Optical Express offers free refractive surgery

Optical Express has committed to provide free laser procedures for all optometrists, ophthalmologists and dispensing opticians for a limited time.

An offer, which extends to students and trainees, was revealed to Optician this week and will run until the end of the year. The cost of laser eye surgery at Optical Express would normally range from £595 to £1,295 per eye depending on the treatment, but the company said it was providing the treatments at no cost in a bid to promote the benefits of the procedure within the profession.

Many people within optics were unaware of the ‘huge strides’ made in the quality of outcomes of laser procedures, according to Dr Steve Schallhorn, chief medical director and chairman of the Optical Express International Medical Advisory Board.