Comments on: Lasik Surgery Fears

By: Vitrectomy Equipment

Vitrectomy Equipment — Fri, 02 Oct 2009 05:11:22 +0000

Interesting post thanks for your efforts i will keep reading. And follow your updates. kind regards the Vitrectomy Team

By: Ali

Ali — Wed, 15 Jul 2009 21:24:56 +0000

I am waiting until there is a procedure to correct near-sightedness (glasses needed for driving) AND for far-sightedness that appears and progresses after 40 yrs old.
My older sister had Lasik. With 1 eye she can see up-close and with one eye far away. But the correction for the up-close eye has not stopped the age degeneration thing.
She now needs glasses to read anything.

I do not want a botched job, as it is irreversible. I will wait it out. I only have these eyes.

By: Tina

Tina — Sat, 26 Apr 2008 23:22:02 +0000

Thanks for this info. I had Lasik about five years ago, and didn’t have any problems until the end of 2006, when I started seeing blurriness. I wasn’t too concerned at the time, because the doctor who performed my surgery had a high success rate, and was considered one of the best surgeons in the area. I thought I just needed a touch-up and things should be fine.

Turns out that I had ectasia – a LASIK-induced form of a preexisting corneal disease called keratoconus. Keratoconus causes the corneal tissue in your eye to start thinning out. It’s hard to detect (out of all the specialists I saw, only one could point out where the problem might have originated). This condition began a nightmare of doctors visits, ongoing medical bills, and a major emotional toll on my life.

Anyway, aside from the surgeon making a comment along the lines of “Your corneas are a little on the thin side, but it should be okay,” I was never fully informed about the possible consequences (the internet wasn’t as prevalent as it is now) and NEVER heard about this condition from any of the doctors that I went to to research Lasik

Do you have any more information on that FDA study set to begin next year?