04/11/09

Best Lasik doc in San Francisco

by knapto

I've been wearing contacts for 18 years. I kind of got tired of wearing them and I was skeptical about the laser. My optometrist told me to look into it and see if I was a candidate. He said that he waited too, and then had it done last year at Pacific Vision Institute. I did not even know I was a good candidate for it. Anyhow, I went in for a consultation and was very impressed. They really know what they are doing. Dr. Faktorovich was very cool. Amazingly accomplished and impressive lady. Every person I met at her office seemed to know their stuff. One other thing that impressed me were all these pictures of eye doctors who had it done there. It's been 5 months and 12 days since I had lasik and I'm still amazed at the result that I got. Thanks to all of you guys at Pacific Vision, especially Dr. Faktorovich.

• Pros: There is nobody who's better!
• Cons: not cheap

03/05/09

This is the best thing I've ever done for myself!

by TakaJen

My brother had a procedure at Pacific Vision Institute. He couldn't stop raving about them and he's so picky, picky. I've been wearing contacts since I was 17 and I was getting jealous of how well he could see. So I went to check them out. This office is quite impressive. They've got all the latest gizmos, plus they have photos of all these eye doctors who had their eyes done there. I had lasik with dr. Faktorovich (sp?). I love it. I'm even more ecstatic than my brother. Him and I are constantly competing now to see who can see better :)

08/09/08

How AMAZING I can see again! Only this time CLEARLY!

by lenhandeland

I went in for a consultation with the director and top surgeon Dr Ella Fakrovich. Immediately I was made to feel comfortable and confident that she could restore my vision! I was sick and tired of wearing contact lenses! (I had worn them for over 30 years!) and the last two times trying to remove a contact lense from my eyes I ended up scratching my cornea! If you have ever done that to yourself you know what it's like, similar to having someone scratch your eyeball with a razor! Anyway, so I went in she was able to determine (through a series of tests) that I had an eye infection and some scarring on one of my eyes (after having worn those damn contact lenses!) and I was told they could not perform the LASIK (or in my case "PRK") until the infection was cleared up. That took nearly 2-3 weeks with some antibiotic eye drops they gave me. I thought to myself, Wow these people are truly professional, not just ...take your money, do the procedure and you are history. My eyes cleared up I went in for the procedure which was (I am not going to lie to you!) painful! (however I was advised of this during the consultation) I ended up being out of work for roughly 4-5 days on Vicedin! (again be sure to ask them, "PRK" is different than basic LASIK surgery, plus I had some scarring they needed to remove as well) All in all I DO NOT regret having this done. I can finally see again (even at night!) as some people warned me that my "night-vision" might be effected, not at all. Now I have 20/20 vision and I feel FREE from the burden of contact lenses(not to mention the expense of those!) So I would HIGHLY recommend Dr Ella Fakrovich to anyone! Everyone else at the Institure was pleasant as well! Front desk staff, financing lady, and my eye care specialist (doctor) that examines my eyes (Dr Fong) So if you are sick and tired of wearing glasses or contacts go have this procedure done! You will not regret it! Whats a little pain when you can have 20/20 vision once more?!

• Pros: Skilled, Polite, caring, wonderful communication skills, Nice atmosphere
• Cons: Pricey(but then again aren't all LASIK surgeries pricey?) Nothing else!