Lasik eye surgery isn't as safe as we thought.

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The popular eye surgery once heralded as a way for severely nearsighted people to reverse their poor sight by using lasers to reshape their cornea -- isn't exactly the miracle treatment it's been made out to be, a New York Times report has found.

It’s not that patients aren't getting 20/20 vision back, so much as this vision is often distorted, with complaints about seeing triple, parched eyes requiring frequent drops, and distorted night vision. In a couple cases, two patients were in such pain they fell into depression and later died of suicide.

Blurred Vision, Burning Eyes: This Is a Lasik Success? - The New York Times

 

[God]

Hmmmmmm

 

[ROBERTSON]

Also, it is not a solution for more mature people, you simply end up trading not being able to see far objects clearly, for not being able to see close objects clearly.
The "mature" eye has a more narrow focus capability, than younger.

Plus the for mentioned risk factor

I have a responsible eye doc.

 

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Also, it is not a solution for more mature people, you simply end up trading not being able to see far objects clearly, for not being able to see close objects clearly.
The "mature" eye has a more narrow focus capability, than younger.

Plus the for mentioned risk factor

I have a responsible eye doc.

Did you have the surgery yourself?.

 

[ROBERTSON]

Did you have the surgery yourself?.

Nope, on the recommendation of my eye doc.

Mostly for the reason I mentioned about age related negatives.

As he explained it, as we age, are range of focus is reduced.

 

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I also had a good older friend that said it didn't do much for one eye but helped a bit on the other one.