Mann Eye Institute
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    Crystal L. Via Yelp
    9 years ago
    My eyes, my poor eyesight is no longer an issue! I can see clearly 1 day after my LASIK surgery and I am sooo happy!<br><br>I consulted 3 places in Austin, all of them telling me I am a great candidate and prices all within the same range give or take ~$100-$200 but ultimately chose Mann Eye because I felt like the people working there as well as the facilities were much cooler and neater for the same price point! Courtney at the arboretum office quoted me$2500 each eye + $195 diagnostic fee with 5% off from my vision insurance was amazingly awesome with $1000 in house discount. Total was $3985 put on my credit card for rewards points to pay off instantly but if you don't have the full amount to pay, they certainly can help with financing through Care Credit. I went to the Arboretum location for my initial consults but for the pre-op, surgery and post-op visits, they were all at the South Central location. (FYI: they're serious about not parking anywhere in the garage with "reserved" signs posted in the parking spots there so make sure to look carefully!)<br><br>I was at a -7 in both my left and right eye with -2.50/-1.75 astigmatism and 1 day after I can see pretty amazingly with my right eye but my left eye still being a bit fuzzy. One concern I had initially that went away was I never got to talk to Dr. Mann before the surgery but on the day of he was around and introducing himself to everyone before the surgery was to be done. They have many other doctors around to facilitate and check in on their patients progress but Dr. Mike Mann or Dr. Paul Mann with be your final surgical Doctor. Dr. Paul Mann operated on me and he let me know as a fellow Houstonian that him and his father switch off doing surgeries in Austin and Houston every other week to do them! Surgeries are done Thursday's and Friday's so you can rest easy through the weekend and they do 1 day post op check up on you Saturday morning when you do surgeries on Friday. I picked Friday afternoon so I could still work the morning of my surgery day. <br><br>My husband watches me get my procedure done and then drove me home so I could take a nap before my anesthesia in my eyes wore off. During the surgery I was very worried but they provide you with Valium and ibuprofen 800mg so you'll be fine during the surgery. The first machine they move you under is the laser that makes the incision for your cornea, right then left for me. My left eye I struggled with them inserting the suction so my eyeball wouldn't move and thus caused some minor redding to occur as my blood vessels there bruised. Then to the other laser to correct my vision and astigmatism and each eye was 24 seconds, I could smell something burning while the second laser did its work but I read about this with others so I was prepared. In the background during all this is happening, I heard the medical assistants reading numbers aloud and Dr. Mann also talking reading the metrics. After my left eye finished everyone was awesome and congratulated me on my successful operation!!! Laying down in the room was cold so I was glad that I came in long sleeves, but they provided me with a cute pink fuzzy stuffed elephant, Jenny, to hold onto and a thick blanket to cover me as well as a cushion under my knees so my legs wouldn't be tired. They are seriously thoughtful and I appreciated every little thing. Kristin at the South Central location checked me in and beamed with smiles and regaled me with her own personal journey of going under which definitely helped me on the day of surgery feeling nervous. I know folks are wary of Mann eye being a machine and churning in and out people going in surgery and out those day but honestly you are taken care of and each patient is seen and given the amount of time necessary and they don't rush you! No backlog so all was great!<br><br>Handing me back my glasses and my goodie bag of sunglasses to wear and all my eye drops and instructions, everything was good to go! As someone with a heavy prescription I was very worried and afraid something would go wrong but everything I had concerns about were alleviated easily and I am so happy I made this choice. I will continue to update as I continue on with my next 1 week post-op visit and so on as they do them frequently to ensure you are healing as expected. <br><br>Oh, and enhancements and fixes will be covered up to 2 years from your surgery date so long as you make all your check in appointments which is really neat! Aside from some starbursts and light sensitivity at the moment 1 day after surgery, I am beaming with joy!! It's only going to get better from here on out and I'm so stoked!!!! Ps. If you're considering LASIK, feel free to message me and let's chat! I did a ton of research before I made the plunge because I knew my prescription was high and I wanted to make sure this was the best choice of my life I'd have to make!<br><br>Thank you Mann Eye team for this wonderful experience and new eyes you've given me!
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    Crystal L. Via Yelp
    9 years ago
    My eyeballs are toast, and my once terrible vision may be superhuman strength soon enough! PS Long review for the folks who want to get LASIK, are toying with the idea, and want to know what a strong prescription person felt at her free consult. TLDR: Price for custom wavefront lasik here cost $2500 per eyeball + $195 diag exam fee for surgery. Total $5195, but Mann Eye typically has the $1000 off promotion, thus $4195. Tax on any eye insurance you may have for vision correction surgery like my EyeMed insurance (15% on my policy) and total is $3566. This is roughly $1783 per eyeball to never have to worry about glasses or contacts again. I went in last Friday afternoon around 1:45pm for a LASIK consult to see if I first of all qualified for the procedure, and to see the cost that I'd be working with at if I were to get a vision correction procedure done. From parking in their lot, I was confused and walked into the bank below but it's okay, even the bank folks are friendly! (They must have figured my eyesight was terrible, thus giving me better directions to find my way around the building). I got checked in, and let the receptionist know that I was new, filled out some paper work, checked in on Yelp and got a Mann Eye goodie bag, filled with candy, some shades, a notepad, magnets and earphones, whoo! I met up with a lady named Courtney, who is the LASIK consult here at Mann Eye, and from the beginning, she was very friendly and sweet, totally hit it off! She went through several of the machines that would test my prescription of my glasses, asked if I had recently worn contacts as that would change the measurements of my eyeballs, measured the thickness of my cornea as well as took a look at my astigmatism. I've been looking left and right at all the Mann Eye institute Yelp reviews as I've heard friends say "NO, don't go there! They will wreck your eyesight and you need to shell out the money to ensure you get the best doctor! " Now I'll be honest, I used to hear the rave reviews of Mann Eye Institute off of the Bobby Bones show as I drove into work everyday, and yes, marketing enough and listening to them rant enough over perfect vision was enough years later to have myself make my way into the free consult. The eye exam free consult, was the most thorough exam ever! I've never seen so many machines before in my life, and not one of them blew a puff of air into my eyeballs. I dread that machine the most, maybe it's the unknowningness of when the puff of air will hit, but I would never wish it upon my enemies! I notice not that many have too high of a prescription, and if you're considering lasik then you must want to compare numbers. Fine, let's compare answers. I am at -7.25/-7.50 diopter, and -1.72/-2.25 astigmatism, with my cornea thickness being in the 620's+. Now, most of the lovely Yelp reviews raving of their LASIK typically didn't have as crazy of a prescription as I do, and it drove me bonkers to not be able to see others above a -3/-4 diopter getting LASIK. Not Courney, remember her taking me around getting my eyes tested? She confessed she was at a -5.00 approx prescription, and I felt a bit safer seeing that she was understanding of my concerns, of my stronger grade prescription, and seeing that she had her procedure done here, and having her great results. They use the intraLase machine which will cut your eyeball, bladeless (aka with a laser), and then use a Wavefront machine to map your cornea to see the 3D topographical terrain of your eyeball to get the most accurate reading. Cool! I've had folks say that they've had terrible results here though, so I am hesitant, getting myself a few second and third opinions, because halos, starbursts while driving at night is definitely a downer. As with any major surgery/medical opinion, I would highly suggest you get 2-3 other consults, most LASIK eye exams are free, and they are pretty low pressure about wanting to get you to sign something. After the first 3 machines with Courtney, I was handed over to the eye medical assistant who conducted my my typical eye exam, was dilated to check for glaucoma and other eye diseases that may be of discomfort (also to check if I would be able to be corrected to 20/20, which I am if you can read the lines on the eye chart to a certain line), and then saw the Doctor who once reviewing my numbers, determined I would be a successful LASIK candidate. Questions to the doctor were in regards to seeing if I would need PRK which has a higher success rate and less regression for stronger prescription folks but the Doct seemed pretty certain LASIK would be better for me in regards to long term, and healing time. PRK does take weeks to heal, where LASIK takes a day or two at most. The free consult was a very informative visit and I'm glad I went in to check Mann Eye out! Second and third consults will go through, because I'm a person who needs to do her research but all sounds great so far!
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    Courtney H. Via Yelp
    9 years ago
    Excellent staff and Dr. Beavers is kind, knowledgable and makes you feel like family!
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    Brats Y. Via Yelp
    9 years ago
    I had my appointment yesterday, after suddenly rescheduling it on my part. It was great.<br><br>Maryanne, in particular, struck me. She is both passionate and knowledgeable about her chosen profession - she is an eye nerd, through and through. She and the rest of the staff there are clearly in love with their jobs. It's so refreshing to be around people who like each other and love what they do.<br><br>Do your homework before you show up. You should know already how much your laser procedure is going to cost, or ask right away. They won't tell you from the get go, but this is standard sales practice. Don't be put off by it. Mine is going to run me a touch under $4000 with zero percent financing for 18 months, which I find totally reasonable.<br><br>I'll update later with how everything goes, but as far as my initial consultation, couldn't be better. The energy in the office is amazing.
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    Rosie Scott Via Google Business Profile
    9 years ago
    Dr Guy Beavers and his staff are incredible! I was really worried about what I thought was an eye infection and despite my stressed out, and I'm sure at first unfriendly, manner they were incredibly kind, cheery (but not in an annoying way), and professional. I got incredible care and they went out of there way to get me back on my feet and not looking like a swollen-eyes weirdo. I couldn't recommend them more strongly.
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    4314 W. Braker Lane Suite 215 Austin, TX 78759
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