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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Would you have LASIK if you knew?
1. The LASIK flap never heals. Weak scar tissue around the flap edge holds it in place -- like a small Tupperware lid. But the flap itself is not attached and can be accidentally dislodged for life.
Moreover, the LASIK flap creates a permanent portal in the cornea, which exposes patients to
increased risk of corneal infection.
2. The cornea is permanently thinner and weaker after LASIK. Corneal biomechanical failure (ectasia) may occur shortly after LASIK or many years -- even decades -- later.
3. Researchers have found that LASIK patients may need cataract surgery up to 15 years
sooner than people who avoid LASIK. To add insult to injury, the LASIK-altered cornea causes problems with cataract surgery.
4. Osman et al. (2017) found that LASIK using the latest blade-free technology leads to posterior vitreous detachment (PVD) (floaters) in 85% of eyes that did not have pre-existing PVD.
5. LASIK leads to falsely low intraocular pressure (IOP) measurement, exposing patients to permanent vision loss from undiagnosed glaucoma.
6. Corneal nerves responsible for tear production are severed and destroyed during LASIK. No study at any time point has found that corneal nerves fully recover to normal densities and
patterns after LASIK. Damaged nerves may lead to chronic dry eyes.
7. Injury to corneal nerves during LASIK may lead to incapacitating neuropathic eye pain.
8. Since LASIK does not eliminate the need for reading glasses after the age of 40 and studies
show that visual outcomes of LASIK decline over time, virtually all LASIK patients will end up back in glasses – sometimes sooner rather than later.
9. The FDA's latest LASIK study found that up to 46% of subjects who reported seeing no visual distortions (halos, starbursts, glare, and ghosting) before LASIK reported visual distortions after LASIK, and up to 28% of subjects with no symptoms of dry eyes before LASIK developed dry
eye symptoms after LASIK.
10. LASIK complications have led to corneal transplants, blindness, loss of eye, disability, suicidal
ideation, and suicide.

Proceed with caution and get a second opinion from an opthalmologist who does not perform LASIK procedure on healthy eyes. [/quote]

Thank you for posting this PP. <3[/quote]

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