Make tons of money, ignore bad outcomes, gaslight the injured, and just keep pretending everything is fine while you continue selling dangerous products and services. Just another day in the medical biz. (No, not everyone in the biz, but often enough to use caution and to do your own research BEFORE you subject yourself to a procedure or pharmaceutical).
Even when bad outcomes ARE actually rare, it's worth remembering: Even rare outcomes happen to actual people, and when it happens to YOU, it happens 100%.
https://nypost.com/2025/05/22/health/doctors-former-patients-warn-of-lasik-eye-surgery-dangers/
The suicide of a 26-year-old Pennsylvania police officer over the after-effects of the popular eye surgery LASIK was not an isolated incident, with others saying it left them with agonizing and life changing symptoms, patients and doctors told The Post.
LASIK providers say the procedure is 95% to 99% safe, but one LASIK survivor said she had suicidal ideations for two years after her “disastrous” surgery in 2000.
She also claimed to know of at least 40 people to have taken their own lives because they couldn’t take constant pain and vision problems, developed after the procedure.
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My corneas were too thin for Lasik so, I had PRK instead. That was nearly 25 years ago. I started needing reading glasses for fine print and tasks with small objects 5 years ago. Other than that, it's been great, after wearing glasses since grade one.
I do know a couple of people who had issues with the Lasik procedure. One guy where the flap wouldn't adhere back onto his eye and another guy who got over-corrected.
The interesting thing about the whole thing, for me, was the contract I had to sign. The Doctor was completely absolved of any responsibility if things diddn't go right. They could totally blind you and, by the contract, they weren't liable. I almost oulled out of the deal because of that.