The LASIK Vision Institute

I have better than ²⁰⁄₂₀ vision. Follow their directions and everything works perfect. Would do it again and again rather than have glasses and contacts.

6 months post op, even though my close up vision is def worse that when I had the surgery (which they told me would happen) I am still ecstatic that I chose not to do the mono vision. Some days I look into the distance and still get giddy that I CAN SEE!
I still feel like it was the best money I have ever spent on myself. If you’re on the fence, just do it.
I still have to use the eye drops everyday, mostly at night, I usually wake up about 2x and have to use them but my husband likes to sleep with the fan on and (1) you’re not supposed to and (2) it, of course, dries out my eyes.

I went for my free consultation. The staff was very nice and professional. I was able to schedule my surgery within a couple of weeks, had my surgery and everything went great! Dr. January and his staff was really great. I am amazed at how well I can see with no problems!
–Myesha B.

I have always been terrified of getting LASIK! I’ve been wearing glasses since I was 5 years old & contacts for 10 years. I got use to them & said «I’d rather be blind forever then get lasik» bc I am SUCH a chicken & get queasy just thinking about lasers in my eyes! But I finally convinced myself to go.
At my first appointment the techs and financial consultant Dennis were so kind & understanding & made me feel so comfortable. The lasik was very affordable (I have a astigmatism & a –4 prescription (o_​O)) & the tests were extremely thorough & meticulous. The day of my surgery I was so scared, I made both my parents take me from fear that I would have an anxiety attack. I did cry a little from the nerves but the Drs were amazingly patient & so nice! Dr. January (the Dr preforming the procedure) was so sweet & fast it was over before I knew it.
I did my surgery yesterday & already know it was the best decision I ever made. I can see!!! & It didn’t hurt at all!!!
My parents & siblings are all making their consultations to see them. I highly recommend this place! They were great!!! The surgery was fast, painless, and easy.

Update on my procedure completed in 2013 with LASIK Vision Institute! I continue to have my annual exams with them because of how detailed their exams are. They are always nothing but helpful and caring. My vision is still amazing. I really don’t get other bad review because I have been so happy with them. Three family members had surgery also and have all been please. This team ROCKS!!!

I am extremely happy with my experience. First off, i can see.wow.then the staff was so caring, friendly and professional. I couldn’t have asked for a nicer, more knowledgeable group from start to finish. I really felt like I was given very individualized attention and made to feel very comfortable about the procedure. The place runs like a perfectly tuned engine. everyone going above and beyond their duties. It seems as though you not only have to be a compassionate, intelligent person to work there but also have an amazing individualized personality which they all did. I enjoy dealing with a staff that i can talk to, joke with and feel connected with. that is what i got at this A+ establishment. Professionalism and personality sold me on this establishment plus the fact that practice makes perfect and they do so many of these procedures a year. i felt very much at ease .i knew i was in good hands. Dr. January who did the actual procedure is a charismatic, confident doc. Love love loved him. I have began referring all my close friends, fb friends and family here. Even my step mother is about to set up a consultation and she is very particular. Yes, there are many places you can go but for the experience, the knowledge, the facility, «state of the art» equipment used, and the awesome caring staff most would expect to pay more .the pricing is beyond fair. I was pleased to find out how much. pleasantly shocked actually. Do yourself a favor and set up an appointment if you are considering LASIK… you will not be sorry. being able to see rocks!!!

I would not recommend this place. The front desk personnel are either not well trained and uninformed, or stoic and rude. The technicians actually do a a decent job examining you and getting you seen pretty quickly. The optometrist there are both very rude, rushed and superficial. As most have restated on here, once you have already paid for your procedure, they could care less about you. If you have any issues at all, they will simply recommend you to continue to use eye drops, and assure you your vision will improve with time. Dr. January is a decent physician, very charismatic, and means well, but he should really surround himself with better staff/​support.

Very unhappy patient. I had my consultation and everything went well. We scheduled my surgery for this morning at 7:15, because I wanted to be able to make it to my little sisters birthday party later in the afternoon. On the morning of, I tried several times to call and confirm before leaving the house because we live forty minutes away. There was no reply and I figured it was because its outside their normal business hours. So we drove all the way there, ready for the surgery, only to be told at the front desk that the doctor had his flight pushed back and was not going to be in for another four hours at least. The receptionist said that she would have called, but my name wasn’t even on the list of surgeries for today (???).
So that’s it. She said we could sit and wait until 11, but that wouldn’t work for me because I had my sisters birthday that I did not want to miss. I really wish that we had gotten a call saying don’t come this
morning. On top of that there was no apology or customer service from her regarding the fact that somebody at the institution messed up and we were greatly inconvenienced because of it. In fact, she said «you shouldn’t have scheduled it on the day you had something going on because you need to rest». Excuse me? We scheduled it at the top of the morning specifically after consulting with the people at our previous appointment. If everything had worked out there would have been plenty of time for everything.
Well anyway, long story short this center really disappointed me and my family, and I will definitely never want to return to this one again. Oh well, I can deal with glasses for a while longer.
By the way, the only good part was Eunice who took care of me at my initial appointment and was super super nice.

Dr. January is by far the coolest doctor I have ever met! If you do not have a sense of humor then you might find him weird but he is hilarious! I got my lasik done back in April and the only issues I had were dry eyes for about a month. The only time I need the eye drops are when I wake up in the morning but other then that I am gooooood. They understood I am a student and they worked with me financially on bringing the price down and that was so kind of them. I would defiantly recommend Dr. January to anyone because during the surgery he was so calming and made me relaxed. The ladies that worked with him during the surgery were so helpful and assured me everything was going to be fine. The procedure it self was uncomfortable but I enjoy the results!!!

So i first had my surgery done in August. I was so happy with the results and everything was great… or so i thought. By mid September my vision began to fade in one eye. I went in for my check up and explained this to the dr. Now the eye that the vision was not good in was my weaker eye and did have more astigmatism. So going into this surgery i knew that there was a 40% chance that i would have to have another surgery and i was ok with that. However during the visit Dr. Siddiqui was very rude saying that it was probably my fault that the surgery was not a success because i wasn’t using my drops every 30 minutes… i was using them every hour. I was confused as to why if it were the drops that were an issue why was only one eye defective? Doesnt make sense. Anyways my purchase came with a 1 yr warranty so i have been coming once a month since to check on my eyes. Nothing has changed. They keep saying my vision may improve later but i just need to keep coming for check ups. I’m losing faith though bc every time i come in the waiting rooms are full and there are many people who are having the same issue… i feel like maybe we were taken advantage of. I’m concerned I’m out of a lot of money. They have not reassured me that a second surgery will be performed to correct the weak eye.

So this is not a review for the actual Lasik surgery at the Lasik Vision Institute because I haven’t had it done yet. I’ve been sitting in their waiting room for over 3.5 hours waiting for them to call my name to get the procedure started.
My appt was scheduled for 1040. I get here, sign in, and they tell me to have a seat in the waiting room. 2 hours later after getting tired of sitting I ask the receptionist if I had missed my name being called due to several people who got here after I did were called. She said she would check. An hour later she tells me that there are 2 more people ahead of me.
I understand that there are wait times in doctor offices, but 3+ hours is ridiculous.
I’ll write an updated review after finally having the surgery. But just know that if you do plan on having Lasik surgery done here at the Lasik Vision Institute, don’t be in a hurry, and plan on spending the day in the waiting room.
By the way, I’m still sitting and waiting to hear my name.

I have been wearing contacs and prescription glasses since my early 20s. After many years of wearing uncomfortable contacs (I have tried them all) and the tedious task of taking care of them, I decided it was time to look in to Lasik. I called QualSight Lasik to find out my options, costs, etc. and was very happy with the pricing they quoted me for Lasik Surgery. I was then referred to Lasik Vision Institute to set up a consultation.
In February of this year I had the procedure done and I wished I had had the procedure done years ago.
I wasn’t nervous about the procedure at all. The staff at Lasik Vision Institute makes you feel comfortable and at ease. Dr. Bruce January while doing the procedure, keeps you distracted with funny stories making you laugh the entire time and before I knew it, the procedure was done. It felt like the procedure took only a couple of minutes with his funniness.
I used to have the hardest time seeing at night, even with my contacs and my prescription glasses. I no longer have that problem.
I kept up with my follow up appointments and my vision is PERFECT now.
I am very happy with the results! I would recommend the Lasik Vision Institute to anyone who is considering having Lasik Surgery.
IT IS SO WELL WORTH IT!

I am posting my review for the LASIK Vision Institute in reference to the LASIK evaluation done on my eyes on 12/​19/​2014.
After waiting for 15 – 20 minutes, initially I just filled out the necessary paperwork and then was asked to wait for the technicians for the evaluation and later on followed by consultation by the doctor.
The technicians took a couple of tests including the scans on my eyes and were very helpful and professional. I really liked the professionalism and the attitude of both the technicians who helped me in the entire process. Later they asked me to wait in the same room for the doctor.
The doctor arrived at least 20 mins late, which I can understand because some patients have couple of more questions regarding LASIK.
As soon as Dr. Siddiqui arrived with my file, she asked me if I have any questions before she started talking. I had concerns regarding the side effects particularly with dryness of eyes. She explained me the side effects and looked at the first page of my file. Just to remind my fellow friends/​strangers who are planning to visit the LASIK Institute, she did not even bother to flip to the second page and told me that I am a good candidate for the custom LASIK which will be $ 1999/​eye i. e $ 4000 total and she left.
Later on I told one of the technicians that she did not even looked at my eye scans she did so she took my file back to Dr. Siddiqui for her opinion.
This is ridiculous. All Dr. Siddiqui cared about when am I signing up for the custom or traditional LASIK so she can get paid.
The attitude was the worst I had ever experienced from any doctor so far I had been. Later on today (12/​22/​2014) when I called the front desk to ask for a copy of my medical records they said that I have to pay $ 100 to get a copy. Really!
The Texas law clearly states that they cannot charge this exorbitant amount of money to the patients.
FYI I have copied the information below from the website (
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Please read your rights depending on where you live.
I will certainly not suggest Dr. Siddiqui or this LASIK vision institute who are here in Houston, TX for anyone to have their eye operated by traditional or custom LASIK. From my experience if I have to spend $ 4000 on my LASIK eye surgery I would certainly expect the doctors to be more caring and professional. The technicians were more professional than the doctor itself. I guess Dr. Siddiqui can learn from them if she is any bit interested in learning.

The staff here are amazing! Dr. January and his wife really put me at ease during my surgery. The only reason for four stars was because of the wait time, however I was made aware of the 2 – 4 hour window so wasn’t too disgruntled. Went in for my surgery at 3:30 and was home by 7. Thank you LASIK Vision Institute for the gift of clarity!

I had a consultation on Saturday, my Lasik done Sunday and my follow-​up Monday.
The consultation process runs a little long because of the amount of patients and tests. I believe I was there for a little over 2 hours but half of it was spent waiting.
The procedure was very quick and the doctor was hilarious! The only pain I felt was from the eye clamp thing and the anesthetic eye drop stung a little. But the scary laser part went smoothly and they even let you hug a tigger during the whole thing. :) the doctor and nurses really go above and beyond to make you feel comfortable.
After the 4 hours of mandatory closed eyes. I could already start seeing better. My prescription is really high so they did inform me recovery would take a little longer before but I’m pretty happy with the results.

Just had my procedure yesterday and the results are way better than I’d expected. The whites of my eyes are almost entirely clear, and when I went in for my next-​day checkup just now, my vision turned out to be ²⁰⁄₁₅. I haven’t seen this clearly since I was a kid.
Dr. January is really funny. I got nervous upon walking into the surgery room, and the offbeat, teasing nature that he and all staff present bought to the procedure got me laughing, and helped me to relax.
The procedure itself is almost painless. There’s a mild sting from the anesthetic drops, and an awkwardness to having your eyelids propped open. But it is all over-​with super fast — I think I was in and out in under five minutes.
Like many other people have said, the $ 299 per eye did not apply to me. I spent 3k including surgery on both eyes and plugs to help my eyes retain moisture. But I was pleased with the 0 interest credit they offer — it stretches the payment out over the course of two years at no extra cost.
Altogether, I’m just so happy to’ve chosen to get Lasik, and to have had Dr. January as my surgeon. The nurses and doctors other than Dr. January (who you interact with far more) have all been cheerful, encouraging, personable, and kind. The hardest part of the whole process was the time sitting in the waiting room beforehand. So worth it!

I had LASIK eye surgery about 3 years ago. I still rave about the wonderful experience I had. Everyone is so friendly and they make you feel comfortable. I was so nervous but Doctor January made it such a pleasant experience. He jammed whatever music I liked and before the song was over, I saw perfectly! Seriously, I was almost blind and I left the office feeling like a new woman. Recovery wasn’t too bad and the staff checked on me throughout the way. I was actually referred to Doctor January and I’m so glad I took my friend’s advice! I definitely refer my friend’s to Doctor J!

First, the only complain I have about this place: their endless email advertisements that says $ 299 per eye for Lasik. I have never met a single person who qualifies for that, and I think it makes the whole place seem sketchy and «cheap.»
Aside from that, I can say I really love this place. I went in for a consultation on Wednesday and had my procedure that following Friday (note: I have been shopping around for a while, so the timing worked for me. If you just started looking into Lasik, you will need longer times).
No matter where you go, Lasik is going to give you near perfect vision. What’s important for me was the patient care post-​op, which where most of the complains come. Dr. January and his team are amazing in making you feel comfortable, keep you energized, and all have excellent bedside manners. I have a minor reaction to something that was used post-​op, and LVI was excellent in their post-​op care. Through my 6 (yes, six!) post-​op follow up appointments within 2 weeks of Lasik, the doctors were incredible in making me feel like they truely care about my vision and well being. The staffs remembered my name, patiently answered all my questions, and I was usually out of the office within 30 minutes.
I paid about $ 3k for both eyes, with lifetime warantee to re-​do the procedure should my eye sights deteorates later on in life.
If you are thinking about Lasik, check this place out!

Appointments are fast. Dr January is a clown and makes you feel comfortable. Dr Sadighi knows her stuff. I was able to see a few hours after a surgery after my nap. What an awesome feeling!

Absolutely wonderful experience! The staff was very welcoming and answered all of my questions with a smile. Dr. January was so warm and made me feel at ease the whole time. I would definitely recommend LVI Houston to anyone.