Free 90-minute evaluation

The measuring comes before the laser

Ninety minutes, eleven tests, one consultant.

1,184 evaluations rated the evaluation 4.8 out of 5

Landolt rings, 6/60 to 6/6

12 minin theatre, both eyes

23 secof laser per eye

1 in 6are told not to have surgery

Procedures from ₹54,000

Standard LASIK, both eyes

Book my free evaluation What we measure

Free evaluationEleven tests, no charge

Blade-freeFemtosecond laser

Same surgeonMeasures, operates, follows up

Why we start with measurement

Almost every LASIK regret begins before the laser is switched on

We looked back at 240 second opinions.

The screening took fifteen minutes

A single autorefraction is not a workup.

Nobody measured the tear film

Most people have some dryness afterwards.

The procedure was chosen by price list

Which one suits you is a fact about your cornea.

So we do it the other way round.

What the evaluation covers

Eleven tests in one sitting, read by the surgeon who would operate

Corneal topography and tomography

Front surface plus a Scheimpflug scan of the back.

Thickness, measured three ways

Ultrasound, optical and tomographic, cross-checked.

Tear film before, not after

Schirmer's test and tear break-up time.

Pupil size in the dark

Measured under scotopic light.

Dilated refraction and retina check

Cycloplegic refraction and a dilated fundus exam.

A written report, yours to keep

Every map and number in plain language.

Inside the cornea

Half a millimetre of tissue, budgeted to the micron

An average cornea is about 540 microns thick.

Cross-section, not to scale — the four layers keyed below

Procedure specification

EpitheliumThe surface layer.

Flap or lenticuleLASIK lifts a flap here.

AblationAbout 13 microns per dioptre.

Residual bedNever under 300 microns.

Evaluation, procedure, day one

Three appointments. Two of them are short.

Stop soft contact lenses seven days before.

What the fee covers

One number, and nothing added afterwards

Honestly compared

One procedure against twenty more years of lenses

What matters

Contoura at Drishti

Glasses and monthly lenses

Two rows there do not favour us.

9,400procedures since 2011

Who would operate

The consultant who reads your maps is the one holding the instrument

Dr Anitha Raghunathan trained in cornea and refractive surgery.

Drishti is a single-theatre unit.

MS Ophthalmology, DNB, fellowship
About 9,400 procedures since 2011
Runs every evaluation herself
Declines one evaluation in six

Dr Anitha RaghunathanCornea and refractive surgeon

Patients, in their own words

What the first year actually feels like

4.8average of 1,184 evaluations

96%reached 6/6 or better

1 in 40needed an enhancement

The unit on Cenotaph Road

One theatre, four consulting rooms

This week's clinic

Forty-eight evaluation slots a week.

Every evaluation is ninety minutes with one consultant.

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This week's list closes Sunday at 8 pm.

This week, in numbers

Only 11 of 48 evaluation slots are still open — the rest are already booked.

Take a slot

Book the evaluation

Ninety minutes that decide the rest of it

Pick the procedure you want to be assessed for.

Choose a procedure

Free evaluationEleven tests and the report.

Same surgeon throughoutMeasures, operates, follows up.

Twelve-month enhancementIf indicated and the cornea allows.

A written noWith the reason and the alternatives.

Before you book

The seven questions asked in every consulting room

Not this year?

Ask for the next free screening camp

We run an open screening one Saturday a month.

The measuring comes before the laser

Almost every LASIK regret begins before the laser is switched on

The screening took fifteen minutes

Nobody measured the tear film

The procedure was chosen by price list

Eleven tests in one sitting, read by the surgeon who would operate

Corneal topography and tomography

Thickness, measured three ways

Tear film before, not after

Pupil size in the dark

Dilated refraction and retina check

A written report, yours to keep

Half a millimetre of tissue, budgeted to the micron

Procedure specification

Three appointments. Two of them are short.

One number, and nothing added afterwards

One procedure against twenty more years of lenses

The consultant who reads your maps is the one holding the instrument

What the first year actually feels like

One theatre, four consulting rooms

Forty-eight evaluation slots a week.

This week, in numbers

Ninety minutes that decide the rest of it

Your evaluation

Ready to send

The seven questions asked in every consulting room

Ask for the next free screening camp