| lasikrollette 2006-07-22, 4:26 pm |
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Trulytelling@yahoo.com wrote:
> EyeNet Magazine >> Refractive Surgery
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> http://www.aao.org/aao/news/eyenet/...99/retract.html
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> Refractive Surgery
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> Combine Procedures for Better Results
> by Linda Roach Monroe, Contributing Writer, and Ernest Kornmehl, M.D.
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> Excerpt:
> In 1994 an American Journal of Ophthalmology editorial suggested
> refractive surgeons may be creating a new class of visually impaired
> persons-those whose postsurgical corneal aberrations make it
> increasingly difficult to see well as they age.
>
> New casualties are still created. Doctors have been saying that 'new
> technology' will fix old problems or prevent new ones. Wavefront is a
> hoax (induces corneal distortions, just 20% fewer than standard
> LASIK... but destroys more precious corneal tisue in the process).
> Patients should also know that intralase leaves a jagged interface, and
> has reported problems with delayed healing and photosensitivity.
>
> To read more about the hazards of Intralse see:
>
> http://lasikflap.com/forum/viewforum.php?f=15
Only when new procedures come out are the faults of the old one
admitted.
Looks like we were guinea pigs and money on the hoof at the same
time.I'm comforted by this,NOT.
I waited and waited to have this done,figuring it would be
perfected.Looks like I should have kept waiting,like the rest of my
life would have been a good idea.I was sucked in by those false ads and
commercials that have worked so well.....for them.
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