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Is the Lasik trend towards better or worse outcomes as it become more popular?
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I am 29 with -8/-8.75 correction and I have always worn contacts until about
a year ago when I could not really tolerate them anymore for more than a
couple hours. Now I feel totally trapped depending on my glasses. I used to
be really active doing swimming, tennis, mountain biking, etc, but now with
the cost of prescription swim goggles and and other sports eyeware, I am
really tempted to get lasik and get it over with.
However, when the outcome goes bad, it seems to go *really* bad. Does anyone
know if the volume of problematic outcomes is trending down relative total
surgeries? Are there enhancements to the procedure coming down the pipe that
will make it safer?
Kate
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| serebel 2005-07-27, 11:01 pm |
| The technology is ever improving. We now have more choices with RS
which translates to more predictable outcomes for the individual
patient. Don't do anything to "just get it over with", educate yourself
and get a few opinions and make an informed decision. Do this, and your
outcome should make you happy.
SErebel
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| Ragnar 2005-07-28, 8:58 am |
| It's the safest, most predictable, most performed surgery of any
surgery ever devised.
You are a victim of the misinformation spewed by a handful of insane
malcontents that just keep trying to scare people with outlandish,
fictional, tales of disaster.
On Thu, 28 Jul 2005 01:46:20 GMT, "Kate" <personal@personal.com>
wrote:
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>I am 29 with -8/-8.75 correction and I have always worn contacts until about
>a year ago when I could not really tolerate them anymore for more than a
>couple hours. Now I feel totally trapped depending on my glasses. I used to
>be really active doing swimming, tennis, mountain biking, etc, but now with
>the cost of prescription swim goggles and and other sports eyeware, I am
>really tempted to get lasik and get it over with.
>
>However, when the outcome goes bad, it seems to go *really* bad. Does anyone
>know if the volume of problematic outcomes is trending down relative total
>surgeries? Are there enhancements to the procedure coming down the pipe that
>will make it safer?
>
>Kate
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| Richard 2005-07-28, 6:00 pm |
| "Kate" <personal@personal.com> wrote in
news:MNWFe.186928$on1.17533@clgrps13:
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> I am 29 with -8/-8.75 correction and I have always worn contacts until
> about a year ago when I could not really tolerate them anymore for
> more than a couple hours. Now I feel totally trapped depending on my
> glasses. I used to be really active doing swimming, tennis, mountain
> biking, etc, but now with the cost of prescription swim goggles and
> and other sports eyeware, I am really tempted to get lasik and get it
> over with.
>
> However, when the outcome goes bad, it seems to go *really* bad. Does
> anyone know if the volume of problematic outcomes is trending down
> relative total surgeries? Are there enhancements to the procedure
> coming down the pipe that will make it safer?
>
It is well worth considering that LASIK is not the only surgical option
available. As far as laser surgery goes, it has the shortest recovery
period, assuming no significant problems occur, but, it is not
necessarilly the best option.
Regardless of which procedure you choose however, you do have to consider
whether the risk is worth it to you personally. In any of the surgical
procedures there is a risk of complications which can be quite severe and
debilitating, and there is no guarantee at all that you will be able to
do away with corrective lenses post surgery.
--
Richard
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| doctor_my_eye@msn.com 2005-07-28, 6:00 pm |
| I agree with you. LASIK rarely goes bad, but when it goes bad it very
quickly goes to hell. Outcomes are better than ever. That being said,
the number of failures being caused by greed, poor screening and human
error seems to never go down.
Select a good surgeon. Run away from practices that don't let you meet
the surgeon himself before you schedule surgery. Read all of the good
reports and all of the bad reports before you make a final decision.
www.doctormyeye.com
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| serebel 2005-07-28, 10:54 pm |
| Hint: doctormyeye.com won't have any of the good reports on it.
SErebel
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| serebel 2005-07-28, 10:54 pm |
| Hint 2: other than to beg for money,no one even posts there any more.
SErebel
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| Ragnar 2005-07-30, 5:54 pm |
| Selecting a good doctor is important, but it is also important for
doctors to select their patients carefully. If a patient isn't likely
to be happy with the results they get and have unrealistic
expectations... it's best to tell that patient to go home and strap on
their headgear (glasses).
On 28 Jul 2005 13:15:06 -0700, "doctor_my_eye@msn.com"
<doctor_my_eye@msn.com> wrote:
>I agree with you. LASIK rarely goes bad, but when it goes bad it very
>quickly goes to hell. Outcomes are better than ever. That being said,
>the number of failures being caused by greed, poor screening and human
>error seems to never go down.
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>Select a good surgeon. Run away from practices that don't let you meet
>the surgeon himself before you schedule surgery. Read all of the good
>reports and all of the bad reports before you make a final decision.
>
>www.doctormyeye.com
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| SadbadLASIK.com 2005-08-04, 8:58 am |
| Kate, the fact that you can no longer tolerate your contacts makes you a
VERY VERY bad candidate for LASIK as LASIK causes dry eye (your
corneal nerves are cut by the procedure and they do not regenrate
fully leaving you worse off with dry eyes than you are now.
Stay away from this surgery. Try focus night and day which are good
lenses for dry eyes or stick with glasses.
Yes, when outcomes are bad they can be really bad. Then there are millions
out there with dry eye discomfort who are eye drop addicts, whose vision is
not as crisp as before but they are too embarrassed to admit it...
Enhancements are extra surgeries with their own risks. Keep your corneas
healthy and intact!
"Kate" <personal@personal.com> wrote in message
news:MNWFe.186928$on1.17533@clgrps13...
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> I am 29 with -8/-8.75 correction and I have always worn contacts until
> about a year ago when I could not really tolerate them anymore for more
> than a couple hours. Now I feel totally trapped depending on my glasses. I
> used to be really active doing swimming, tennis, mountain biking, etc, but
> now with the cost of prescription swim goggles and and other sports
> eyeware, I am really tempted to get lasik and get it over with.
>
> However, when the outcome goes bad, it seems to go *really* bad. Does
> anyone know if the volume of problematic outcomes is trending down
> relative total surgeries? Are there enhancements to the procedure coming
> down the pipe that will make it safer?
>
> Kate
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| SamregretsLASIK 2005-08-04, 10:54 pm |
| I think that LASIK surgeons are trying really hard to milk the very last of
the
money there is to be had from the procedure. They know that celebrity
screw-ups
like Kathy Griffin are really going to hurt the industry, and that a large
body of
scientific evidence is emerging which demonstrates long term problems with
LASIK.
How much longer this surgery can go on without red flags being raised about
malpractice is questionable.
Doctors took an oath to first do no harm. You cannot do LASIK without
damaging
corneas. This is a problem for doctors who must choose between ethics and
their wallets..
and for patients who are still havng this procedure - it is safe to say
nearly all patients who
are currently undergoing LASIK are not receiving adequate informed consent,
because
documentation of the level of damage inflicted is really terrifying.
No one who is truly knowledgeable about the procedure would willingly submit
to it.
"SadbadLASIK.com" <SadbadLASIK@nospam_aol.com> wrote in message
news:1123158294.09ff9b5ee10029bd2bd1df250280587e@teranews...
> Kate, the fact that you can no longer tolerate your contacts makes you a
> VERY VERY bad candidate for LASIK as LASIK causes dry eye (your
> corneal nerves are cut by the procedure and they do not regenrate
> fully leaving you worse off with dry eyes than you are now.
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> Stay away from this surgery. Try focus night and day which are good
> lenses for dry eyes or stick with glasses.
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> Yes, when outcomes are bad they can be really bad. Then there are millions
> out there with dry eye discomfort who are eye drop addicts, whose vision
> is
> not as crisp as before but they are too embarrassed to admit it...
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> Enhancements are extra surgeries with their own risks. Keep your corneas
> healthy and intact!
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> "Kate" <personal@personal.com> wrote in message
> news:MNWFe.186928$on1.17533@clgrps13...
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| serebel 2005-08-04, 10:54 pm |
| Sadbad and Sam don't have a clue.
I could not tolerate contacts and had the surgery. So did some people
that I know very well. I have'nt used any drops in a couple of years.
Don't need 'em.
Using Cathy Griffin is a lousy example. She had too many surgeries in
pursuit of perfection and now blames lasik. These loonies won't tell
you that, of course.
SErebel
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