LasikPlus Vision Center

Oh my goodness. Don’t wait to get Lasik. My only regret is not doing this sooner. The staff & doctors at Lasik Plus St. Louis are fantastic. The procedure is quick & painless and most importantly life changing.

I paid about $ 3000 for wavefront treatment out of my Health Savings Account.
I had a mild-​to-​moderate prescription that was corrected to ²⁰⁄₁₅ vision. I can’t really ask for anything else.
There were no fees for follow up appointments for one year, and the staff members were friendly and knowledgeable.
When scheduling, keep in mind you may get large red spots on the whites of your eyes that can last for a month or so. Do plan a whole weekend for recovery.

This place is seriously amazing! I had my surgery done 6 days ago and I am already seeing ²⁰⁄₁₅! I am so happy I decided to get Lasik at LasikPlus! The staff is absolutely wonderful. The experience was a great one from beginning to end. I am from out of town and the staff was incredibly helpful in meeting my every need. They recommended hotels and even places for me to get dinner. My consultation was very thorough and informative. They were able to schedule me for surgery 3 days later. They have the newest and up to date technology, it was recommended that I get their newest Wavelight system because of my high prescription. The surgery was very quick and they talked me through every moment. I was barely nervous and before I knew it we were done! I highly recommend LasikPlus.

AWESOME !!!
With that said, my review is based more on having lasik done rather than on where you choose to do. Don’t get me wrong, Lasik Plus was great and made choosing surgery that much easier, but I will focus more on why having lasik surgery is awesome.
I had the lasik surgery done on 12/​27/​2013 and it was the best decision I ever made. LasikPlus checked the boxes for what I wanted. Plenty of locations throughout the country, which is good in case you move and need touch up work later. On top of that, they are well established company thats been around for years and will continue to be around for many more so a lifetime touch up plan or whatever they call works best for young people like me, age 25.
Price point. I went and had surgery done when they offered a discount of $ 600 plus 5% for vision insurance. Brought my total to a little above $ 3500. People think that’s expensive but that is a very myopic viewpoint. Most people look at lasik on a cost basis. Will lasik save me money over the long haul and so far. I think that is the wrong approach to take. The better question to ask is, will lasik change my quality of life? My answer, TENFOLD! After the surgery, which takes maybe 2 – 3 hours, you will feel a bit of discomfort but that all dissipates once you lay down and grap a few hours of sleep. The first week is the worse but its beyond worth it. You just have to remind yourself of the positives. No more contacts, no more glasses, no more squinting, just clear ass vision. And then after that first week, it all clicks. You begin to kick yourself for enduring all those years of contacts and glasses. Your vision will be that perfect. It is that amazing.
Three months later and I have to say it has improved my life better than any new laptop or car or house ever could, I mean its your vision and you use that every waking minute your awake. There is no depreciation of your investment.
Picture yourself driving down the highway and there is a light rain. If you dont use your wipers everything is a little blurry but once you kick those wiper blades into action, everything clears up in a second. That is what lasik surgery offers. Do it, you will have no regrets!

Woo! I had my surgery two days after Christmas 2013. The next morning, I could see ²⁰⁄₂₀. Now, two months later, I see ²⁰⁄₁₅. It’s incredible.
I’ll briefly describe the benefits of not needing contacts: I don’t have to go through the trouble of ordering them, picking them up if they’re backordered, dealing with doctors who change my prescription from non-​astigmatism to astigmatism for my slight astigmatism from year to year, putting in contacts, being too lazy to put in contacts and then feeling naked even with glasses, having eyes too irritated to wear contacts, having a contact rip, remembering to change contacts every so often so I can order more contacts, looking for a dropped contact, forgetting to take contacts out and being confused when they aren’t in the case in the morning, and my favorite: stroking the surface of my eyes to search for contacts at the end of the day only to realize, as I catch a glance of my bloodshot eyes, that I wore glasses rather than put in contacts that morning.
Yes, I have traded all of these activities for: regular artificial tears (as necessary), optional prescription eyedrops (2x a day), interest-​free payments of about $ 200 over 18 months, and bragging rights.
«My vision is ²⁰⁄₁₅ now. It’s only supposed to get better over the next few months. Do you want my unopened solution?»
Then my friends say, «Wow, I want to do that someday.» Someday came for me when my friend told me how well her LASIK went at LASIK Plus, and that she got free financing and paid about $ 3,500 in total.
You can go elsewhere online to read about the pros and cons of LASIK. Here are the pros and cons of LASIK Plus in St. Louis/​Chesterfield.
Pros of LASIK Plus:
1. It’s middle of the road in terms of LASIK price.
2. A lifetime warranty is included if you go to follow-​up visits for three months.
3. The staff is nice enough. Dr. Alban, the surgeon, is great.
4. There’s a tea/​coffee/​hot chocolate maker thing (what’s the appropriate generic name for those machines?) in the waiting area. If you pretend each cup costs $ 50, it seems like LASIK is an even better deal.
Cons of LASIK Plus:
1. It’s difficult to call that location… the listed phone number directs to headquarters, which is difficult if you just want to call that location for something simple, like you’ve lost something and want to know if anything was found in the parking lot. Not that I did that.
2. On the day of my surgery, they seriously overscheduled. They were about an hour and a half late into admitting me because they decided not to be open on a certain day or afternoon and were trying to fit in all of those people on the afternoon of my appointment. That is very rude. An appointment is a commitment. I kept up my end of the commitment by getting there — with my driver — on time. LASIK Plus loses a star for my boring and unnecessary wait.
But I don’t care about that now. I’m too busy seeing the brighter side.

Awesome… PERIOD
Just had the Lasik procedure done last Tuesday and it is so worth it!!! Everyone was so nice, I felt completely at ease and the Doctor even gave me his cell phone number if I had any issues or concerns. I mean what doctor gives out personal cell number just to make sure you are ok? During the actual procedure the doctor walked me step by step with a very calming voice.
Only negative is on myself for not doing this sooner! Trust me just do it!!!

So, I now see ²⁰⁄₁₅. Yes, it’s just as awesome as it sounds.
Once I decided to have Lasik, I set out in a pretty serious mission to decide which provider to choose. This is your eye sight we’re talking about right? After many phone calls and consultations at 4 different offices, I was confident in my decision to choose LasikPlus. Here’s why:
1) So it turns out I have thin corneas. This complicates the decision of which procedure to have significantly. 2 other places provided me this info, then shoved me out the door confused and anxious. When I got to LasikPlus, they left me ask dozens of questions until I knew the whole picture and was confident in my choice.
2) The staff is friendly and phenomenal. I got a consultation the same week I called, and they got me into a surgery slot less than 2 weeks later, on a Saturday so I didn’t even need to miss work. I barely waited 2 minutes for any appointment I’ve had, and they were even accommodating and patient when my HSA company was being a hassle.
3) When going for a consultation, you actually get to see the MD. I figured this was normal, but not at some other offices.
4) Dr. Alban might be the most calming person I’ve ever met. The morning of the big day, I was understandably nervous/​anxious. She explains exactly what’s going on and what to expect next the entire surgery, mixed with her calming voice giving you a constant pep talk. She does great work, and makes a somewhat uncomfortable 10 minutes go by quickly.
5) They have a lifetime guarantee. Your eyes change down the road, they’ll fix them for free, even in a different office in a different city. Again, something you might expect but the competition doesn’t provide.
tl;dr — I have perfect vision, you should go to LasikPlus.

I can see!
I can see in the morning when I wake up!
I can see in the evening before I go to bed!
I can see when in the water!
I can see without contacts!
I can see without glasses!
Seriously, if you’re considering Lasik, what are you waiting for? Yes, it’s a big investment — but honestly, if you do the math and add up the extra costs for contact lens fitting, contacts, contact solution, and backup glasses every year for years and years — you may see it’s worth it in the long run!
After wearing glasses and contacts for the better part of my life (over two decades, give or take), and seeing my soon-​to-​be husband get Lasik and loving the outcome, I decided it was time to take the leap. I had a free consultation, where they measure everything about your eyes (even things I didn’t know they could measure), and estimate the cost of fixing them. The cost is definitely a pain point, but after setting up the maximum HSA amount for the year (that’s tax free money!), the (small) discount from my insurance, and the promotion they were running, to be able to see perfectly without the aid of anything for at least another 15 – 20 years (before Presbyopia kicks in) made it worth it to me (plus, I got a lot of points on my credit card!).
Everyone on the staff is absolutely great — and Dr. Alban was the best. She is the doctor that actually does the procedure, and I didn’t even get to meet her until the day-​of. She was personable, calming, and talks you through each step of the procedure — so when you’re at the point where you lose your vision for a second (scary as hell), she is talking you through what to expect, what you will feel, and what will happen next. When it was all over, and I stood up from the chair, and I could see — I started to cry and gave her a hug! Yes, getting Lasik was an emotional experience for me! Her call that evening to ask how I was doing was a nice touch.
The very next day, you’re set up for a checkup — and then on one month, three month, and six month intervals.
It’s been almost two months since I’ve gotten Lasik, and I can see just as well as I did with contacts. Once my eyes completely heal, it’s possible I will see even better than I could with contacts. I don’t have any of the side-​effects you hear about, except for mild dry eye, which is slowly going away, thanks to the prescription Restasis and artificial tears.
If you’re seriously thinking about getting Lasik, definitely check out LasikPlus!

Alright. Whoever has fear of getting LASIK go to this place. Got my treatment done about 19 hours ago and I feel great. I can already notice a huge difference. I walked in yesterday and they re-​checked my eyes then the surgeon walked in and introduced herself. She told me she would talk me through the procedure which at first I felt was a little weird because she wouldn’t shut up when I was under the laser but when I was forgetting to breathe or starting to freak out a bit because it’s just a weird experience her voice was actually nice to listen to and it calmed me down. I felt for a second I was messing up because I thought my eyes were moving but the laser is state of the art apparently tracks your eye movement. No pain at all during the treatment but after my eyes burned pretty good. They told me this would happen. I passed out for a few hours when I got home and when I woke up everything was great. Love this place. Would def recommend it to everyone.