Mann Eye Institute

5.0

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Heather E. Via Yelp - South Austin Location

6 years ago

Im a month post-op from my lasik procedure. All is going well. I have 20/20 vision as if yesterday and everything seems fairly crisp at this point. The entire staff seems nice. The facility is clean. Initially it was kind of difficult to locate the actual building. The price was higher than most I have heard. Dr Barker was extremely nice, and he did my procedure. The first day I met him was the day of the procedure though, and I havent seen him since! Every time I have been in for a follow up I see a different doctor. The front desk lady, kristen is seriously the sweetest person ever and is always helpful and keeps everyone posted on any delays. I have been in multiple times and only once were they running behind. The day of the procedure went smoothly. I arrived at the office with my designated driver. All the paperwork was signed and the payment remitted. I talked to dr barker and he explained everything and then offered to pray with us, which was a nice touch in my opinion. I received two valium and an ibuprofen. I was very relaxed. Almost too relaxed - I was laughing when the procedure started and was scared my eyes wouldn't be able to hold still. They then clamped this device to my eye - which literally felt like a toilet plunger on my eyeball. It was a very firm pressure, not painful though. I lost track of time, but the entire procedure took less than like 4 min according to my friend. When i stood up for the first time I literally could see but everything felt as though I was looking thru tears or opened my eyes underwater. The dr checked my eyes and placed the shields on and we left. I pretty much slept for the next three and a half hours and only woke up when I felt tears rolling down my face. I took off my shields and was amazed I could see. I started using my drops and everything was fine. I only felt a minor stinging sensation but I would not describe it as pain. I worked on my laptop without any issues. The Dr called to check on me in the afternoon. Once night set in - that was a different story. I saw halos around the lights and every single light or light reflecting device was glowing like crazy. I immediately felt buyers remorse. At my first follow up I mentioned it and they said it would improve with time, and true to their word, it did improve and today I feel like my vision in regard to the lights is perfectly normal - mild halos if any. I would give Mann Eye 5 stars. I still have my eyes and my vision. I wil At my follow-up today (8/22) my vision is now 20/15 in both eyes! Super exciting! And my eyes still feel great.

Ashley M. Via Yelp - South Austin Location

6 years ago

I wish I had LASIK done here sooner! After 24 years of wearing contacts, this was LIFE CHANGING. Everyone in the office was so knowledgeable, friendly, and professional. Dr. Mann even personally called me after my surgery to make sure I was doing well. I highly recommend Mann Eye Institute!

Jolly H. Via Yelp - North Austin Location

6 years ago

I had to visit this place twice in the past four weeks. The first time was to get something out of my eyes, that I could not wash out myself. Yes, I was dumb enough to get those tiny face washing beads into my eyes. The poor doctor went through 8 years of education so he could pick beads out of my eyes, one bead at a time. I was feeling just a tad bad for that and I commented how much of a goofball I was for getting them into my eyes and he made me feel better by saying he's seen quite a few people with them in their eyes. BUT, they only have the bead(s) in one eye. I'm the first to have them in both eyes! HA! So yay me and my ability to do what most people can't. The second time I went was for a boring eye exam. And in this situation, boring is a good thing. I had appointments for both visits and was seen pretty close to my scheduled time slot. The office is very clean and airy with big windows allowing sunlight to brighten the room. No one tried to up-sell me and everyone I dealt with was courteous and professional. They even give out those fashionable roll up sunglasses for those who get their pupils dilated. A week after getting my eye exam, I had to accompany my mother on three of her eye exams at another large South Austin eye clinic. Long story short, I told her she needed to switch to Mann Eye Institute because it was cleaner, the waiting room was more spacious, they didn't have you return to the waiting room after every check, no 45 minute wait past her appointment time to see the doctor, etc... You don't realize what a good thing is until you go somewhere not so good. And lastly, The Mann Eye Institute is located on the second floor. I accidentally went into the main lobby of the bank downstairs and must have looked a bit confused. The kind teller told me the eye place was upstairs and to go through the lobby and out the back door to get to the elevators. Of course, had I bothered to read the big sign above the double doors, I would have known I was entering a bank. I'm going to blame my loopiness to the beads that were in my eyes.