Wendell P Wong MD

I had LASIK done by Dr Wong personally over 10−12+ yrs ago at the Torrance office. I was extremely satisfied with his work. Can anyone tell me where he practices now? I refuse to seek any other Doctor. Help!

Dr. Wong performed my LASIK procedure in 1999 — I have been to several eye doctors since, and they have ALL commented that if I hadn’t told them, they would not have known that I had the procedure done!
BTW I still have ²⁰⁄₂₀ (or at least pretty close) all this time later. My original prescription was very strong, this procedure changed my life. Thank you Dr. Wong!!!

So Dr. Wong has now retired. He did my husbands surgery two years ago and it was one of the best things he has ever done. All the staff and also other Docs in the office are so caring and helpful. I will tell anyone that is thinking about doing this to do it. You will be so happy you did. My Mom is now going to see the Dr. that took over the practice. If she is a candidate for the surgery than I will update my review to let you know how it goes for her. In a few years I will be going in to get mine done.
Fun Fact: They offer care credit. They filled out the application for us. We qualified and put no money down and the entire surgery was interest free with small payments every month. It doesn’t get any better than this!

I’ll try to be brief. I waited 20 years for the refractive surgery to be reliable enough to correct my very nearsighted eyes (–7.75). I chose the surgeon with the best reputation in town. I paid top dollar for the bells and whistles. Upon being unpatched postop, my vision was very foggy and remained so for 6 – 9 months. To this day one eye is occasionally foggy, 4 years later. The foggy eye also has double or triple vision, especially when viewing bright objects in a dark background (a red stoplight looks like a snowman). The «good» eye is overcorrected to +1, so it went straight into the range of reading glasses. Both eyes are very dry and I have silicone plugs in my tear ducts to help somewhat. The plugs fall out unpredictably and require me to hustle to my ophthalmologist to have them replaced. Hardly a convenient lifelong problem. It took me about 12 months for my brain to figure out to use the left eye to read and the right eye at night. During this time there were many functions of my profession that I had trouble with. If it had been worse I would have been disabled. If I ever lose vision in my right eye, I will lose the ability to drive at night. Due to the double vision in the left eye, I cannot tell where one car ends and the others begin. The tail lights blend together. I no longer enjoy stargazing. Too many blurry doubled spots in a dark sky.
The staff was more or less attentive for the first few post op visits but soon started shrugging me off, and never could they really explain why I had so much haziness and doubling in my left eye. I had to specifically request an appointment with Dr. Wong, who attributed the issues to micro folds in the flap but offered no real solution. Yes he was kind and personable throughout, but the bottom line is that I now have difficulty reading anything that is too fine or anything in dim lighting. Menus, pill bottles, and maps are really really difficult. Life is great if it is a sunny day at the pool, but I spend a great deal more time reading every day than swimming. I gave away my T shirt. I can’t be a walking billboard when my Lasik was probably the biggest mistake of my life. It is as though my eyes aged 20 years overnight – straight into reading glasses, dry eyes, and compromised eye health.
Would things have been different with a different surgeon? I don’t know. Perhaps not. Perhaps a different surgeon would have refused to do the surgery as my eyes started a bit dry. Dr. Wong and his staff were professional but certainly more motivated prior to payment than afterwards. I will give them the benefit of the doubt and say 3 stars, when the visual outcome for me was really a 2 minus. I just want people to hear a voice to balance those who claim to be born again by Lasik.

Agree that Dr. Wong is an outstanding LASIK surgeon! I was referred by a friend (and was a little weary because there weren’t more Unilocal reviews!) BUT his staff was the most professional medical staff I have ever encountered. During the consultation they gave me all the time in the world to ask questions, showed me around the entire facility, did some tests to make sure I was a good candidate and put me totally at ease. They were also fantastic about scheduling me for surgery on short notice since I had flex med spending I had to use before the end of the year. I did price checking and while Dr. Wong may be closer to the higher side of the spectrum (~$ 4600 total) that is for the most advanced custom LASIK you can get — which when you’re talking about your sight — you probably want to invest in. I noticed on the office walls that he’s done BARRY BONDS, JACK from Will and Grace (sorry dude, can’t remember your name), and a bunch of other sports figures and celebs. Dr. Wong himself was such a pleasant and friendly person to be around. He was extremely personable, relatable, and professional. I was pleasantly surprised when he said a quick little prayer over me before the surgery. Nothing major but it was such a quick and nice gesture that put me at ease and made me see that he really cares about his patients. The actual «surgery» took 7 minutes max. You go under two lasers and it’s very fast and totally painless. There’s a little pressure applied to the eye during the first laser but not too bad. I’m blown away. Oh yeah… I had this done yesterday morning and I’m now seeing ²⁰⁄₁₅ and still have healing to do! :) My fav was the t-​shirt he gave me when I left that read «See RIGHT from WONG». Hilarious! :)

This was by far the BEST experience I have ever encountered ! From the very moment I stepped foot into the lobby the girl at the front desk greeted me with a warm wonderful smile. My Counselor Joe was so informative and answered any and every question I had. I have NEVER seen an office work so great together. I was a bit nervous when I made the appointment for the initial Consultation but once I met the entire staff my nerves were gone. Everyone there put me at ease and reassured me that I was in good hands… I was in AMAZINGLY GREAT HANDS! You can’t put a price on your eyes and I Couldn’t ask for a better team =) I HIGHLY RECOMMEND EVERYONE GO TO TLC TORRANCE ! I am 58 and seeing ²⁰⁄₁₅. I couldn’t be happier. Thank you all so much for the gift of sight =)

My husband and I both had our lasik done with Dr. Wong. Everything about the experience was fantastic. I was very nervous but Dr. Wong and his staff did everything to make me relax. He is a great doctor and I would have not put my vision in anybody elses hands.