Real experiences from patients who travelled to Istanbul for laser eye surgery, lens replacement, cataract surgery and specialist eye care with Prof. Dr. Ahmet Satıcı, Doç. Dr. Muhammet Derda Özer or Op. Dr. Aysan Bayram. Filter by treatment, surgeon or language, then check what patients say about us on independent review sites.
The most useful laser eye surgery Turkey reviews name the treatment, the surgeon and the date, describe the recovery as well as the result, and can be checked on an independent site. On this page, each review shows who the patient is (first name and country), which surgeon treated them and when, and where the review came from. Read them alongside our independent Google and Trustpilot profiles.
Filters work on the fields shown on every card: treatment, surgeon, language, country and format.
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Video stories let you hear patients in their own words, usually a few weeks or months after surgery. Each video has subtitles and a written summary.
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Reviews on our own website are, by definition, chosen and displayed by us. That is why we ask every patient to leave their review on an independent platform as well, where we cannot edit or remove it.
When you read independent reviews, look at the low ratings as well as the high ones, and at how the clinic replied. A careful reply to a disappointed patient tells you a lot about how you would be treated if something went wrong.
Results for eyelid and squint surgery can be shown in photos. Results for laser, lens and cataract surgery are shown as measured vision before and after, because the eye itself looks the same. Every photo and result is published only with the patient's written consent, and shows the surgeon and how long after surgery it was taken.
Individual results vary. A photo or result from another patient is not a promise of your result. {{3–6 consented before-and-after examples: treatment, surgeon, time after surgery}}
A review is only useful if you can trust it. This is how we collect real reviews:
We ask for a review after your final check-up, and again a few months later, through a short survey and links to Google and Trustpilot. We publish reviews on this page only when we can match them to a real treatment record.
We do not offer discounts, gifts or payments for reviews. If that ever changes, the review will say so clearly.
We do not hide critical reviews. We remove a review only if it contains someone else's personal details, abuse, or is clearly not about a treatment with us, and we explain our reasons to the reviewer.
We correct nothing in a review except to remove personal data, such as a phone number. Translations are marked as translations, with the original language shown.
Every review shows the treatment, the surgeon and the date, so you can see whether it is recent and relevant to you.
Where a patient raises a problem, the surgeon or coordinator replies in their own name.
We follow the same steps for every review on this site, in every language.
Whether you are reading our page, Google, Trustpilot or a forum such as Reddit, the same questions help you separate useful reviews from noise:
"The clinic was great" tells you little. "My surgeon changed my plan from LASIK to PRK after measuring my corneas" tells you how decisions are made.
A good laser review says little about lens replacement or keratoconus treatment.
A review written a few months after treatment is more informative than one written in the taxi back to the hotel.
One very good or very bad story is one story. Look for patterns across many reviews.
Posts are anonymous and impossible to verify, and clinics are sometimes promoted or attacked by people with an interest. They are good for discovering questions to ask, less good for deciding where to go.
Reviews often answer the questions people worry about most. Here are the honest answers from our surgeons:
Laser eye surgery is done with numbing drops, so most people feel only pressure for a few seconds. Eyes often feel gritty, watery or sensitive to light for a few hours after LASIK or SMILE, and for a few days after surface treatments such as PRK.
Glare, halos around lights, blurred vision and dry, sore-feeling eyes are common after laser surgery and normally improve within a few months, according to the NHS. Your surgeon gives you drops and checks your eyes before you fly home.
Plan 3–5 days in Istanbul for laser eye surgery and 5–7 days for lens or cataract surgery. Most patients fly 1–3 days after laser surgery, once their surgeon has checked the eye.
Yes. The surgeon named in your quote examines you, operates and checks your recovery. Reviews on this page always name the surgeon, so you can read about the person who would treat you.
A personal interpreter in your language joins every appointment.
Examination and scans, surgery by your named surgeon, medication and drops, follow-up checks in Istanbul, your interpreter, a coordinator and remote follow-up. Flights, hotel and airport transfers are not included; hotel and transfers can be arranged on request at a separate charge.
Some are and some are not. Trust reviews that name the surgeon, the treatment and the date, describe the recovery as well as the result, and can be found on an independent platform such as Google or Trustpilot. Be cautious with anonymous posts and with sites that show only five-star reviews.
Yes. We publish critical reviews as well as positive ones and reply to them by name. We only remove reviews containing other people's personal data or abuse, or that are not about a treatment with us.
On our Google profile ({{Google link}}) and Trustpilot page ({{Trustpilot link}}). We cannot edit or remove reviews on either platform.
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Reviews tell you about other people's eyes. For your own, send your prescription or eye report, and the surgeon who specialises in your problem will tell you what is possible and what it would cost, with no obligation.
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Prof. Dr. Ahmet Satıcı
Doç. Dr. Muhammet Derda Özer
Op. Dr. Aysan Bayram