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I had a problems with my surgery!
I had my surgery back in Jan of 2008 for their bargain base price and bought the warranty. I had troubles with blurriness immediately. All the lights at night have the «halo/​blurry» effect. 6 months later, after the healing period had pass, I went back to have them to look at it again. By this time, Dr Chou who had performed my surgery was no longer there, she quit or sold the business! The new surgeons said there was nothing they could do, and stated I needed a «front wave refracting» system (I can’t remember the exact words they used), and that they don’t have that technology and recommended other places for me to try. They stated in my case, I needed the other newer technology to clear the blurriness.
I was very upset. They did write me a prescription for glasses for night time driving since I needed a «touch up». They could perform the «touch up, but stated the blurriness won’t go away unless I tried the newer technology which they don’t offer.
It’s been a year in a half now since my surgery. I’ve just accepted the fact my eyes are blurry at night. Once I get some money together, I will explore getting it done again at another place with the newer technology. What a waste of money not to mention risk.

AN UPDATE REGARDING MY ENHANCEMENT:
I bought the guarantee and I had no problems getting the enhancement. The staff is just as friendly as before. Now after enhancement, my eyes are 20/​25, the best that they can get for now. I’m happy with this place.

Okay, I guess since the one reviewer stated Stella Chou has quit, my review might be rendered meaningless, but I thought I’d post anyway.
First of all, anyone considering going here should read this thorough blog about the experience:
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This is a pretty accurate description of what your experience will be on the day of surgery, so I won’t repeat it. I was there for seven hours on a Saturday. The day of surgery is logistically a nightmare, and you have to wade through it (NOTE — BRING A LAPTOP, HEADPHONES AND SOME DVDs … I’m serious!!). The volume of people they see and the way the surgeries are scheduled as «blocks» — and the low rent they presumably pay for the bad area and shoddy building — is definitely how they are keeping their prices down.
I’m not going to go out on a limb and recommend this place, but I will simply state what my experiences were. BESIDES the 7-​hour wait — I was extremely happy with the results of my procedure here. No complications whatsoever, about a month out now and I keep forgetting that I even had this done. Which is insane considering I was wearing –5.75 and –6 contacts (with toric lenses) before surgery, and had a hate-​hate relationship with my contact lenses for years.
What is unfortunate is that I think Stella Chou had everything to do with the success of my procedure, and if she is no longer there than I don’t know how good the new people are.

While watching a TV commercial in our office elevator, I notice an ad for Lasik only 699 for both eyes. The price was very low, I schedule a consultation for Sunday and went that day only to be told that the doctor had to leave and they will call me back to reschedule…, they never did. There is only one doctor that does the procedure and her name is Stella Chou, she lives in Utah.
After two week of no call from them, I had to call them up to schedule a consultation once more. When I visit for the second time, there weren’t many people. The doctor’s assistance was very helpful in answering some of my question and they finally had a doctor check my eyes, but he was not the surgeon. They told me I was a good candidate, so I schedule to come back in two days for the surgery. Everything seems good to go until I got a call the next day saying that my appointed has change to 11am. So, I then ask is Doctor Stella Chou busy, they told me that she quit and gave no reason why. They said another doctor was going to do the procedure, so I’m like WTF, hung up and got worried.
I started doing heavy research and found out that they just open last year around March 2007, according to the BBB. I then read other people’s review online and hear some stories of those having blurry vision after a week of surgery and having to come back for a retouch. That made me nervous and the original doctor no longer works there, so I decided to not go through with it. There’s just too many risk involves and I haven’t heard many positive reviews for Lasik First.
Even though I never went through the procedure, I just want to share my experience and hope it’s useful for others. Who knows, you might get good result from this company.
Other cost to consider: 295 for touch up warranty (optional) and 80 dollar for a bottle of zymar eye medication (must).