I would like to say thank you for hosting a site like this, it makes research much easier. My question is this. I have a very mild prescription of about -1.5 with little or no astigmatism. At one center (center 1) that I was evaluated at the Optometrist said that I had little (less than 0.03) refraction defects and that conventional Lasik would be just fine for me. The sales rep was a little miffed as she was trying to sell me a custom wave front. The other large center (center 2) that I visited today said that they only did custom wave front and don't do custom any more. Center 1 had various plans that included No enhancements up to lifetime. Center 2 only had 1 year enhancements.
Now here is my dilemma. Center 2 stated and what I have gathered from researching Medline shows a very low need for enhancements with a low prescription like mine, (less than 2%) Center 1 cost for conventional lasik with no enhancements would be $799 per eye. Center 2 quoted a price of $3800 with one year of enhancements. Both centers use very experienced surgeons that are well known in the medical community and have performed upward of 10K surgeries.
What is your impression? I don't want to go with the lowest cost (if I did I would go to a nearby center that would do each eye for $480) but do I need the guarantee of an enhancement for double the cost?
Thanks for your help
Greg