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Haze · floaters · retina · glaucoma

Laser eye treatment in Astana

The beam passes through the pupil: no incision, no stitches, no injections. A few minutes at the device — and you go about your day.

What’s bothering you

The laser opens a window in the cloudy film behind the artificial lens. The haze clears at once — you see as you did in the first days after surgery.

  • drops — 15 minutes
  • laser — 2–3 minutes
  • no restrictions
80,000 ₸per eye · YAG laser capsulotomy for secondary cataract

Had your cataract surgery at RB CLINIC? For the first 3 months the laser is free.

The laser clears floating opacities out of the light’s path. Floaters, threads and cobwebs stop drifting across your view.

  • drops — 15 minutes
  • laser — about 5 minutes
  • no restrictions
100,000 ₸per eye · laser vitreolysis

The doctor will tell you at the appointment whether you need laser — 10,000 ₸ per visit.

Laser spots surround the tear and hold the retina in place. You see just as before — but it will no longer be able to detach.

  • drops — 15–20 minutes
  • laser — 3–5 minutes
  • Goldmann lens
70,000 ₸per eye · retinal laser photocoagulation

Flashes appeared suddenly? Come in the same day.

The 577 nm yellow laser works below the burn threshold. For CSCR, subthreshold micropulse laser helps get rid of the grey spot and distortion — leaving no marks on the retina.

  • drops — 15 minutes
  • laser — 3–5 minutes
  • Mainster lens
80,000 ₸per eye · subthreshold micropulse laser to the macula

The LIGHTLas 577 yellow laser — at the clinic at 12 Orynbor Street.

A tiny opening in the iris lets the fluid flow. Iridotomy prevents an acute glaucoma attack without surgery. It doesn’t change your vision — it protects it.

  • drops — 30–40 minutes
  • laser — 5–10 minutes
  • no restrictions
list price 100,000 ₸ special price 80,000 ₸per eye · laser iridotomy

First the doctor checks the drainage angle — gonioscopy, 10,000 ₸ for both eyes.

Spots go along the edge of the retina; the centre you read with is left untouched. Laser doesn’t restore what is lost — it stops things getting worse.

  • in stages
  • pay for each stage
  • centre left untouched
50,000 ₸per eye, per stage · panretinal photocoagulation for diabetes

How many stages you need, the doctor will say after examining the back of the eye.

5.0 on Yandex Maps · 176 ratings
2–3 min laser for secondary cataract — and the haze is gone
10,000 ₸ per visit: fundus examination by a laser surgeon
577 nm LIGHTLas yellow laser for the retina and micropulse treatment
since 1996 in ophthalmology — Dr. Karibayev
70,560+ eye and eyelid surgeries performed at the clinic

Treatment, not vision correction

What laser eye treatment is

Laser treatment means the doctor works inside the eye with a beam of light, not an instrument. The beam passes through the pupil and lands exactly where the problem is: the cloudy film behind the lens, the iris, the vitreous or the retina. Nobody touches the eye from outside — like a torch shining through a window onto the far wall without touching the glass.

1

No incision, stitches or injections

Drops numb the eye and drops widen the pupil. You sit at the device, just as at a routine slit-lamp check.

2

Minutes, not hours

The procedure itself takes from 2–3 to 10 minutes. You spend longer waiting for the drops to work than sitting at the laser.

3

Treats the eye, rather than replacing glasses

Laser vision correction is something else: it reshapes the cornea so you can see without glasses. Here the laser treats eye disease. Laser vision correction

Dr. Karibayev at the laser: eye treatment with no incision, including for diabetes

To be honest: laser doesn’t always improve vision — sometimes it protects it. Laser clears the haze of secondary cataract and floaters. With a retinal tear, glaucoma or diabetes it stops things getting worse: no laser can bring back what is already lost. That’s why it isn’t put off.
Which laser you need

Six methods in one room

What we treat with laser at RB CLINIC

Find what’s bothering you — and you’ll see the method, the time and the price straight away. All six procedures are done by a laser surgeon at 12 Orynbor Street. Whether you need laser, and which one, he will tell you after examining the back of the eye.

Haze years after lens replacement

Secondary cataract: YAG laser capsulotomy

The veil after lens replacement is cleared in 2–3 minutes — with laser, no incision.

The artificial lens doesn’t cloud over. The thin capsule film it sits in does, and years later the haze returns. The ZEISS VISULAS YAG III laser opens a window in the film — and your vision is as it was in the first days after surgery.

Like peeling the cloudy film off a new phone screen: the screen was fine, only the film was in the way.

  • 15 min drops for the pupil
  • 2–3 min laser
  • right away to work, to friends, even to the sauna

No drops needed afterwards; life goes on as before.

80,000 ₸per eye

Cataract surgery at RB CLINIC: free for the first 3 months, after six months — 40,000 ₸ per eye.

Cataract treatment in Astana

Over 38, poorer near vision, headaches

Glaucoma: laser iridotomy

Iridotomy prevents an acute glaucoma attack — without surgery.

An acute attack is a condition in which sight can be lost within a couple of hours, for good. Warning signs: age 38 or over, worsening near vision, headaches — most often at the temple, the back of the head or above the eyebrows. The laser makes a tiny opening in the iris, and the fluid inside the eye drains freely again.

Like the overflow drain in a bath: the water no longer spills over the edge.

  • 30–40 min drops to prepare
  • 5–10 min laser
  • right away the headache eases

First the doctor checks whether you need it. No restrictions afterwards — you can get on with your day.

list price 100,000 ₸ special price 80,000 ₸ per eye

Micropulse laser trabeculoplasty is also 80,000 ₸ per eye at the special price instead of the 100,000 ₸ list price. Gonioscopy, an examination of the drainage angle, is 10,000 ₸ for both eyes.

Floaters, threads, cobwebs in your vision

Vitreous opacities: laser vitreolysis

Laser clears floaters in about 5 minutes.

This isn’t eye strain. It’s vitreous degeneration: the clear gel that fills the eye develops opacities, and their shadows drift across your vision. At the appointment the laser surgeon will tell you whether they can be removed with laser.

Like a speck on a camera lens: the photo is good, but the spot is in every shot.

  • 15 min drops for the pupil
  • 5 min laser
  • right away life as usual

If floaters appear suddenly, together with flashes, don’t wait: this happens with a retinal tear.

100,000 ₸per eye

An appointment with a fundus examination before laser — 10,000 ₸ per visit.

Flashes, sparks, lightning, zigzags

Retinal tears and thinning: laser photocoagulation

Flashes in your vision are a reason to check the retina. Laser reinforces it before it detaches.

This is how tears, traction, dangerous thinning and small detachments of the retina show up. The laser places spots around the danger zone — a tear, lattice degeneration, snail-track degeneration — and keeps the retina from detaching. Your report may call this PVCRD or VRT.

Like gluing down the edge of wallpaper before the whole sheet comes away from the wall.

  • 15–20 min drops for the pupil
  • 3–5 min laser through a Goldmann lens
  • right away back to work

How many minutes the laser takes depends on the number and size of the danger zones. You see just as before.

70,000 ₸per eye

If the doctor splits the laser into stages — 60,000 ₸ per eye, per stage.

A grey spot, distortion, blur in the centre

CSCR: yellow micropulse laser

For central serous chorioretinopathy we use a yellow laser — gently and without marks on the retina.

This is subthreshold micropulse laser treatment. It is done with a special 577 nm yellow laser — at the clinic, the LIGHTLas 577. The laser works below the burn threshold and helps get rid of the grey spot, distortion and blur.

Like sun through a cloud: the warmth gets through, but the skin doesn’t burn.

  • 15 min drops for the pupil
  • 3–5 min laser through a Mainster lens
  • right away life as usual

No restrictions after micropulse laser.

80,000 ₸per eye

Barrage and grid laser to the macula — 70,000 ₸ per eye.

Retina treatment in Astana

Diabetes — even if your sight isn’t troubling you yet

Diabetic retinopathy: laser in stages

In diabetes, laser stops retinal disease before it takes your sight.

Diabetes damages the small blood vessels of the retina. The laser places spots along its edge — the centre you read and recognise faces with is left untouched. Treatment is split into stages, and you pay for each stage separately. Other vascular disorders and diseases of the back of the eye are treated with laser in the same way.

Like patching the roof before the rainy season: today it’s a few patches, later — repairs to the whole house.

  • in stages as the doctor advises
  • centre left untouched
  • per stage paid separately

The doctor names the number of stages after examining the back of the eye.

50,000 ₸per eye, per stage

Panretinal subthreshold micropulse laser — 120,000 ₸ per eye or 50,000 ₸ per eye, per stage.

Does it hurt

How laser eye treatment goes, and whether it hurts

You sit as at a routine slit-lamp check and see only light. No need to lie down, be put to sleep or stay at the clinic. Drops numb the eye, so usually all you feel is a flash. When many spots are needed, as in diabetes, it can be uncomfortable — which is why treatment is split into stages.

Walk through the clinic — 8 rooms in a minuteStarting with diagnostics
RB CLINIC laser treatment room: a patient at the ZEISS VISULAS YAG III laser
The laser room at RB CLINIC: chin on the rest, the doctor looks through the eyepiece — just like a routine check
  1. Appointment with a laser surgeonThe doctor examines the back of the eye through a lens and tells you whether you need laser. If you don’t, he’ll say so.
  2. Drops dilate the pupilFrom 15 to 40 minutes, depending on the procedure. This is the longest part of the visit: you simply wait.
  3. A few minutes at the laserFrom 2–3 minutes for secondary cataract to 5–10 for iridotomy. Look where the doctor asks you to.
  4. Back to your dayYou can go to work. Don’t drive that day: the pupil is still wide and light dazzles.

Prices from the clinic’s price list

How much laser eye treatment costs in Astana

The price is named before the laser, not after. First an appointment with a fundus examination — 10,000 ₸ per visit. Then the doctor tells you which laser you need and what it costs — according to this price list.

Appointment

First consultation and dilated back-of-the-eye exam, Goldmann lens10,000 ₸per visit
Follow-up consultation and fundus examination10,000 ₸per visit
Gonioscopy: examination of the drainage angle10,000 ₸for both eyes

Secondary cataract

YAG laser capsulotomy for secondary cataract or a fibrous membrane80,000 ₸per eye
The same, 6 months after cataract surgery done at RB CLINIC40,000 ₸per eye
The same, within 3 months after cataract surgery at RB CLINICfree0 ₸

Glaucoma

Laser iridotomy100,000 ₸ 80,000 ₸per eye, special price
Micropulse laser trabeculoplasty100,000 ₸ 80,000 ₸per eye, special price

Vitreous and macula

Vitreolysis: a laser for floaters100,000 ₸per eye
Subthreshold micropulse laser to the macula80,000 ₸per eye
Barrier laser, macular grid photocoagulation70,000 ₸per eye

Retina

Peripheral retinal laser photocoagulation70,000 ₸per eye
Peripheral laser photocoagulation, one stage60,000 ₸per eye, per stage
Focal or sectoral laser photocoagulation70,000 ₸per eye
Focal or sectoral, SMILV method, one stage100,000 ₸per eye, per stage
Panretinal laser photocoagulation (SMILV method)120,000 ₸per eye
Panretinal, SMILV method, one stage50,000 ₸per eye, per stage
Panretinal laser photocoagulation for diabetic retinopathy, one stage50,000 ₸per eye, per stage

Prices from the price list of Dr Karibayev and Dr Zhukeyev dated 08.10.2025; both charge the same. If your cataract surgery was with us and 3 to 6 months have passed, we’ll tell you the price on WhatsApp.

The surgeon answers

Laser treatment on video: the doctors explain it themselves

A doctor explains0:25

Haze after lens replacement: the laser clears it in 5 minutes

Cataract · Dr. Zhukeyev

@dr.jukeev
A doctor explains0:16

Floaters in front of the eyes: how the laser removes them

Retina · Dr. Zhukeyev

@dr.jukeev
A doctor explains1:22

A new German retinal laser: Dr. Karibayev and Dr. Zhukeyev — after their first week working with it

Retina · Dr. Karibayev, Dr. Zhukeyev and Dr. Bigeldiyev

@dr.bigeldiyev

Dr. Bigeldiyev’s team

Who performs laser treatment

At RB CLINIC laser treatment is done by two laser surgeons — at the same prices. The examination before laser is done by the same doctor who then operates the laser: he has seen the back of your eye himself.

Karibayev Sayat Aralovich, RB CLINIC laser eye surgeon: laser treatment of the retina, glaucoma and secondary cataract

Karibayev Sayat Aralovich

Laser eye surgeon: the back of the eye, glaucoma, secondary cataract

He uses laser to treat what mustn’t wait: the retina, glaucoma, opacities and the film after cataract surgery. Clinical residency at the Kazakh Research Institute of Eye Diseases.

since 1996 in ophthalmology2,000+ operations

from 50,000 ₸ per eye, per stage · back-of-the-eye exam 10,000 ₸ per visit

About Dr. Karibayev
Zhukeyev Sagat Serikovich, RB CLINIC laser eye surgeon: laser treatment and laser vision correction

Zhukeyev Sagat Serikovich

Laser eye surgeon: retina, glaucoma and vision correction

Performs both laser treatment and laser vision correction. A review on Yandex Maps:

“Everything was explained in detail, without rushing”

K. A., Yandex Maps, February 2026
Kazakh Research Institute of Eye Diseases, residency

from 50,000 ₸ per eye, per stage · back-of-the-eye exam 10,000 ₸ per visit

About Dr. Zhukeyev

Our own photos, not a single stock shot

Reviews and what laser treatment looks like at RB CLINIC

The rooms, lasers and doctors you’ll see on the day of your procedure. Examination, laser and operating theatres are in one building at 12 Orynbor Street: if surgery is needed, you don’t have to go anywhere. Drag the strip or tap a photo.

Drag the strip or tap a photo

Dr Karibayev shows how it goes himself

Why have the back of your eye checked even with no complaints: one finding can prevent a complication

Tap a video and it opens right here, with sound.

Patient stories

Story0:48

Eye surgery · Dr. Karibayev · Kyrgyzstan

@dr.bigeldiyev
Story0:47

“He felt relief straight away”

Glaucoma · Dr. Zhukeyev · about her uncle

@dr.bigeldiyev

“The doctor is very kind and attentive. And the girls at reception even booked my return ticket”

A patient from Kyrgyzstan

What you’ll learn from the video

  • What it’s like to come from another country for treatment
  • How they help when you have neither a card nor internet

Karibayev Sayat AralovichLaser: retina, glaucoma, secondary cataract

Laser, no incision

Book laser treatment

Write what’s bothering you or send a photo of your report. The administrator will find a doctor and a time. If you have no report, start with an appointment with a laser surgeon.

  1. Back-of-the-eye exam
  2. Drops for the pupil
  3. A few minutes of laser
  4. Back to your day
appointment 10,000 ₸ per visitlaser from 50,000 ₸ per eye, per stage

If you don’t need laser, we’ll say so.

Call: +7 771 848 00 00 · +7 702 747 11 77

Questions

Questions about laser eye treatment

Does laser eye treatment hurt?

Usually not: drops numb the eye, and you mostly see flashes of light. There’s no incision, no stitches and no injections; you sit at the device as at a routine check. When many spots are needed, as in diabetes, it can be uncomfortable — so a large treatment is split into stages.

How much does laser eye treatment cost in Astana?

According to the clinic’s price list: laser for secondary cataract — 80,000 ₸ per eye; vitreolysis — 100,000 ₸ per eye; micropulse laser to the macula — 80,000 ₸ per eye; retinal laser photocoagulation — 70,000 ₸ per eye; laser for diabetes — 50,000 ₸ per eye, per stage. Glaucoma laser (iridotomy, trabeculoplasty) is now at the special price — 80,000 ₸ per eye instead of the 100,000 ₸ list price. An appointment with a fundus examination — 10,000 ₸ per visit.

How is laser treatment different from laser vision correction?

Laser vision correction reshapes the cornea so you can see without glasses. Laser treatment works deeper: it clears the cloudy film behind the artificial lens, opens a path for fluid in glaucoma, clears vitreous opacities, and reinforces and treats the retina. Different lasers, different jobs.

Can I go to work straight after laser?

Yes. After laser for secondary cataract, iridotomy, vitreolysis and micropulse laser there are no restrictions; after retinal laser photocoagulation you can also go to work. One rule: on the day of the procedure, don’t drive until the pupil-dilating drops wear off.

Is it true that laser for secondary cataract can be free?

Yes, if your cataract surgery was done at RB CLINIC: for the first 3 months after surgery the laser is free, after 6 months — 40,000 ₸ per eye. If you had surgery elsewhere — 80,000 ₸ per eye.

How do I know if I need laser iridotomy?

Be alert if you are over 38, your near vision is getting worse and you’ve started having headaches — at the temple, the back of the head, above the eyebrows. A laser surgeon will tell you for sure: he examines the drainage angle with gonioscopy, 10,000 ₸ for both eyes. If the angle is narrow, iridotomy prevents an acute glaucoma attack without surgery.

Floaters — do they always need laser?

No. Laser clears vitreous opacities if they get in the way, and at the appointment the doctor will tell you whether vitreolysis suits you. But if floaters appear suddenly, with flashes or a curtain at the side, come in the same day: this happens with a retinal tear.

What is subthreshold micropulse laser, and who needs it?

It is subthreshold micropulse laser treatment with a 577 nm yellow laser. The laser works below the burn threshold, and no marks are left on the retina. It is used for central serous chorioretinopathy (CSCR), when there is a grey spot, distortion and blur in front of the eye. The procedure takes 3–5 minutes.

About laser surgeon Karibayev

RB CLINIC, 12 Orynbor St, Astana · +7 771 848 00 00 · +7 702 747 11 77

from 50,000 ₸ per eye, per stage · laser eye treatment