We’ll show who treats it and what it costs.
12 Orynbor St. Look for the blue façade with the eye sign.
Tear · degeneration · diabetes · before laser correction
The laser doesn’t cut the eye: it places spots around the weak area, and they hold the retina like a weld seam.
What you were told at the exam
The spots form a ring around the tear. As they heal, they bond the retina to the tissue beneath it — the edge of the tear won’t spread any further.
A dilated back-of-the-eye exam before the laser — 10,000 ₸ per visit.
Will the laser burn the eye? No
Retinal laser photocoagulation is a spot “weld” of a thin area from inside the eye, with no incision. The retina is a thin film on the back wall of the eye, like wallpaper on a wall. Where it has thinned or torn, the “wallpaper” can start to peel away. The laser places a row of tiny spots around that area; they heal into scars and hold the retina the way small tacks hold the edge of wallpaper.
No incision, no stitches, no patch. The doctor directs the laser through the dilated pupil and a special lens, like light through a window.
Around a tear, along thinning at the edge, across the periphery with diabetes. The centre — what you read and recognise faces with — is left alone for tears and degeneration.
Right after the session the spots are only starting to heal. They fully mature in about a month — then the doctor checks the back of the eye again and tells you whether it’s holding.
This is eye laser treatment from inside the room: you sit as at an ordinary lamp. The video shows laser vitreolysis with Dr. Zhukeyev
@dr.jukeev ↗Does it hurt
You sit as at a normal lamp exam and see bright flashes. There’s no need to lie down, be put to sleep or stay in the clinic. The eye is numbed with drops, so usually you only feel the light. When there are many spots, as with diabetes, it can be uncomfortable — which is why treatment is split into stages.
Walk through the clinic — 8 rooms in a minuteStarting with diagnostics
Prices from the clinic’s price list
The cost of retinal laser photocoagulation depends on what was found at the exam and how many spots are needed. A tear or thinning is strengthened in one go. A large area, as with diabetes, is split into stages, and you pay for each stage separately — not the whole sum up front.
Retinal tear
Flashes, “floaters”, a curtain at the side — and the exam found a tear.
In the price list: focal or sectoral retinal laser photocoagulation. Spots are placed only around the tear.
Degeneration, before laser correction
Lattice or thinning was found at the periphery, often with short-sightedness and before laser vision correction.
In the price list: peripheral retinal laser photocoagulation (PLC). If the doctor splits it into stages — 60,000 ₸ per eye, per stage.
Laser vision correction after strengtheningDiabetes
Diabetic retinopathy: spots cover the whole periphery, the centre is left alone.
In the price list: one stage of panretinal laser photocoagulation for diabetic retinopathy. The doctor will tell you how many stages you need after the exam.
Swelling in the centre
Swelling or changes in the macula — the part you read with.
In the price list: barrier laser, macular grid photocoagulation. Sub-threshold micropulse laser (SMILV), with no visible spots, — 80,000 ₸ per eye.
Prices are from Dr. Karibayev’s and Dr. Zhukeyev’s price list of 08.10.2025 and are the same for both. The doctor tells you exactly what you need and in how many stages after examining the back of your eye, before the first flash.
How many visits
A tear or thinning is usually strengthened in one visit. Diabetes — in several, with breaks. The break isn’t for the clinic, it’s for the eye: the load is spread more evenly and treatment is easier to bear.
Our own photos, not a single stock shot
The rooms, the laser and the doctors you’ll see on the day of your procedure. Exam, laser and operating theatres — all in one building at 12 Orynbor St.: if anything else is needed, you don’t have to go anywhere. Drag the strip or tap a photo.
Dr. Karibayev at the laser: eye treatment with no incision, including for diabetes
Why have the back of your eye checked even with no complaints: one finding can prevent a complication
A new German retinal laser: Dr. Karibayev and Dr. Zhukeyev — after their first week working with it
@dr.bigeldiyev ↗Tap a video and it opens right here, with sound.
The right eye hadn’t seen for 60 years, after a childhood injury. Dr. Bigeldiyev performed the complex surgery (review in Kazakh)
@dr.bigeldiyev“It’s so wonderful to feel that childhood sensation of seeing the world anew”
@dr.bigeldiyevThe surgeon answers
Retinal surgery through three punctures thinner than a millimetre: Dr. Zhanysbayev explains what happens inside the eye
@dr.bigeldiyev“Every instrument is smaller than a millimetre. Just imagine how tiny they are”
What you’ll learn from the video
Zhanysbayev Almat ZhuparbayevichCataract and retina
Floaters and sparks before your eyes: Dr. Zhukeyev on retinal tears that lead to blindness
@dr.bigeldiyev“A retinal tear doesn’t affect vision at all — the patient sees a hundred per cent. But sooner or later it leads to detachment”
What you’ll learn from the video
Zhukeyev Sagat SerikovichLaser, keratoconus, retina
Dr. Bigeldiyev’s team
Retinal laser at RB CLINIC is done by two laser surgeons — on one price list. Choose whoever suits you: the price is the same, and the exam before the laser is done by the same doctor who then places the spots.
Laser ophthalmic surgeon: retina, glaucoma, secondary cataract
In ophthalmology since 1996; clinical residency at the Kazakh Research Institute of Eye Diseases.
from 50,000 ₸ per eye, per stage · back-of-the-eye exam 10,000 ₸ per visit
Laser ophthalmic surgeon: retina and vision correction
Performs both laser vision correction and retinal laser. A review on Yandex Maps:
“Everything was explained in detail, without rushing”
from 50,000 ₸ per eye, per stage · back-of-the-eye exam 10,000 ₸ per visit
After the laser
The limits are short-lived, and almost all are about not disturbing the retina while the seal matures. In the first week the main thing is to avoid heavy lifting and saunas.
Don’t drive: the pupil is still wide and light is dazzling. Sunglasses and someone to go with you — and the way home will be easy.
No lifting over 3–5 kg, no sport, steam room, sauna, pool or hot bath. Don’t bend down sharply, and avoid alcohol.
Screens — with breaks, in the sun — with sunglasses. Better to postpone flights and mountains; contact lenses — only once the doctor allows.
Don’t rub your eyes. If flashes, “floaters” or a curtain at the side come back — don’t wait for the check-up, call straight away: +7 771 848 00 00.
The clinic is open Mon–Sat 9:00–19:00. At night or on Sunday, if your vision suddenly gets worse, don’t wait until morning — call an ambulance on 103.
Laser vision correction after retinal laser — yes, it’s possible. Usually no sooner than 6–12 months after the last session, once the doctor confirms the spots have matured. Laser vision correction
Honestly, before you book
The laser strengthens the retina while it’s still in place. If it has already detached, surgery is needed, and it’s done right here. The doctor will tell you at the exam, and you can see the prices now.
Laser, no incision
Write what you were told at the exam, or send a photo of the report. The administrator will find a doctor and a time. If you don’t have a report, start with a back-of-the-eye exam.
If you don’t need laser, we’ll say so.
Call: +7 771 848 00 00 · +7 702 747 11 77
Questions
Usually not: the eye is numbed with drops, and you mostly feel bright flashes of light. When there are many spots, as with diabetes, it can be uncomfortable — which is why a large area is split into stages. The session takes less than an hour, and you sit at the device as at a normal exam.
From the clinic price list: from 50,000 ₸ per eye, per stage. A retinal tear (focal or sectoral laser photocoagulation) and strengthening thinning at the edge (peripheral laser photocoagulation) — 70,000 ₸ per eye; a stage of peripheral treatment — 60,000 ₸ per eye, per stage. For diabetes — 50,000 ₸ per eye, per stage. Laser to the macula — 70,000 ₸ per eye, SMILV micropulse — 80,000 ₸ per eye. A back-of-the-eye exam before the laser — 10,000 ₸ per visit.
It strengthens the retina along its edge: spots are placed around thinned areas and “lattice” before a tear appears there. It is often prescribed for short-sightedness and before laser vision correction. In the price list, peripheral laser photocoagulation is 70,000 ₸ per eye; if the doctor splits it into stages — 60,000 ₸ per eye, per stage.
A tear or thinning at the edge of the retina is usually strengthened in one go. With diabetes, spots are placed across the whole periphery and treatment is split into stages: usually 2 to 4 sessions, 1–2 weeks apart. The doctor gives the exact number of stages after the exam, and you pay for each stage separately.
For the first few hours everything is blurry and light is dazzling: that’s the drops that widened the pupil. Sometimes mild light sensitivity lasts a few days. After 1–2 weeks these sensations pass. If the spots were placed at the edge of the retina, the central vision you read with usually doesn’t change.
On the day of the procedure — driving. For the first 5–7 days — lifting more than 3–5 kg, sport, steam rooms, saunas and pools, bending down sharply, alcohol. For another 2–3 weeks — long stretches at a screen without breaks, flying and trips to the mountains. For the whole month, don’t rub your eyes.
The scar spots fully mature in about a month. Then the doctor checks the back of the eye again to see whether the seal is holding and whether top-up spots are needed.
Yes. Usually no sooner than 6–12 months after the last laser session, once the ophthalmologist confirms the spots have matured and the retina is stable. Often it happens the other way round: thinning is found during the check-up before laser correction, and the retina is strengthened first.
The tear can widen and the retina — detach. Then laser is no longer enough and surgery is needed: vitrectomy costs 1,000,000 ₸ per eye. If the doctor said “you need laser”, book within the next few days, and with new flashes or a curtain over your eye, call straight away.
RB CLINIC, 12 Orynbor St, Astana · +7 771 848 00 00 · +7 702 747 11 77
