One of the big ones I had found was risk of chronic dry eyes being really high, but that seems to be with PRK surgery and not LASIK. Rates of long-term dry eyes after 12 months for LASIK appears to be 0.8% according to the papers I found, which you could argue is pretty low.

I wouldn't discount the idea that modern practices and equipment works a lot better. A lot of the horror stories I do find are older, like you mentioned.

A year ago I came across Todd Becker's method to cure myopia here from HN as well. In case interested to check it out: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x5Efg42-Qn0

There's also a PDF from a different guy with some practical guide. Feel free to email me at denny at nusantara-cloud.com if you want me to share it.

Would you mind going back and adding that in your original post, as you've got pretty big unsubstantiated claims about LASIK.

2. I still haven't changed my general opinion about LASIK: it seems too much like a "convenience surgery" to me, i.e., most people who get it have correctable vision with eyeglasses/contacts. It's also not hard to find stories from the minority of people who had complications and regret it.

3. My original comment came with this disclaimer: "Remember to listen to your doctor over random people on the Internet, including me."

But with PKR you also have wait like up to a month before vision is clear again, versus lasik giving mostly clear vision within like a day or so. So with PKR long term it is less physically vulnerable but it puts your vision out of commission for a week or two atleast.

Is I believe the original