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Re:Ex-FDA Advisor Says of Lasik Eye Surgery: ‘It Should Have... by RedDeckWins on Friday November 15, 2019 @12:12PM (#21546574)
My wife is an ophthalmologist and would never get LASIK. The benefit of potentially not having to put contacts in every morning just does not outweigh the possible complications.
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Re:Ex-FDA Advisor Says of Lasik Eye Surgery: ‘It Should Have... by JohnFen on Friday November 15, 2019 @12:15PM (#21546611)
Yes, this is why I was never willing to get the procedure done. The risk/reward ratio is too unfavorable. Even if the percentage of people who have problems is very low, those problems are permanent. To take the risk of permanent injury just to avoid the inconvenience of wearing glasses never made sense to me.
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Re:Ex-FDA Advisor Says of Lasik Eye Surgery: ‘It Should Have... by stanski on Friday November 15, 2019 @12:29PM (#21546772)
I can see it making sense if you're nearly blind without your glasses. I'd feel very vulnerable if I'm so reliant on glasses.

If it's just a slight convenience then yeah... keep that stuff away from me.

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Re:Ex-FDA Advisor Says of Lasik Eye Surgery: ‘It Should Have... by JohnFen on Friday November 15, 2019 @12:40PM (#21546878)
True, I can imagine circumstances where it would be preferable. I was just commenting about my own situation.

(BTW, I am nearly blind without my glasses, but that's never really bothered me. I just wear the glasses.)

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Re:Ex-FDA Advisor Says of Lasik Eye Surgery: ‘It Should Have... by AdamN on Friday November 15, 2019 @12:37PM (#21546842)
Glasses are the least risky. If you're using contacts however, you're taking more of a risk with your eyes than surgery.
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Re:Ex-FDA Advisor Says of Lasik Eye Surgery: ‘It Should Have... by brokensegue on Friday November 15, 2019 @12:47PM (#21546923)
citation?
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Re:Ex-FDA Advisor Says of Lasik Eye Surgery: ‘It Should Have... by dation on Friday November 15, 2019 @02:10PM (#21547746)
https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jamaophthalmology/fullartic...

They calculated in 1/2000 lifetime chance of vision loss from contacts vs a 1/10000 chance for refractive surgery.

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Re:Ex-FDA Advisor Says of Lasik Eye Surgery: ‘It Should Have... by JohnFen on Friday November 15, 2019 @06:19PM (#21549726)
I can't read the full article, so this might be incorrect. The summary seems to indicate that they're only considering vision loss, but most of the reports that I've heard of about lasik problems aren't vision loss as such, but the introduction of artifacts.
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Re:Ex-FDA Advisor Says of Lasik Eye Surgery: ‘It Should Have... by ggreer on Friday November 15, 2019 @01:19PM (#21547264)
Isn't the cumulative risk of complications from contacts similar to the risks of LASIK? Contacts increase the rate of eye infections and corneal ulcers. In some cases these issues lead to permanent damage, even blindness.
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Re:Ex-FDA Advisor Says of Lasik Eye Surgery: ‘It Should Have... by buboard on Friday November 15, 2019 @05:35PM (#21549456)
Sounds like she s overly cautious. I hated all kinds of glasses and contacts, and even some dryness sometimes and some glare at night is incomparably better than having to rely on those. Then again, i m lucky that i only had to do it in one eye, so i can compare vision with the intact one. Still, would recommend 100%.
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Re:Ex-FDA Advisor Says of Lasik Eye Surgery: ‘It Should Have... by keldaris on Friday November 15, 2019 @12:55PM (#21547021)
What does she think about phakic intraocular lens implantation as an alternative to LASIK/PRK?
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Re:Ex-FDA Advisor Says of Lasik Eye Surgery: ‘It Should Have... by brandonmenc on Friday November 15, 2019 @03:39PM (#21548524)
When I was being fitted for contact lenses for the first time a few years ago, I asked my ophthalmologist about implants and he basically acted like I was insane for wanting that procedure versus laser.

After experiencing truly dry eyes for the first time - from contact lenses - I will probably never get laser correction. Even a 1% chance of having permanent dry eyes at that level of discomfort sounds horrific.

Also, the slight chance of losing near vision in exchange for far vision is not worth it imo. I'd like to put off needing glasses to read in bed for a few more decades.

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