{"id":3735,"date":"2025-09-24T06:54:38","date_gmt":"2025-09-24T05:54:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/medicaltravel.ch\/patient-reports\/patient-testimonials-hair-transplantation-tuerkiye\/my-experience-with-lasek-in-istanbul-report-from-thursday-may-26-2011\/"},"modified":"2026-01-12T23:30:02","modified_gmt":"2026-01-12T22:30:02","slug":"my-experience-with-lasek-in-istanbul-report-from-thursday-may-26-2011","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/medicaltravel.ch\/en\/patient-reports\/patient-testimonials-hair-transplantation-tuerkiye\/my-experience-with-lasek-in-istanbul-report-from-thursday-may-26-2011\/","title":{"rendered":"My experience with LASEK in Istanbul \u2013 Report from Thursday, May 26, 2011"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>My experience with LASEK in Istanbul \u2013 Report from Thursday, May 26, 2011<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I found swisslasik.ch on the Internet and studied their offerings. I also looked at other providers, but ultimately the Premium Package from swisslasik.ch impressed me the most. To get a personal impression, I visited swisslasik.ch at the Holiday Fair, with the entrance ticket kindly provided by them. After forming a very positive overall impression, I booked the trip and surgery. The price-performance ratio convinced me the most.<br>In Switzerland, I first had a neutral eye examination done. That is, I did not go to a doctor suggested by swisslasik.ch. The doctor confirmed that my eyes were healthy and recommended LASIK treatment. On April 24, 2011, I then traveled to Istanbul with Swiss Airlines. At the airport, we were picked up in a limousine and taken to the hotel. The driver also acted as an assistant from the Eyestar clinic. The hotel was just a five-minute walk from the clinic, which was a great advantage.<br>The following day, I was picked up from the hotel and taken to the clinic. After a thorough examination, the doctor informed me that LASIK could not be performed due to some thin areas of the cornea. As an alternative, he offered a LASEK treatment at the same price, which I accepted, and an afternoon appointment was scheduled.<br>The operation went smoothly. The care was excellent, and everything was translated into German. After the surgery, I returned to the hotel and slept for about four hours. Afterwards, I was already able to go out into the city and enjoy a nice meal. Since I had two more days in Istanbul, I was able to attend daily follow-up checks.<br>In Switzerland, I immediately arranged a follow-up with a doctor in Arbon, TG. Because healing after LASEK takes longer, I had three follow-up visits within a month. My corneal surface has not yet fully smoothed, so my vision is currently only at 60%. However, the doctor in Switzerland spoke with the surgeon in Istanbul to coordinate the next steps. If the surface does not fully smooth out, I can return to Istanbul for further treatment thanks to the Premium Package.<br>I can fully recommend swisslasik.ch. I was satisfied, even though the healing process took a bit longer than expected.<br>\u2014 Christian Lichtensteiger, May 26, 2011                               <\/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\/patient-testimonials-hair-transplantation-tuerkiye\/my-laser-eye-surgery-in-april-2011-report-from-thursday-june-2-2011\/\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/medicaltravel.ch\/en\/patient-reports\/patient-testimonials-hair-transplantation-tuerkiye\/my-laser-eye-surgery-in-april-2011-report-from-thursday-june-2-2011\/\">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\/patient-testimonials-hair-transplantation-tuerkiye\/newly-gained-quality-of-life-report-from-saturday-may-21-2011\/\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/medicaltravel.ch\/en\/patient-reports\/patient-testimonials-hair-transplantation-tuerkiye\/newly-gained-quality-of-life-report-from-saturday-may-21-2011\/\">Next report<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>My experience with LASEK in Istanbul \u2013 Report from Thursday, May 26, 2011 I found swisslasik.ch on the Internet and studied their offerings. I also looked at other providers, but ultimately the Premium Package from swisslasik.ch impressed me the most. To get a personal impression, I visited swisslasik.ch at the Holiday Fair, with the entrance ticket kindly provided by them. After forming a very positive overall impression, I booked the trip and surgery. The price-performance ratio convinced me the most.In Switzerland, I first had a neutral eye examination done. That is, I did not go to a doctor suggested by swisslasik.ch. The doctor confirmed that my eyes were healthy and recommended LASIK treatment. On April 24, 2011, I then traveled to Istanbul with Swiss Airlines. At the airport, we were picked up in a limousine and taken to the hotel. The driver also acted as an assistant from the Eyestar clinic. The hotel was just a five-minute walk from the clinic, which was a great advantage.The following day, I was picked up from the hotel and taken to the clinic. After a thorough examination, the doctor informed me that LASIK could not be performed due to some thin areas of the cornea. As an alternative, he offered a LASEK treatment at the same price, which I accepted, and an afternoon appointment was scheduled.The operation went smoothly. The care was excellent, and everything was translated into German. After the surgery, I returned to the hotel and slept for about four hours. Afterwards, I was already able to go out into the city and enjoy a nice meal. Since I had two more days in Istanbul, I was able to attend daily follow-up checks.In Switzerland, I immediately arranged a follow-up with a doctor in Arbon, TG. Because healing after LASEK takes longer, I had three follow-up visits within a month. My corneal surface has not yet fully smoothed, so my vision is currently only at 60%. However, the doctor in Switzerland spoke with the surgeon in Istanbul to coordinate the next steps. If the surface does not fully smooth out, I can return to Istanbul for further treatment thanks to the Premium Package.I can fully recommend swisslasik.ch. I was satisfied, even though the healing process took a bit longer than expected.\u2014 Christian Lichtensteiger, May 26, 2011 Previous report Next report<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"parent":3709,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_joinchat":[],"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-3735","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/medicaltravel.ch\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/3735","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=3735"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/medicaltravel.ch\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/3735\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6640,"href":"https:\/\/medicaltravel.ch\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/3735\/revisions\/6640"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medicaltravel.ch\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/3709"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/medicaltravel.ch\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3735"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}