Patient Testimonials

It has been 9 months since I had my laser surgery done from Dr. Updengraff. He did a fantastic job. I would definitely recommend him to anybody. A little about me, I have been wearing glasses since for over 25 years. I am very sensitive and hate anybody or anything touching my eyes. For that reason I could never wear contacts. I can't stand anybody, including myself, touching my eyes. Dr. Updegraff and his staff was very patient with me and was able to get past my sensitivity of being touched on the eye. For a couple months after the surgery, I did have to put drops in my eyes, but was able to learn to tolerate this. There are a couple different types of eye surgeries. Due to my sensitivity, he couldn't do the most common one, but the method he used worked just fine. As for my sight, I can't tell you how great it is to not have to wear glasses. I love it. It seems like I see things now that I never could see when I wore my glasses.

Although I've had no trouble putting contacts in daily for over a decade, the thought of having my eyes cut was terrifying. Since I didn't sleep in contacts and have a young child, waking up in the middle of the night meant stumbling around or knocking everything off the bedside table looking for my glasses. My husband encouraged me to look more seriously at LASIK as my current stash of new contacts dwindled. I had been looking at different LASIK located for some time but hadn't made the step to go to a consultation. Meeting Dr U during the consult put me completely at ease. I didn't feel that our time was rushed and he answered all of my questions thoroughly. I was impressed that he had developed some of the technology used in Lasik over the years. The procedure a week later went smoothly and calmly, thanks in part to the muscle relaxer they prescribe you beforehand 😉 A week later my vision was a little worse then 20/20, with some dry eyes. A month later my dry eyes were mostly gone, and my vision was a little better then 20/20, about 20/17. I don't know what my old 20/? was, but my contacts were -4.50. I still use rewetting drops maybe once per day, but before LASIK, anytime I took my contacts out my eyes would feel dry, so I think some of that is just my eyes not used to being exposed directly to air 99% of the waking day. LASIK with Dr Updegraff was a great experience and I should have done it years ago!

I recently got Lasik done here and I love this place! Everyone who works here is very nice and accommodating, and the office is PRISTINE and state of the art. The way it works here is Dr. Updegraff typically does his Lasik surgeries on Friday mornings, and then you are given a sleeping pill and instructed to keep your eyes closed for at least 4 hours immediately following the surgery. Until your post-op appointment the next morning, you're supposed to wear an eye shield, and then you go back Sat. morning and you're able to take the eye shield off and then voila, you're good to go! You have to not wear contacts for several days before the surgery, and after the surgery, you have to put in a bunch of different eye drops every day for about 2 weeks. My vision was pretty much perfect about a day or two after the surgery! It's been a few months and I have no side effects or anything!! I hated wearing glasses and contacts, and it is AMAZING being able to wake up in the morning and be able to see without glasses/contacts. Completely worth it, and I would absolutely recommend Dr. Updegraff. If you want to get Lasik, this is absolutely the best place to go. He is experienced and knowledgeable and the staff really takes care of you.

It has been a few years, 10 to be precise, and I think that is really relevant. I was thrilled with the Lasik procedure that Dr Updegraff did in 2003. It was all that I had hoped and expected. What prompted me to write a review a decade later when I now live in California? I just had a first checkup with a new ophthalmologist -- perhaps my third check up since Lasik -- and his first comment looking at my eyes was "nice job on the Lasik!" I asked him a minute later what he meant by that. "Typically there are signs of surgery around the flap or in the cornea. So when we see a cornea that is crystal clear, it shows that it was done really well." Ten years later, my vision is 20/20 and 20/15, and I am still extremely thankful. Thank you, Dr Updegraff! Peace,