Dr. Debra A. Buduo & Associates
1314 Beacon St,
Brookline, MA

I’ve gone to Dr Buduo for over 10 years I think. She and the staff are very nice, easy location, fast to book an appointment, and quick to get me in and out. Exactly what I appreciate. She does see a number of older patients and I’ve seen her go to great lengths to be patient and thoughtful, thorough in answering all their questions. I know her to be very good, smart, extremely professional, very pleasant, careful to advise us, and highly recommend.

There are two doctors here: Steven Sharma and Debra Buduo. Let me comment about each of them. First: Dr. Sharma. SUPER SWEET MAN. However, he overprescribes! One of my eyes is much weaker than the other. I have been told for years by doctors that they are not giving me the full prescription in that eye as I couldn't handle it. I warned him of this and yet he chuckled and wanted to prescribe it. That meant a change of +0.75 from my last pair of glasses. He also wanted to add +1.00 reading bifocal on both sides. I refused that part. The prescription he wrote made me feel very ill and my eyes hurt. This started a cascade of returning glasses, finding a new store to get glasses, and ultimately still not being happy. I liked the frames best from lenscrafters, but the lenses were too strong so my business went elsewhere. Moreover, the glasses I finally got are not what he prescribed. They are weaker and I see fine. Second: Dr. Buduo. Due to the too strong prescription written by Sharma, I had to come back 2 other times and see Buduo. Mainly on the contact lenses side. One time she was extremely rude and rushed me. The other time she was much kinder. However, I still don't feel the contacts prescription is right. Overall I wasted money here and had several weeks of trying to fix issues caused by prescriptions given by these doctors. I wish I had gone somewhere else to begin with.

I don't normally write reviews but I am offering mine because after reading the negative reviews before my visit (Feb 2nd, 2022: 2.2 stars from 15 reviews), I was surprised about how painless and nice my visit was. Dr. Buduo was kind, knowledgeable, and a great listener. The front staff were efficient and easy to work with. Eleni even helped me get approximately $150 worth of discounts on my lenses. I will go back, undoubtedly.