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Re:A lawsuit over Costco golf balls by shpx on Tuesday March 28, 2017 @10:20AM (#13976749)
If you're considering this, you might want to read the comments on [0][1][2], wikipedia[3] maybe also a bit about how this surgery is marketed [4]

Personally, I wouldn't get any surgery with a marketing department on principle.

[0] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=13024352

[1] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=9941566

[2] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=5218268

[3] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Photorefractive_keratectomy#Co...

[4] http://www.healio.com/ophthalmology/news/print/ocular-surger...

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=12637420

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Re:A lawsuit over Costco golf balls by ada1981 on Tuesday March 28, 2017 @10:52AM (#13977024)
I will say, aside from the quality of the surgery and the awesome outcome -- the "marketing" for this is intense and actually feels crazy to me.

I suppose this is because the machine is expensive and you need to recoop your investment, plus most people are being sold glasses and contacts from their doctor as that is the default.

It does take effort to educate people about new options and it's an elective surgery where if you go with the alternative you don't really know what you are missing...

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