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Free yourself from glasses and contact lenses with laser eye surgery in Antwerp

Discover how our expert guidance will enable you to get more convenience and less frustration in your life

Free yourself from glasses and contact lenses with laser eye surgery in Antwerp

Discover how our expert guidance will enable you to get more convenience and less frustration in your life

Dramatically more convenience and flexibility

DR. FRANK GOES JR. EXPLAINS HOW PATIENTS FEEL AFTER LASER EYE SURGERY IN ANTWERP

Become glasses-free with our expert guidance

Onze patiënten genieten meer van het leven nadat hun zicht op de wereld veranderde

Imagine a life without glasses and contact lenses

The day starts and you see everything - without putting in your contact lenses. Even better, you’re free from them for every waking moment of your day.

Feel an easing sense of freedom and convenience

“Freedom”. “A renewed sense of confidence” “Convenience”. “Accessibility”. “Living my best life”. These are just some of the common feelings expressed by our patients, starting as early as the morning after their procedure.

FRUSTRATION, INCONVENIENCE, AND RESTRICTION BE GONE

After laser eye surgery treatment, you’ll find that every little thing - like getting ready for work, training in the gym, or enjoying a night out - that you’d gotten used to doing with glasses and contact lenses now feels a lot easier.

Change how you see the world, and how the world sees you

Getting your eyes treated doesn’t only change how you see – it can change how others see you.

Courageous, modern, up-to-date - these are just a few adjectives we hear that our patients are called after they have vision correction.

Easily become glasses free with our expert guidance

Onze patiënten genieten meer van het leven nadat hun zicht op de wereld veranderde

Imagine a life without glasses and contact lenses

The day starts and you see everything - without putting in your contact lenses. Even better, you’re free from them for every waking moment of your day.

Feel an easing sense of freedom and convenience

“Freedom”. “A renewed sense of confidence” “Convenience”. “Accessibility”. “Living my best life”. These are just some of the common feelings expressed by our patients, starting as early as the morning after their procedure.

FRUSTRATION, INCONVENIENCE, AND RESTRICTION BE GONE

After laser eye surgery treatment, you’ll find that every little thing - like getting ready for work, training in the gym, or enjoying a night out - that you’d gotten used to doing with glasses and contact lenses now feels a lot easier.

Change how you see the world, and how the world sees you

Getting your eyes treated doesn’t only change how you see – it can change how others see you.
Courageous, modern, up-to-date - these are just a few adjectives we hear that our patients are called after they have vision correction.

Three easy steps to free yourself from glasses and contacts

Start your journey today to see if you’re suitable

get in touch

Not everyone is a good candidate for laser eye surgery. The first step is to find out if laser eye surgery can help you. You can take a self test, call us or use our online calendar to book a free assessment.

We’ll meet

We will answer your questions during your free assessment and give you a clear and honest recommendation based on your lifestyle and needs. You will feel confident understanding the best treatment option for your unique eyes.

Enjoy your freedom

After treatment, everyone tells us how surprised they are by how quickly their lives changed. They also mention that they wish they had done it years earlier! When people say yes to eye treatment, they are saying yes to a new life, free from the limitation of glasses and contacts!

Discover if you can be free from glasses and contact lenses

The best way to find out if laser eye treatment is right for you is to have a free assessment. We'll examine your eyes and get a clear answer from our experts on your suitability and laser vision correction options

With laser eye surgery you can say goodbye to glasses and contact lenses

Quickly discover how our broad range laser vision correction procedures can give you visual freedom in moments
WHAT CONDITIONS DOES LASER EYE SURGERY TREAT?

We can use laser eye surgery to treat:

  • Short-sightedness - also known as myopia (from -0.5 units to -10 units)
  • Long-sightedness - also known as hyperopia (from +0.5 units to +4 units)
  • Astigmatism (up to 6 units)

We can also use laser eye surgery to accommodate for the near-vision loss symptoms of presbyopia (ageing eyes).

AT WHAT AGE AM I SUITABLE FOR LASER EYE SURGERY?

To be eligible for laser eye surgery, you must

  • be 21 years old
  • have a stable refraction for several years

Sometimes, we can perform laser eye surgery on people as young as 18. In these cases; however, we are making smaller corrections.

DO ANY OTHER HEALTH CONDITIONS PRECLUDE ME FROM HAVING LASER EYE SURGERY ?

Yes, however, we need to discuss these with you to confirm your suitability for laser eye surgery or alternatives.

HOW LASER EYE SURGERY WORKS

During laser eye surgery, we reshape of your cornea (the curvature of your eye) using a laser beam. You will not feel any pain during the procedure

We will explain the laser eye surgery steps in detail at the appointment, but here are the basic steps:

  1. We numb your eyes with eye drops.
  2. We either create a flap (in LASIK) or remove a thin segment behind the surface of the eye (with SMILE). With LASEK, we remove a small portion of the front surface of the eye.
  3. Finally we reshape the cornea

With laser eye surgery, we adjust the curvature of your eye so that light hits your eye correctly again.

After the recovery period is over (ranging from hours (Smile and Femtolasik) to a couple of days (Lasek)), you can see clearly again without glasses or contact lenses.

In the eye, the cornea (the front window of the eye) accounts for ⅔ of the refraction and the lens accounts for ⅓ by the refraction. With laser eye surgery we want to change the refraction of light in the eye in order to relieve patients of their glasses or contact lenses . Therefore, in young people we will first try to adjust the shape of the cornea with a laser beam. We will only use the option of a lens implant for patients who are 50 years old or older.

WHAT ARE THE BENEFITS OF LASER EYE SURGERY?

Laser eye surgery has the advantage over lens replacement in that it is categorized as extra-ocular surgery. In other words, we don't have to make an opening in the eye; so, we don’t need to work inside the eye. This, naturally, reduces some of the risk involved when compared to lens replacement. In addition, there are other advantages of laser eye surgery:

  • We treat both your eyes at the same time
  • you do not have to spend the night in hospital as laser eye surgery is an outpatient, outpatient procedure
  • If you are the ideal candidate based on the preliminary investigation, laser eye surgery is a very safe treatment

The procedure is only performed in a center recognized for laser eye surgery that meets several strict requirements. Every three years, and official and independent body inspects the laser center, with the requirements becoming stricter every year.

WHAT ARE THE COMPLICATIONS OF LASER EYE SURGERY?

We mentioned before that laser eye surgery is a safe procedure, which is why complications after laser eye surgery are rare. However, a patient may occasionally experience discomfort after treatment, for example:

  • experiencing circles around lights at night. This complication improves spontaneously in the vast majority of cases.
  • an over or under correction. This complication requires retreatment.
  • a corneal infection. This is a very rare complication.

The above cases only occur in a few cases. The over- or under-correction occurs on average in less than one percent of the cases. This means that >99% of patients return home with a clear view after one operation. In addition, we give patients preventive antibiotic drops after the procedure to reduce the risk of infection.

In summary, laser eye surgery is one of the safest procedures doctors perform on the human body.

ARE THERE ANY SIDE EFFECTS AFTER LASER EYE TREATMENT?

Immediately after the laser eye surgery, you may have the feeling that there are grains of sand in your eye. It is also possible that you are light shy or that your eyes are watering a bit. This period lasts only a few hours. We recommend crawling into your bed with the curtains closed and closing your eyes. If this does not help, you can also take a light painkiller.

Vision recovers very quickly for most people, especially patients who have had a SMILE and/or LASIK treatment. The vision also returns for those who had a Lasek treatment, but the recovery is simply a bit slower here. In the first few weeks, some people experience minor side effects , such as dry eyes or seeing circles around lights at night. Most of these complaints usually disappear like snow in the sun.

What are the latest laser eye surgery techniques?
PRK
  • Eye surgeons introduced PRK, the first generation of laser eye surger in 1988 . Although PRK is still a good technique with excellent results, healing is slow and some discomfort can occur immediately after the procedure. We typically use LASEK in the rare cases where a surface procedure might be necessary. LASEK, is an evolution of PRK.
LASIK
  • Shortly after the surgeons introduced LASEK, they introduced LASIK. With LASIK surgeons make a thin corneal flap on the surface of the eye (the cornea). They then flip the flap on its hinge before carrying out a laser treatment on the deeper layers of the cornea. With a LASIK procedure, a patient has little or no discomfort and he/she recovers almost immediately. There is, however, the presence of a corneal flap that heals in a few hours, and there is a slightly higher chance of dry eyes .
All-laser LASIK

All-laser LASIK (also known as Femto-LASIK, based on the femtosecond laser we use for the procedure) is an advancement of the traditional LASIK that used a blade. The extremely fast and precise femtosecond laser allows the surgeon to create a very accurate flap without a blade. All-laser LASIK;

    • Offers very fast recovery
    • Most frequently performed surgery
    • Is the standard treatment for more than 20 years
SMILE

SMILE is a flapless procedure, which means that no flap is cut in the cornea. This reduces the chance of dry eyes .

  • Comfortable & stress-free
  • Fast recovery
  • High Accuracy
  • Odorless and noiseless silent treatment

The latest laser eye technique, the third generation laser treatment, is SMILE. This treatment combines the benefits of PRK and LASIK and eliminates most of the drawbacks. After SMILE:

    • you will have a very stable and strong cornea after the treatment
    • your vision recovers very quickly
    • you have little or no discomfort right after the procedure
      er is geen sprake van een hoornvliesflap vermits alles zich doorheen een kleine wonde afspeelt. SMILE is pure microchirurgie.
SHOULD YOU HAVE LASER EYE SURGERY OR LENS REPLACEMENT?

We can treat short-sightedness, long-sightedness and astigmatism with either a lens implant or laser vision correction. We choose depending on:

  • the anatomy of the cornea
  • the depth of the eye
  • the size of the pupil
  • the severity of the prescription

We always perform a very thorough preliminary investigation in which we determine which technique will suit you best.

WHAT DOES THE INVESTIGATION LOOK LIKE?

The purpose of the preliminary examination for laser eye surgery is to determine whether the cornea is sufficiently strong and healthy. In addition, we want to know whether there are certain conditions in the eye that prevent an optimal result. We only perform laser eye treatment when both conditions are met. By default, candidates for laser surgery undergo the following examinations:

  • objective and subjective refraction
  • pressure measurement
  • retinal examination
  • pupil measurement
  • specular microscopy of the cornea
  • topography
  • OCT scan of the cornea
  • Sometimes, depending on each individual examination, we perform additional tests.
THE OPERATION

Laser eye surgery doesn't last long. We provide approximately 30 minutes for the treatment of both eyes, but we are usually ready after 20 minutes. The laser correction itself usually takes a minute, the rest of the time is spent explaining and taking all precautions to properly adjust the laser and to ensure the equipment is sterile.

THE AFTERCARE

Your vision is usually still blurred for the first three hours after the procedure. Your eyes will feel slightly irritated and we suggest you keep their eyes closed. After about three hours, most of the nuisance has disappeared.

With Femto-LASIK and SMILE, your vision starts to recover from then on, with LASEK it takes a little longer. You can exercise and lead a normal life the day after surgery . Showering, is of course part of "normal life", and that is allowed. But take care that no dirty water runs into your eyes. Driving the car is usually possible the day after a SMILE and LASIK procedure. With a LASEK treatment, that again takes a few days longer.

By default, you should take antibiotics for one week and use artificial tears for a longer period of time. Artificial tears are eye drops that provide extra moisture for the eye. This avoids the possible side-effect of dry eyes, provided you use the artificial tears a few times a day. In addition, we recommend limiting alcohol consumption, as is the norm after any medical procedure.

DOES LASER EYE SURGERY EFFECTS LAST FOREVER? HOW LONG WILL IT LAST?

The changes the laser makes to your eye are permanent. You may be able to have an enhancement after the original procedure, and those effects will be permanent unless you have another treatment. The aim is to reshape the cornea to correct shortsightedness, longsightedness and astigmatism forever.

CAN YOU BECOME BLIND FROM FROM LASER EYE SURGERY?

You can never say that a complication is impossible . Nevertheless, in all the years that we have performed laser eye surgery, we have never had a blind patient. However, we advise caution. That's why we treat each treatment as if it were the only treatment of the year. We treat every treatment as if it were our own eyes or the eyes of someone in our family. After all, we know you only have one pair of eyes. They are one of the most precious, or the most precious senses, of a human being.

WHY IS MY VISION BLURRED AFTER LASER EYE SURGERY?

During the treatment, the cornea dries out a little. It is therefore normal that this has to recover for a few hours after the procedure. As soon as the cornea recovers, usually after three hours, vision is fully restored.

HOW EXPENSIVE IS LASER EYE SURGERY?

Laser eye surgery is not cheap. You should budget an amount between 1650 and 2500 euros per eye for the procedure.

Know, however, that laser eye surgery is for life and that you should compare this price with the price you would pay to wear glasses and contact lenses for the rest of your life.

With glasses, you will need to regularly buy new lenses and purchase new frames. Wearing contact lenses is also very expensive.
On average, after 7 years you will have paid as much for contact lenses as you would spend on laser eye surgery.

DO YOU STILL NEED READING GLASSES AFTER LASER EYE SURGERY?

The aim of laser eye surgery is to make the eye 'emmetropic'. A emmetrope eye is an eye that can see well into the distance without effort. Patients under the age of 45 can see well up close because their natural lens is more flexible. From the age of 45, the lens of the eye becomes more rigid, which makes it more difficult to bulge. Because of this, most people beyond the age of 45 who are emmetropic will need reading glasses to read. By 50 years of age, everyone will notice near vision loss. That applies both to people who were born with two perfect eyes, and people who were shortsighted and undergo a laser eye correction.

IS LASER EYE SURGERY MORE FINANCIALLY BENEFICIAL THAN CONTACT LENSES?

Contact lenses cost a lot of money in the long run. Annually, you can expect to pay €500 for daily lenses.

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What our patients say…

Testimonial-Foto für Augenlaserbehandlung in Antwerpen mit dem Goes OogCentrum.

★ ★ ★ ★ ★

My experience with Dr. Goes and the team at Goes Eye Center was nothing short of incredible. From start to finish, the ICL surgery process was smooth and successful. I can't recommend Dr. Goes and his team enough, Thank you!

P.H
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★ ★ ★ ★ ★

Antwerp's best ophthalmologist for smooth, informed eye treatments. You'll be pleasantly surprised and fully supported with any questions you may have.

G.G
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★ ★ ★ ★ ★

Top-notch team, great communication and smooth procedure. Highly people-oriented and knowledgeable!

S.R
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★ ★ ★ ★ ★

Ik ben onder de indruk van mijn nieuwe perfecte zicht na de ICL-operatie bij Goes Oogcentrum! De snelle en pijnloze procedure, samen met het geruststellende en competente personeel, leidde tot een levensveranderende ervaring. Dr. Goes Jr is een professional en legde elke stap duidelijk uit. Ik beveel het team van Goes Oogcentrum ten zeerste aan – ze hebben al mijn verwachtingen overtroffen!

K.M
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★ ★ ★ ★ ★

Unbelievable experience at Goes Oogcentrum! Pro team led by Dr. Goes Jr. exceeded all expectations, especially during my Femtolasik surgery. I came from the US for this, and am now seeing better than ever doing my favourite things. A huge thank you to Dr. Goes and his amazing team!

T.L
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★ ★ ★ ★ ★

Absolutely amazing ICL surgery experience at Goes Eye Center! Highly recommend the top-notch team and Dr. Goes Jr!

S.
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★ ★ ★ ★ ★

Incredible SMILE experience at Goes Eye Center! Dr. Goes and his team made me feel comfortable throughout the procedure and my results have exceeded my expectations. No more glasses! I regret not getting this treatment sooner.

S.
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★ ★ ★ ★ ★

I underwent laser treatment at the Goes Eye Center and am incredibly satisfied with my experience. The doctors were attentive and professional, and the operation was a success. I am now blessed to have perfect vision without glasses.

J.S
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★ ★ ★ ★ ★

Dolblij met mijn SMILE-behandeling bij het Goes Oogcentrum! Een naadloze operatie, eersteklas service en verbazingwekkende resultaten – geen afhankelijkheid meer van brillen. Zonder twijfel DE BESTE KEUZE DIE IK OOIT HEB GEMAAKT!

L.J
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★ ★ ★ ★ ★

I watched a Crosslink surgery on YouTube before my own operation and I was terrified, but Dr. Goes at Goes Eye Center provided detailed information that put me at ease. The procedure went smoothly, with all staff from reception to surgery being friendly and professional. My eyesight improved greatly! I highly recommend Goes Eye Center to family and friends. An outstanding and personal experience!

A.K
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★ ★ ★ ★ ★

Mijn laserbehandeling ervaring met Dr. Goes was absoluut een succes – van begin tot eind. Het vooronderzoek verliep vlot en de daadwerkelijke procedure was een eitje dankzij Dr. Goes’ deskundige begeleiding en oog voor detail. Met zijn geruststellende uitleg voelde ik me volledig op mijn gemak gedurende het hele proces. Ik kan Dr. Goes en zijn team niet genoeg aanbevelen! Hun zorg en expertise zijn ongeëvenaard.

M.V
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★ ★ ★ ★ ★

I'm thrilled with my ICL treatment by Dr. Goes and team! Professional, friendly, and informative, the entire process went smoothly. In good hands from start to finish. Unbeatable experience, hands down!

N.V
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Unforgettable Experience at Laser Eyes. From consultations to the pre-examinations, everything went smoothly. Professional and friendly staff, including Dr. Goes Jr., made me confident in my upcoming laser treatment.

Resultaat? Pijnloos, succesvol en uitzonderlijk zicht! Enige nadeel, lichte droogheid ’s nachts na de operatie. Zou de SMILE-procedure met Dr. Goes ten zeerste aanbevelen. 9,5 / 10.”

G.
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★ ★ ★ ★ ★

Dr. Frank Goes and his team exceeded my expectations for my laser eye surgery. They were professional, friendly and thorough in explaining every step. I woke up with perfect vision the next day. I highly recommend Dr. Goes for anyone considering this procedure.

P.N
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★ ★ ★ ★ ★

Fantastic eye surgeon! Great website for info on laser eye surgery and options. Comfortable, fast with excellent results. I highly recommend and I'm a fan!

L.M

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Transformeer je zicht en omarm een leven zonder bril of contactlenzen! Lees ons nieuwste blogbericht om de geweldige voordelen van SMILE-oogchirurgie te ontdekken. Van minimale hersteltijd tot langdurige resultaten, ontdek waarom SMILE de perfecte oplossing voor jou kan zijn.

Learn more about laser eye surgery through these online resources

THESE AUTHORITATIVE SOURCES WILL EXPAND YOUR KNOWLEDGE ABOUT LASER EYE SURGERY. THESE LINKS WILL TAKE YOU OFF OUR WEBSITE.
Millions of people have had LASIK surgery to correct their vision, and many with great success. But not everyone is a good candidate for the eye procedure. Click here to learn more
The three most common laser procedures are PRK, LASIK and SMILE. Even if you think your eyes may be too difficult for surgery there could still an option available to help them in some way. Click here to learn more

Your laser eye surgeon in Antwerp, Dr. Frank Goes Jr

He’ll be your personal guide on your journey to visual freedom

With over 20 years of experience, I enjoy the privilege of helping patients of all ages reclaim clear vision or preserve it for as long as possible.

I am and have been a board member for different national and international professional societies on eye surgery, and I have the privilege to give several national and international courses on cataract and refractive surgery.

Good vision correction and high-precision cataract surgery depends on the expertise of the provider. The provider must also have access to precise tools. The best eye surgeons know how to make treatment safe, comfortable and positive for the patient. They know how to minimise the risk of complications and maximise successful outcomes.

I try to be one of those surgeons

Dr. Frank Goes Jr

Chief Executive & Eye Surgeon

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