessment determines if you are Eligible for the procedure. To prepare for this you need to stop wearing contact lenses for 4 days prior to the date of assessment. Please bring along your glasses or eye refraction reading.

Yes, it is possible to have the eye assessment and surgery done on the same day.

Follow up after surgery is important to monitor the patient’s progress or if there are any post-operative complications. For patients with chronic conditions, follow up is important so that disease progression can be monitored and treatment tailored to the patient’s status.

Please make an appointment by calling the clinic or reach us through email as there are days when the doctor is in surgery.

If an appointment is made the waiting time to see the doctor is generally quite fast.

Please be prepared to stay for an hour or more during the eye examination.

You need to have a DBS credit card for the instalment plan of 6 or 12 months interest free.

There may be many reasons for blurred vision. Namely, the most common cause would be refractive errors (myopia, hyperopia and astigmatism). These conditions may be treated with glasses, contact lenses or laser vision correction. There can also be other medical reasons like dry eyes, corneal infections, cataract, glaucoma or retinal problems like diabetic retinopathy and retinal detachments. These conditions need to be investigated and treated by the ophthalmologist. More rarely, neurological conditions like stroke can affect the vision.

Flashes and floaters are common. They commonly occur later in life in association with a condition called posterior vitreous detachment. However, other conditions like retinal tears and detachments may also present with flashes and floaters so it is important to have a full retinal examination whenever these symptoms are experienced.

Patients who experience headaches may have migraines which can also cause visual disturbances in the form of scotomas and fortification spectra (zig zag lights). Sometimes, eye conditions such as acute angle closure (an acute form of glaucoma) can cause headaches but there will usually be visual symptoms as well. Rarely, there can be more serious neurological reasons such as raised intracranial pressure. Patients should always consult a doctor if the headache is severe or if it does not improve with paracetamol.