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A directory built on verification rather than volume. Each clinic is listed only after we confirm its licence status, the platform installed on site, the procedures it performs and any price it publishes itself.
This is a directory, not a recommendation. A clinic's presence here means we have verified factual details about it, not that we endorse its outcomes. We do not rank clinics, we do not score them, and a clinic cannot pay to appear higher, to appear at all, or to have anything removed.
Choosing a clinic is a decision that should be made on your assessment, on the answers to the questions in our checklist, and on a written quote you can compare, not on directory order.
Fewer than ten clinics have cleared verification, so we would rather answer your question than present a list that says more about how far we have got than about your choices. Tell us where you are, what you are considering and what matters to you, and we will reply with up to three clinics whose details we have checked — each with the source and the date, the same standard this page describes.
No medical details are needed. Tell us the area, the procedure and anything that would rule a clinic out, and we will send a shortlist.
The reason this directory is small is that most clinic data in circulation is unverified. These are the fields a record must have before it goes live, and the rule that governs them all.
Every fact carries the URL it was read from, the date it was checked and how it was checked. A fact is shown only while that date is within the last 180 days. After that it disappears from the page and reads Not yet verified until someone checks it again — the same state as a fact we have never confirmed.
Every item below is something you can actually verify before you pay a deposit. Work through it for each clinic you are considering and compare the answers side by side.
Licensing
The surgeon
Technology
Assessment
Money
Aftercare
How they treat you
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Check that the facility and the operating surgeon both hold current Dubai licences, ask which specific laser platform is installed, confirm who performs the surgery and who handles follow-up, and get an itemised written quote. Then compare what each quote includes rather than the totals alone.
The two questions that separate clinics most clearly are: who will actually perform my surgery, and who do I contact on a Sunday night if something concerns me. Vague answers to either are a reason to keep looking.
Sources Dubai Health Authority
We do not publish a single average price, because there is no single price. Refractive surgery in Dubai is quoted per patient according to the clinic, the surgeon, your prescription, the platform used and what the package includes, and published prices are often quoted per eye rather than for both eyes, which makes headline figures misleading.
The practical approach is to ask for a written, itemised quote that states explicitly whether it covers one eye or both, which preoperative tests are included, what medication and follow-up appointments are included, and what happens financially if you need an enhancement.
Where a clinic publishes a price publicly, our clinic profiles record it as published by that clinic, with the date it was checked. We do not fill gaps with estimates.
Dubai has a substantial refractive surgery sector and lenticule extraction is offered by a number of licensed facilities. Which specific platform generation each clinic has installed is a separate question, and it is worth asking directly rather than assuming from a website.
We are building a verified directory of clinics that offer SMILE Pro-style lenticule extraction. We publish a clinic only once we have checked its licence and its stated technology, which is why the directory fills gradually rather than all at once.
Sources Dubai Health Authority
Ask which platform is installed and who operates it, what your corneal measurements are, how many of these procedures the surgeon performs and what their own revision rate is, exactly what the quote includes, who handles follow-up and out of hours care, and what the policy is if you need an enhancement.
There is a printable checklist of these questions available on this site. Take it to the appointment rather than trying to remember them under time pressure.
Verify the surgeon’s licence and qualifications through the relevant register, ask how many lenticule extractions they have performed and how often they do them, ask what they do when a case does not go to plan, and pay attention to whether they are willing to tell you that surgery is not right for you.
Volume is not the same as quality, but a very low volume is a legitimate question. So is whether the person who assesses you is the same person who operates: in some clinics the assessment is done by a different practitioner from the one who performs the treatment.
Sources Dubai Health Authority
Refractive laser surgery for the correction of short-sightedness or astigmatism is generally treated as an elective procedure and is commonly excluded from UAE health insurance plans, though individual policies differ.
Ask your insurer directly, and ask the clinic for the exact procedure and medical codes they will submit so your insurer can give you a definite answer rather than a general one.
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