Free yourself from the day-to-day hassle of glasses and contacts with LASIK in Lyon
In this video, Dr. David Donate explains how patients feel after LASIK
Life is better without glasses and contacts
After LASIK laser eye surgery, our patients experience life-changing freedom
When you feel confident, amazing things happen
When you feel confident in who you are, it shows through your actions, personal demeanour, and interaction with others. LASIK laser eye surgery helps you feel ready for life’s experiences and more likely to move forward with new people and opportunities – not back away from them.
Life’s better without glasses
Imagine waking up in the morning and being able to leave the house without having to worry about your glasses or contact lenses. You can walk, swim, shop and travel without anxiety around your glasses and contact lenses getting in your way. Whether it’s a picnic in the park or an interview for your dream job, you’ll feel attractive, relaxed and comfortable.
Free yourself from the barriers that hold you back
After LASIK laser eye surgery, you’ll have exceptional natural vision and be free from the setbacks that come with glasses and contact lenses. You’ll never have to worry about the way glasses make you look or feel, or any contact lens complications. You can finally live your life the way it’s supposed to be – with confidence.
When you feel confident, amazing things happen
When you feel confident in who you are, it shows through your actions, personal demeanour, and interaction with others. LASIK laser eye surgery helps you feel ready for life’s experiences and more likely to move forward with new people and opportunities – not back away from them
Life’s better without glasses
Imagine waking up in the morning and being able to leave the house without having to worry about your glasses or contact lenses. You can walk, swim, shop and travel without anxiety around your glasses and contact lenses getting in your way. Whether it’s a picnic in the park or an interview for your dream job, you’ll feel attractive, relaxed and comfortable.
Freedom from glasses and contacts in 3 easy steps
Enjoy exceptional natural vision in Lyon with The Donate Method
GET IN TOUCH
The first step is to find out if laser eye surgery is right for you. That’s why we offer a free first appointment. Give us a call on 04 78 17 27 27 or use our easy online calendar to get an appointment.
WE’LL MEET
Visit our high-quality clinic, where we’ll give you a comprehensive eye examination and discuss your lifestyle. You’ll leave with a clear answer about the best treatment option for your eyes.
ENJOY LIFE
After being treated with The Donate Method, our patients tell us that every day is better and they wish they had done it years earlier! You’ll be ready to enjoy a new freedom without the hassle of glasses and contacts!
Can laser eye surgery help you?
There are many treatment options to suit different ages and lifestyles
You’re 20 – 44 and glasses and contacts get in your way
Glasses and contacts can make you look older or less attractive, get in the way of the activities you enjoy and are a hassle to remember.
Find out how you can become glasses and contact lenses free…
You’re over 45 and your reading glasses make you feel old
Have you started to notice that your reading vision isn’t as crisp as it used to be? Or perhaps you refuse to wear those awful reading glasses because they make you feel old?
Find out how you be free from the hassle of reading glasses…
Happy patients talk about why they chose us
We’ve helped thousands of Lyonnais enjoy exceptional natural vision without glasses and contact lenses
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Gain freedom from glasses in 15 minutes
In the toggles below, we have provided everything you need to know about LASIK
All patients with myopia between -0,25 and -12D and/or astigmatism from -0,25 to -6D can have LASIK.
All patients with hyperopia from 0,75 to 6D and/or astigmatism from 0,25 to 6D can benefit from LASIK.
We can ensure your suitability at your first appointment.
The advantages of LASIK:
We get very good results.
Visual recovery is rapid, and there is no pain either during or after the procedure.
Patients rediscover the pleasure of going out, playing sports and travelling without glasses or contact lenses.
Many of our patients find themselves more attractive without glasses and report having more confidence in themselves after the operation.
The disadvantages of LASIK:
The disadvantages of LASIK are very few.
LASIK can sometimes induce nighttime halos for the more major corrections, but it depends on the size of the pupil in the dark. However, with the ablation profiles we currently use, this complication has become very rare.
LASIK can also unmask preoperative “dry eye”. To avoid this, we include a dry eye assessment in our initial assessment to analyse this risk and offer preventive management of this pathology.
Sometimes after LASIK, there is a residual correction (remaining visual error) that requires retouching (around 1% of cases). We have experience with these alterations and can perform this additional treatment without difficulty.
Extremely rarely, in approximately 1 in 10 000 cases, the patient’s visual acuity drops to 8/10, and they may need to start wearing glasses again. Our experience and know-how allow us to take care of these cases, even if the patients have been operated on at other visual clinics.
Some centres offer an attractive base rate for basic treatment with additional and payable options to improve results being left up to the patient.
At our clinic, we have chosen to offer only the best treatment, adapted and personalized to each patient, without compromising results or safety.
Before your LASIK operation
The treatment itself lasts only 15 minutes, but you should allow an hour between your arrival at the center and your departure.
On arrival, we will offer you an anxiolytic and analgesic pre-medication to relax you. Then, after putting on a sterile operating robe, we enter the operating room for about 15 minutes. You lie on the ophthalmological chair, and we instil drops of anaesthetic in your eyes. There is no stinging, nor need for general anesthesia. Thanks to this local anesthesia, the treatment is perfectly painless.
During your LASIK operation
During your procedure, you lie on an ophthalmological chair. The first stage of treatment consists of preparing a thin corneal lenticule or ‘flap’ using the femtosecond laser. During this step, you will feel a little pressure on your eye for 20 seconds.
During this treatment, a stabilizing system ensures the accuracy and safety of the treatment. If, however, you move from your position, the laser stops, and we can resume at the point where it was interrupted, without any problem.
The treatment is applied successively on both eyes.
Then, the rotating chair places you under the excimer laser without you having to rise.
We place a ‘blepharostat’ (an eye speculum) between your eyelids to keep them open. Anesthesia removes the blinking reflex, so you will not want or need to close your eyelids during the treatment. We lift the flap and apply the excimer laser treatment to your cornea to reshape it, removing your optical defect. This step lasts 10 to 30 seconds per eye.
During the laser treatment, two infra-red security cameras monitor your eye to follow its small movements. If these movements are too great, a safety system instantly interrupts the treatment. This makes it possible to return to the procedure under the best conditions.
Finally, we replace the flap to its natural position, which concludes the operation.
We will perform a final check-up of your eyes under the microscope before your departure. Sunglasses will be given to you to protect your eyes when you return to your home.
The results are excellent; the patients resume their usual activities the next day.
Sometimes there may be a small, non-annoying mist that disappears within a few hours.
Vision without correction is perfect in 97% of cases. Otherwise, we can perform a touch-up to improve the result.
Have questions about laser eye surgery?
Watch our patient videos to learn from expert eye surgeon Dr. David Donate
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Dr. David Donate
Ophthalmologist – Refractive surgery specialist
20 years’ experience and 20000 successful vision correction treatments
With over 20 years of experience performing more than 20000 successful eye procedures, and a repertoire of academic publications and research, Dr. David Donate has earned himself an international reputation.
At his state-of-the-art clinic in Lyon, Dr. Donate follows a specialised method called, The Donate Method, to ensure his patients feel confident about their vision correction journey. Combined with the highest quality pre-op and post-op appointments, expert precision solutions and top technology, Dr. Donate is perfectly positioned to deliver the best possible outcome for his patients.
