Optik and LASIK in Phuket

In Patong is the Phuket Laser Center. Its public relations manager, Pipat Pokiaw, says the clinic opened just last November. It has done very little advertising, he says, yet the place is full of patients.

The clinic has three main areas of expertise: LASIK eye surgery; laser tooth whitening; and skin rejuvenation using techniques such as Thermage, Botox and Intense Pulsed Light.

In Patong is the Phuket Laser Center. Its public relations manager, Pipat Pokiaw, says the clinic opened just last November. It has done very little advertising, he says, yet the place is full of patients.

The clinic has three main areas of expertise: LASIK eye surgery; laser tooth whitening; and skin rejuvenation using techniques such as Thermage, Botox and Intense Pulsed Light.

Khun Pipat says, "Ninety-nine percent of our customers are from abroad. Most are walk-ins. Some know of us from our website (www.phuketlaser.com) and come to us when they arrive in Phuket. Even though we have invested a lot in opening this center - more than 55 million baht - we didn't expect business would reach this level so fast. It may be because we opened at the beginning of the tourism high season; we may have to wait to see how good it will be in the low season," he says. But he doesn't seem concerned.