{"id":3310,"date":"2025-09-24T08:02:44","date_gmt":"2025-09-24T07:02:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/medicaltravel.ch\/older-patient-reports\/my-experience-in-istanbul-for-lasik-surgery-report-from-sunday-october-28-2007\/"},"modified":"2026-01-13T01:31:37","modified_gmt":"2026-01-13T00:31:37","slug":"my-experience-in-istanbul-for-lasik-surgery-report-from-sunday-october-28-2007","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/medicaltravel.ch\/en\/patient-reports\/older-patient-reports\/my-experience-in-istanbul-for-lasik-surgery-report-from-sunday-october-28-2007\/","title":{"rendered":"My experience in Istanbul for Lasik surgery \u2013 Report from Sunday, October 28, 2007"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">My experience in Istanbul for Lasik surgery \u2013 Report from Sunday, October 28, 2007<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>WHAT, HAVE YOU COMPLETELY LOST YOUR SENSES? And similar. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>it sounded like that when I, after my successfully completed laser surgery mind you,<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>told my acquaintances that I did not have the procedure performed in Switzerland<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>but rather had it performed in Istanbul. Admittedly I had <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>already had an uneasy feeling before my departure for Istanbul. My <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>concerns proved to be unfounded shortly after landing in Istanbul on 12 July; I immediately felt in very good hands and excellently looked after. The surgery went smoothly, although the <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>first 12 hours after the operation were quite unpleasant, but no<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>comparison to the discomfort I experienced during my 24 years with<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>semi-hard contact lenses. The first morning after the surgery <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>was simply magical and I felt like Alice in Wonderland, I saw<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Istanbul with literally different eyes. The euphoria was tempered <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>slightly because I suffered from visual fluctuations for a few weeks<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>and my eyes and I first had to get used to the new condition<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>accustom ourselves. Headaches and sensitivity to light and problems <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>with age-related long-sightedness did cause me some trouble<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>struggle. During the follow-up examination in Switzerland, the <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>ophthalmologist explained to me that this was completely normal (one allows for approximately 6 months until<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>things have settled down) and that the eyes had been operated on perfectly.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In the meantime, 4 months have passed since the operation and my<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Visual acuity is settling at 100% and the initial complaints<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>have practically disappeared. It does take some patience, but as <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>mentioned, I was happy to accept these short-term symptoms<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>because my quality of life has improved significantly. I <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>would perform the procedure AGAIN AT ANY TIME and my only regret is that<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I had not had the surgery much earlier. One must <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>simply be aware that it may take more or less time<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>needed until everything has settled down. Nevertheless, I enjoy <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I live every day without the hated glasses or contact lenses. THERE IS <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>There is no reason not to travel to Istanbul and undergo the operation<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>to have it carried out. I thank SWISSLASIK.CH!!!!!! <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Simone Hofstetter<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group is-layout-grid wp-container-core-group-is-layout-baef362d wp-block-group-is-layout-grid\">\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/medicaltravel.at\/home\/agb\/\" data-type=\"page\" data-id=\"2191\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/medicaltravel.ch\/en\/patient-reports\/older-patient-reports\/my-laser-eye-surgery-in-istanbul-report-from-monday-october-29-2007\/\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/medicaltravel.ch\/en\/patient-reports\/older-patient-reports\/my-laser-eye-surgery-in-istanbul-report-from-monday-october-29-2007\/\">The previous report<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-right wp-container-content-5e2576f9\"><a href=\"https:\/\/medicaltravel.at\/home\/impressum\/\" data-type=\"page\" data-id=\"2193\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/medicaltravel.at\/home\/berichte-von-patienten\/erfahrungsberichte\/erfahrungsbericht-zahnbehandlung-in-istanbul\/\" data-type=\"page\" data-id=\"981\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/medicaltravel.ch\/en\/patient-reports\/older-patient-reports\/experience-report-laser-eye-surgery-in-turkey-report-from-tuesday-october-2-2007\/\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/medicaltravel.ch\/en\/patient-reports\/older-patient-reports\/experience-report-laser-eye-surgery-in-turkey-report-from-tuesday-october-2-2007\/\">The next report<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>My experience in Istanbul for Lasik surgery \u2013 Report from Sunday, October 28, 2007 WHAT, HAVE YOU COMPLETELY LOST YOUR SENSES? And similar. it sounded like that when I, after my successfully completed laser surgery mind you, told my acquaintances that I did not have the procedure performed in Switzerland but rather had it performed in Istanbul. Admittedly I had already had an uneasy feeling before my departure for Istanbul. My concerns proved to be unfounded shortly after landing in Istanbul on 12 July; I immediately felt in very good hands and excellently looked after. The surgery went smoothly, although the first 12 hours after the operation were quite unpleasant, but no comparison to the discomfort I experienced during my 24 years with semi-hard contact lenses. The first morning after the surgery was simply magical and I felt like Alice in Wonderland, I saw Istanbul with literally different eyes. The euphoria was tempered slightly because I suffered from visual fluctuations for a few weeks and my eyes and I first had to get used to the new condition accustom ourselves. Headaches and sensitivity to light and problems with age-related long-sightedness did cause me some trouble struggle. During the follow-up examination in Switzerland, the ophthalmologist explained to me that this was completely normal (one allows for approximately 6 months until things have settled down) and that the eyes had been operated on perfectly. In the meantime, 4 months have passed since the operation and my Visual acuity is settling at 100% and the initial complaints have practically disappeared. It does take some patience, but as mentioned, I was happy to accept these short-term symptoms because my quality of life has improved significantly. I would perform the procedure AGAIN AT ANY TIME and my only regret is that I had not had the surgery much earlier. One must simply be aware that it may take more or less time needed until everything has settled down. Nevertheless, I enjoy I live every day without the hated glasses or contact lenses. THERE IS There is no reason not to travel to Istanbul and undergo the operation to have it carried out. I thank SWISSLASIK.CH!!!!!! Simone Hofstetter The previous report The next report<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"parent":3221,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_joinchat":[],"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-3310","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/medicaltravel.ch\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/3310","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/medicaltravel.ch\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/medicaltravel.ch\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medicaltravel.ch\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medicaltravel.ch\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3310"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/medicaltravel.ch\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/3310\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6681,"href":"https:\/\/medicaltravel.ch\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/3310\/revisions\/6681"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medicaltravel.ch\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/3221"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/medicaltravel.ch\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3310"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}