Shades of 'Opti-Grab'.
Is this an attempt by the FDA to get some control over this bastion of free enterprise?
The across the board “wonders”, and now the “crisis” of Lasik surgery are sure to be overblown, by the infantile IdiotMedia.
One of the best kept secrets in eye care, is that regular overnight wear of modern soft contact lenses is, with the proper lenses and regular quality professional care, a very safe alternative.
Had mine done 10 years ago.
Zero problems except I need glasses for reading.
Of course I needed reading glasses before Lasik.
20-10 distance vision is really cool!
Good comments following the article.
Read: rainmaker for hire by anyone attempting to get through the FDA labyrinth in under 5 years.
*(it was so bad they could only guesstimate;BTW legal blindness is 20/1000 per the doctor)
I had LASIK in early 2003 in Toronto; I have had no problems whatsoever. My vision is better now than it was with glasses or contacts before the surgery; I can consistently read the 20/15 line on an eye chart with either eye or the 20/12 line with both eyes, and on a good day I can read the 20/10 line.
Wouldn’t surprise me in the least.
LASIK is one of the first examples used when discussing Free Market medicine. Unlike the rest of medicine it has gotten consistently better AND cheaper as the years go by.
Can’t have that, can we?
bflr
I had Radial Keratotomy in 1992 bump.
Floaters are caused by the eyes aging and would not be caused by Lasik.
Obama Generated Crisis.
I know many people who have had it; half of them go back to the early 90’s. Never heard anything from any of them except that I’m stupid for putting it off.
Basically, whatever the media reports on is either a lie or a non-issue.
I stubbed my toe yesterday. I should go to Congress and get me a law that says all shoes should have a steel toe for protection.
Shades of 'Opti-Grab'.
anyone got the surgery? does it work?
I had LASIK done back in 2004. My vision was at 20/600 and I had worn glasses since I was about 10. LASIK was a blessing for me. I haven’t had any problems in the last 6 years except for going from 20/20 in both eyes to 20/25 in my right.
The sharks must not be biting this summer(?)
I had LASIK in 2000, no issues, my vision has drifted back to 20/30 but I can at least find my glasses over the 20/800 it used to be.
Going on two years in January. Over 40 so I opted for the mono-vision where they fix one eye for distance and one for up close. After a very short time, your brain does the work and uses the better eye depending on the focal point. Works wonderfully. 20/15 and love the freedom (water sports, golfing, etc.) it gives me. I can see the alarm clock in the middle of the night, and no contact crap when traveling. Got myself a pair of spectacles for driving at night only to balance both eyes for distance. Way better than before. No complaints here.
My wife and I both got LASIK in 1998 and it was one of the best things that ever happened to either of us. My wife has little halo vision problem, but it isn’t terribly bad. She also has dry eyes, but she had that before the LASIK.
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