Dr. Charles Manger, Laguna Hills CA

MISLEADING ADVERTISING! This guy has been giving away the same 14 discounts over the radio for YEARS! "I have only 14 remaining. " It's a scam. Don't fall for it. If you're going offer a deal, why not just have a deal available? Why do you need to make people feel like there is a limited amount of coupons? You make it seem like they need to hurry and book an appointment because there are "only 14 remaining". But that's not true, is it?
These are YOUR eyes people! Don't trust them to someone who uses BS sales tactics to get your money. It really speaks to the type of "doctor" Charles Manger is.

My whole entire family has been through Charles Manger as well as many family friends and I have heard nothing but positive feedback and happy patients. The procedure was painless and quick. I walked in extremely nervous but someone always would explain exactly what they were doing during the tests leading up to the surgery and would always ask if i was doing okay and always making sure I was comfortable. While they were prepping the operating room, I was sitting out in a room and they saw I was cold. Without even asking they brought me a WARMED BLANKET. That really showed me how they strive to go above and beyond and that you’re not just another patient. The surgery itself was fast quick and painless and of course during the surgery someone was in there to make me feel at ease.
It’s been a whole year since i’ve had my procedure done and I went from 20/400 to 20/15 STILL! After a whole year i see perfect and owe it all to the Saddleback Eye Team! The staff is like no other and the environment feels like you’re just at home. My experience has been just like my parents and sister- completely amazing, friendly, and comfortable. I would recommend Charles Manger to anyone and everyone. He is a master at his practice and he is very lucky to have such a friendly and genuine staff and they’re also lucky to be apart of amazing team. They have completely changed my life and the way i see things now! THANK YOU CHARLES MANGER AND STAFF FOR EVERYTHING YOU GUY DO AND HAVE DONE!

This place is absolutely amazing! I had severe astigmatism and just plain horrible eye sight and had been wearing lenses and glasses since I was in elementary school. I had also been told, like countless others, that I wouldn't be able to get Lasik because my astigmatism was too high and it would be dangerous and etc etc. When I walked into Dr. Manger's office a staff member had my glasses analyzed by a machine that immediately showed them my prescription and revealed just how high my astigmatism was. The staff member told me right then and there that although Dr. Manger is able to treat 80% of patients, there is still that 20% that he must turn away. I thought for sure they wouldn't be able to do it and that the kind staff member was just preparing me for the "let down" that was to come.

They tested my eyes thoroughly with different devices and machines and the results showed that I was a great candidate!

I have read some of the posts below and saw that some people are claiming Dr. Manger and his office are just trying to sell sell sell making it seem like they are only after your money and nothing else and I disagree with them completely!

After my results came in showing that I was a great candidate they could have easily begun "selling" their procedure to me, but they didn't. In fact, they had my eyes tested and the results confirmed by 3 (YES THREE) different doctors to make sure 100% without a doubt that my eyes were stable and healthy and that the numbers were undeniably legit BEFORE they gave me the green light!

Also, I believe it's worth noting that I was not at all on the fence about the whole procedure. I didn't need any convincing and I was actually very eager to get it done! They could have just moved on to the next step without having me retested.

I'm very certain other places would have just sealed the deal after the initial results came in. After all, I had been saying yes yes yes the entire time. But they went above and beyond what was expected and truly took their time to thoroughly double and triple check their findings! You definitely will not find this kind of 5 star service anywhere else! DR. MANGER YOU HAVE BUILT ONE HECK OF AN ESTABLISHMENT!

Hi my name is Brigitte Hobbs and I had my monovision done three weeks ago. Love how it has changed my life. No worries about contacts or glasses. I wake up and can see clearly. Sometimes I forget I had the surgery and I think I still have my contacts in. It gets better day by day. Distance is a little difficult. I just keep re-reading the pamphlet I was given when I was at DR. Manger's office before and after the procedure, To remind me that it takes time for my eyes to heal. Distance and night vision can be blurry but I know it will get better as time goes on. I was given glasses for distance but I refuse to use them so my eyes and brain get used to what I have and not have a crutch. I'm doing everything DR. Manger told me to do and my eyes are just getting better and better every day. Again reading the pamphlets that he gave really helps to remind me that some days will be better than other others and that it's all about the healing process. The only thing I would have to say is that I wish there was earlier follow up than six months, just to be able to talk go over my concerns and make sure my eyes are progressing as they should. Happy and excited each day that passes. Thank you DR. Manger.

Everything was handed professionally and every single person there treated me with such kindness, made my experience so fast and easy!

6 months ago I came in for a LASIK consultation with Dr. Manger and I decided the day of the consultation to go ahead and do the procedure as they had a special that I would be saving 500.00 if I did the procedure same day. I will be honest, I was extremely nervous and thought maybe I was rushing this and questioning my decision to do this, even though Dr. Manger had so many great reviews about him and his staff and very professional! Lets not forget to mention once I met them all, they definitely were exactly like the reviews said. They were all very nice and made me feel extremely comfortable! I am very sensitive when it comes to my eyes (after the procedure, my eye sensitivity also dramatically decreased which was a pleasant surprise LOL) so just thinking of something coming so close to my eyes totally freaked me out but knowing I was in good hands made me feel so much better about it. The procedure itself was very quick, no pain at all. It took longer to actually numb my eyes than it did to have the actual LASIK done. The day after my procedure I went in for my post op and I went from 20/400 to 20/15 vision, literally overnight! I am so happy to say my 6 months follow up appointment was today and I still have that 20/15 vision! If you are thinking about doing LASIK, do not hesitate! Come to Dr. Manger for your procedure! He and his staff is once again super awesome and they do great work! I keep trying to get my family to come and do LASIK with him since I’ve had such a great experience and results! If you have any doubts, just do it! You will not regret it!

Thank you Dr. Manger and staff for my New Vision. I have worn glasses since I was 6 years old. I hadn’t payed much attention to Lasik because I’m a chicken when it comes to touching my eyes (this is also why I never tried contacts) but I was getting tired of waking up and having to reach for my glasses. I started doing some research.
When I called Saddleback Eye Center, I was invited to attend a Seminar hosted by Dr. Manger. At that Seminar I learned lots of information and I got to talk to some people who had surgery here, so I decided to take the next step and go in for an exam.
Since the moment I walked in the staff made me feel like they had known me for a long time, everyone is very friendly and caring. They gave me the confidence and comfort to have surgery.
I had surgery a couple weeks ago and one day after surgery I was seeing 20/20! Thank you again for giving me my new vision!

I just went and had my LASIK surgery done last week by Dr. Manger. Overall the experience was exceptional. All of the staff was extremely polite and accommodating. My vision before the surgery was very bad and I had to rely on glasses or contacts to see anything but I am already pleased with the progress and can't wait for my vision to completely adjust in the near future!

Thank you Dr. Manger and your amazing staff!

Dr. Mangers is the best! I would highly recommend him to anyone who is seeking Lasik. The staff and doctors do a thorough job at walking you through what to expect during the procedure and they're there guiding you the whole way through. They also had a great seminar on Saturday which helped set expectations for the examination, procedure, and post-op care. All in all I felt very taken care of and I am EXTREMELY pleased with my vision (20/15) after the procedure. Having worn glasses and contacts since middle school, I'm very happy to have gotten rid of those. Thank you Dr. Manger!

The staff and doctors here are very professional and kind. They were all very informative and answered all my concerns about the procedure. Overall it was a great experience and I felt very comfortable with Dr. Manger's expertise. I am very happy with my visual outcome!

It’s been almost 3 months since my LASIK procedure with Dr. Manger! Long story short, there is no other office and no other surgeon I would trust with my eyes.
Before deciding on Dr. Manger and Saddleback Eye Center, I had gone to two other consultations in Orange County. I was told that my corneas were too thin, and I probably wasn’t even a good candidate for LASIK. (This was all decided without even being examined by the surgeon).
I thought I’d give it one more try, and made an appointment at Saddleback Eye Center. From the moment I walked in, I could tell this office was different. Every staff member is warm and friendly, and they do an excellent job at explaining the entire process, from what test they are doing, to what’s going on with your vision, to the surgery itself. And guess what? Dr. Manger told me I was a great candidate for LASIK!
I was SO nervous before the procedure! But, they offer Valium, so if you’re nervous I highly recommend:) They give you a ton of numbing drops before the procedure as well, and literally, I felt nothing the entire time! It was so easy!
I went in for my post op first thing the next morning, and not even 24 hours after the procedure, I was already seeing 20/15! (Which is BETTER than perfect!)
Dr. Manger is amazing, and I can’t thank him enough for what he’s given me.

Dr. Manger and his Staff were superb in both their attention to detail and their kindness and consideration. I would highly recommend Dr. Manger because no one has more experience.

Best decision ever.
It has been about 5 months since my procedure and I still can’t believe my eyes (pun
intended). Before having this done, there was no way I could drive, work on the computer, or go about with day-to-day activities without my glasses. I tried contacts, because I got sick of having glasses on my face all day, but I couldn’t get past the thought of having to stick my finger in my eyes. So, I dealt with glasses. The thought of LASIK was intimidating at first (since I couldn’t even handle the contacts) but I’d had enough. I went to a seminar, where I got to listen to other patients talk about their experiences and saw the laser rooms where the surgery actually takes place. Also, just hearing from Dr. Manger really makes you feel at ease
with everything.
The day of the exam/surgery you are taken to a bunch of tests and seen by an optometrist before Dr. Manger. Once he gives the final okay and says you’re a good candidate, you are taken back to get prepped for surgery. “Prepped” meaning they put A LOT of numbing drops in your eyes so you don't feel anything the entire time.
The surgery itself only took about 15 minutes! And that was it. I still can’t believe how quick and easy it was. That night, probably about 4 hours after the procedure, I stood across the room and could read the score of the Dodger game… Absolutely amazing.
The next morning at my post op visit I was seeing 20/15… I went from 20/200 to 20/15 in not even 24 hours! I even read a few letters on the 20/10 line. My vision has never been this clear, even with my glasses.
I still, out of habit, bring my finger to the bridge of my nose to push up my glasses. I cannot thank Dr. Manger enough, and all the staff there, for this amazing gift they
have given me.

I just want to take my time to say how wonderful my experience with Dr. Manger & his staff was. They took their time to explain my surgery and made sure I was comfortable. The whole staff is friendly, caring, profesional, and bright etc. I’m so glad I found Dr. Manger to do my lasik. One of main reasons I chose him to do my lasik was because of the 87,000 successful surgeries he has preformed in the past 25 years! Now I’m part of it. If you want your vision to be great again, I would definitely recommend Dr. Manger. Best decision I have made. You won’t regret it!

Thanks to Dr. Manger and his amazing staff at Saddleback Eye Center, I now have 20/15 vision! After a lifetime of seeing at 20/1000, I am totally AMAZED! I was really nervous before the procedure, but the staff helped make me so calm and comfortable that I forgot how nervous I was. Now I get to wake up in the morning and see the alarm clock without scrambling to find my glasses. I can barely believe it!

Before having LASIK, I tried researching the procedure online, but it was really hard to know what to look for and I basically got more confused than I was before I started researching. So when I heard an ad on the radio for Dr. Manger and decided to call to get more information. The lady who answered the phone could not have been more helpful. She was very patient and took a lot of time answering my questions.

I had wanted LASIK for at least 15 years, but every year I went in for my yearly check-up and when I asked my optometrist if I might qualify for LASIK he told me that my prescription was too high. I am a -6 and have astigmatism. When I went into Saddleback Eye Center, I found out that one of the staff members was a -16 and she had LASIK 20 years ago! My optometrist was definitely wrong and honestly it made me question why I had been trusting him with my eyesight for so long.

When I met Dr. Manger at my exam, he was extremely nice and professional. He made me feel very comfortable and confident in my decision to have LASIK at Saddleback Eye Center. Plus, I found out that Dr. Manger is the only LASIK specialist in California-LASIK is all that he does and he’s personally done over some 87K procedures! If I’m going to get surgery on my eyes, I’m going to go to someone who is an expert and has seen every possible case under the sun.

All in all, I am extremely happy with my decision and my new eyes. Honestly, I can’t even remember ever seeing this well with my glasses! It’s like I have been reborn and I can’t stop looking around at all the beautiful things around me. I definitely should not have waited this long to have LASIK! If you’re thinking about having this done, give Dr. Manger’s office a call. You will not regret it!

OK, if you're considering LASIK, stop thinking about it and just make the appointment. You will not regret it. I got "monovision" which designs your dominate eye for distance and the other eye for close up, reading, etc. All 3 pairs of reading glasses are in the trash now! Thank you Dr. Manger!

Had my LASIK done with Dr. Manger on August 3rd, and I finally got around to writing a review! I waited a long time because I usually don’t write reviews for anything, but I am just so impressed with my new 20/15 vision, Dr. Manger’s expertise, and all of Saddleback Eye Center’s amazing staff.

I wore contacts since I was 11 years old. By the time I was 18, my eyes became so irritated from my contacts that I couldn’t wear them for more than 6 hours at a time anymore (and I literally HATE wearing glasses). Can’t believe I waited until 24 to do it.
I read online that Dr. Manger has done over 80,000 LASIK surgeries, so I was really confident going into his office that he has the expertise. However, what blew me away even more was his staff and how caring and genuinely kind and helpful everyone was!

I knew I was going to do the surgery the same day as my consultation, so I expected to be there for a few hours, but the time seemed to go by quickly! There were a lot of tests, but each one was explained really well, and I was regularly checked on to make sure I was okay. I was even given some lunch while waiting:)

The surgery itself was super quick and easy. If you’re nervous, they offer Valium, but HONESTLY there is NOTHING to be nervous about! I literally felt nothing, and the surgical assistants coached me through the whole thing. After the surgery was over, the staff was kind enough to set up a complimentary hotel stay overnight and shuttle service because I live over 50 miles away. Overall, I am thorougly impressed with Saddleback Eye Center. It’s seriously the best treatment I have EVER received at a doctor’s office, and it’s a great feeling to throw away all glasses and contacts and wake up every morning with awesome vision!: D

YOU GUYS! I GOT LASIK! About three months ago Dr. Manger did my LASIK procedure. Before LASIK, I couldn’t even read the giant E at the top of the eye chart, my vision was that horrible. The next morning I was seeing 20/15! I wore contacts before LASIK, but because contacts are so expensive I would wear my “two week” contacts for about a month and a half. Over the last couple years, my contacts were starting to irritate my eyes so much, they were almost unbearable to wear. I knew I needed to get LASIK.

Before making my decision, I decided to really do some research. I had SIX LASIK EXAMS, before having it done. Yes, you read that right, six exams all around town and Dr. Manger is the only one I’d trust with my eyes.

One exam I had was at a place that offered LASIK for super cheap ($3000 for both eyes) and thank God I know enough about the surgery now to not fall into that trap. Let me tell you, if someone offers to do surgery on your eyes for that cheap, run for the hills! The technology they use at those places is horrifying, not to mention they didn’t couldn’t tell me anything about their success rates because they make you go somewhere else for follow-up appointments. When I asked how many surgeries the surgeon had done, the girl on the phone literally told me “I don’t know, he’s done a lot. ” Yea, sounds like your office is very detail oriented, no thanks.

The other exams I went to were at least using better technology, but I was still never seen by the surgeon. The people telling me I was a good candidate, giving me SURGICAL ADVICE, were not even doctors. And they only did one or two tests! Seriously? !

Dr. Manger’s office did 14 different tests and I was there for two and a half hours! And I was not just sitting around, I was busy at tests! Their office is very efficient and veerryyyy thorough. He was in the Navy so it makes sense. At the end, Dr. Manger came in and told me I was a candidate and that I could do the surgery the same day if I wanted to. Since they do all the tests up front, the only thing left to do is the surgery!

I had my surgery and literally TWO MINUTES after my LASIK procedure, I was already seeing 20/30! It’s like someone took a magic wand and fixed the blurry vision I had been suffering from for my whole life! I actually just drove myself home, rested for about an hour, had some dinner, and then went to Knott’s Berry Farm! I was on rollercoasters that very night! This was the first time in my life I could see, so I was living it up!

The next morning I was seeing 20/15, and now three months later it is still just as amazing! Get this done ASAP. There’s literally no reason to subject yourself to one more day of glasses and contacts, when you have the most experienced surgeon on the whole West Coast right here in Orange County!

Just had my 6 month follow up appointment with Dr. Manger and. I have 20/15 vision. Now when I say I am beyond ecstatic with my results, I can't even begin to tell you how EXCITED and PLEASED I really am. I went from 20/2000.yes, you read that right. I thought I was only 20/1200. I asked what my vision really was today, and was told. 20/2000. I am now 20/15! I have worn glasses since the age of 8.40 years was a long time messing with glasses and contacts. Now, when you're as visually impaired as I was, it is literally a life changing procedure. I am so glad I went through with it now. The entire staff, as well as Dr. Manger, made my entire experience worth it. If you are even considering Lasik the slightest bit, don't hesitate to call Dr. Manger's office to schedule a consultation. You will not regret it!

I had been waiting 2 years before getting lasik done, and I'm so thankful that I finally had it done. It's been a week since and I'm incredibly satisfied with my new vision and with Dr. Manger's work. More thanks to the friendly staff and to Jessica for scheduling my appointment

Even though I had been late upon arriving I was warmly welcomed by a friendly staff. I'm proud to say the exam was very thorough and luckily I was a candidate. Having lasik is affordable! So think about it.

Prepping for my surgery the staff generously offered me a lunch before and after. The procedure was thoroughly explained by Sean as well as any questions you have.

Immediately after surgery I was able to see the complete difference in my new vision. I needed to rest immediately after. I had my follow up exam and everything was great and my eyes were healthy. I no longer have to pay for eye/contact exams. I've been unbelievably happy!

I've had so many people asking me questions. What happened? Why did I decide to have Lasik done? Where did I have my surgery done? My response is I went to a specialist. I'm glad that I didnt go just anywhere.

Also, you're offered a complimentary hotel to stay to rest after surgery. It works out great if you're interested in lasik for yourself or for someone else.