Dishler Laser Institute

Dishler Lasik is the Best in Denver, period!
I did countless hours of research, on top of the recommendation from my Opthalmologist, to make sure that I was choosing the best, most experienced Lasik doctor in the Denver area. I learned that John Dishler is a pioneer in Lasik, has been performing the procedure since the mid 90’s, is a consultant to Zeiss Lenses (The Lasik machine manufacturer) and has done more than 51 000 procedures.
After meeting with his staff and finding that my prescription, age and eye situation were a good fit, I made the decision to move ahead with the surgery.
The procedure was painless, the staff really puts you at ease and makes the whole process easier than I could ever imagine. Recovery time was minimal (I was seeing great within 24 hours).
I am EXTREMELY HAPPY with the results!!!
Today is exactly 90 days since my surgery and I am seeing better than 20/​20, my eyes are no longer dry, red, and tired from wearing contacts, and I LOVE the convenience of being able to see the second I wake up.
If you’ve worn contacts /​glasses for a long time you will truly find this to be a life-​changing experience and I would HIGHLY RECOMMEND Dishler Lasik to anyone!

After much research and many consultations with different doctors in Denver, I chose to have my laser eye surgery with Dr Dishler. I had to have PRK and knew what to expect in regards to more pain and longer recovery time. I am happy to report that it’s been 1 year now and my vision is perfect (was perfect at 2 weeks post-​op and is now ²⁰⁄₁₅)! I was –4.75 both eyes and wore contacts and glasses for 15 years. The only thing I would say about Dishler LASIK is that you don’t usually meet Dr Dishler himself until surgery day. I wasn’t comfortable with that so I requested to meet with him before and it wasn’t a problem. Follow up appts were done by other optometrists in the office. Would have been nice to have Dr Dishler do one followup but that’s ok. I still have dry eyes in the morning but it beats messing with contacts every day. Overall I am very happy with my decision.
Other places I’ve considered: icon LASIK, spivack vision center, levinson eye clinic.

I had a great experience at Dishler! The staff is super nice, and the doctors know what they’re doing. Everyone there really cares that your result ends up great. I had a thorough consult and exams with no question that I wasn’t in the best hands. I love my vision now! It was so simple!

While shopping for a LASIK surgeon, I personally visited 4 facilities for consultation and also sought to compare more by Internet and by phone. Dishler Laser Institute is by far the most impressive and patient-​attuned.
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THE STAND OUT ITEMS :
+ Objective and intelligent optometrists help you to analyze the treatment options, the rates of success and rates of re-​enhancement. They were able to provide real data to back up their word (something that ¾ facilities fail to keep or at least failed to show).
+ Everyone in the office from administrative assistants to optometrists to surgeon are all highly intelligent and friendly (contrasting w/​my impressions of TLC & The LASIK Institute).
+ LATEST technology for bladeless laser incision and correction. Dr. Dishler aided in research for the Allegretto Wave, so he is one of 4 surgeons in the nation with this technology.
***this improved laser makes more of a difference for people with more aberrant eye conditions or greater nearsightedness. (I was 20/​80, and this didn’t matter so much for me, but it was reassuring to know that I had 0.005% better results! After all… these are my eyeballs! I don’t want botches or re-​enhancements!)
***Also, noting that experience and new technology usually come as trade-​offs (newer tech will have less surgeons with practical years of experience using that tech), this is not the case with Dishler, since he has been working with it long before public release (given stringent FDA process).
+ Price matching. Since I told them that I was shopping around different surgeons, they offered to price match for comparable lasers. We were able to work out an amount that I felt was the best use of my money!
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THE ONE LIMITATION :
— Dishler Laser Institute (as a stand-​alone firm) could not offer much by the way of «lifetime guarantee» of laser correction. TLC and The Lasik Institute were 2 centers that I visited that did offer «lifetime» correction.
*** However, when I mentioned this detail that was important to me (I’m only 25! I’m pretty sure I’ll need reading glasses down the road! Help!), my regular optometrist explained that there is only really enough cornea in your eye to handle 2 surgeries. After that, your cornea cannot really sustain more laser treatment. So a lifetime can only cover up to 2 corrections.
*** When I recommended my father (far-​sighted and looking to be free of reading glasses) for a consultation, I actually heard optometrists telling him that they can not ensure that you will be entirely free of reading glasses. Ever.
…So the lifetime guarantee of laser corrections is just fluffy, pretty promises that can’t be redeemed as one necessarily thinks.
Plus, depending on your age, when it comes to the time for another vision correction procedure, I’m sure there will be new procedures to choose from!