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Horror stories of Lasik gone bad.
Posted by: thehorror ()
Date: November 22, 2013 12:12PM

many videos of people who have either gone blind or killed themselves because their eyes were destroyed by lasik eye treatments.


The #1 lie the doctor tells you that the flap they create heals but it never truly heals and remains a flap forever and if you are the type to always rub your eyes then getting lasik IS NOT for you.

Uneven cornea sufferers who also can not get glasses are also not a good candidate for lasik.

Doctors do not tell the full truth at all.

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Re: Horror stories of Lasik gone bad.
Posted by: DGGGET ()
Date: November 22, 2013 12:19PM

thehorror Wrote:
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> many videos of people who have either gone blind
> or killed themselves because their eyes were
> destroyed by lasik eye treatments.
>
>
> The #1 lie the doctor tells you that the flap they
> create heals but it never truly heals and remains
> a flap forever and if you are the type to always
> rub your eyes then getting lasik IS NOT for you.
>
> Uneven cornea sufferers who also can not get
> glasses are also not a good candidate for lasik.
>
> Doctors do not tell the full truth at all.


I know at least two people who had their Rentas torn a few months after the surgery.

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Re: Horror stories of Lasik gone bad.
Posted by: BEH ()
Date: November 22, 2013 12:26PM

Anyone who submits to elective surgery is out of their minds.

So many things can go wrong, and often do.

Post op infections are the scariest. A lot of the bacteria are antibiotic resistant.

Keep in mind that hospitals have a full surgery schedule. The doctors are rushed.

The operating rooms get turned over in minutes for the next case. There is cleaning done, but it's a rush.

So while you're sliced wide open , the supervising nurse is busting the doctors balls to hurry up, there is still tissue and fluids from the last operation in the room, and you're totally vulnerable to infections and mistakes.

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Re: Horror stories of Lasik gone bad.
Posted by: eesh ()
Date: November 22, 2013 12:30PM

BEH Wrote:
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> Anyone who submits to elective surgery is out of
> their minds.


I got a negroplasty, and I'm not crazy.




Seriously though, this is why I still wear contacts. Too many stories about Lasik screw ups. Just like laser hair removal that is becoming more popular, too many people are left with horrific scars.

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Re: Horror stories of Lasik gone bad.
Posted by: BEH ()
Date: November 22, 2013 12:34PM

LOL, I looked up Negroplasty...thought it was real.

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Re: Horror stories of Lasik gone bad.
Posted by: eLester ()
Date: November 22, 2013 01:34PM

It looks like some of it has to do with postsurgery care. You have to use special eye drops for dry eye.

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Re: Horror stories of Lasik gone bad.
Posted by: Magnus Robot Fighter ()
Date: November 22, 2013 10:21PM

Watch the "Man With the Xray Eyes" to get the true story.

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Re: Horror stories of Lasik gone bad.
Posted by: stooopid ()
Date: November 23, 2013 07:24AM

Had Lasik done 15yrs ago. Best money I ever spent period. had 20/700 and got to 20/20. Don't listen to these idiots. No more fighting with contacts and glasses.

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Re: Horror stories of Lasik gone bad.
Posted by: LwPCj ()
Date: November 23, 2013 01:39PM

> I know at least two people who had their Rentas torn a few months after the surgery.

Not my rentas. I need those. It is difficult to take this advice seriously.

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Re: Horror stories of Lasik gone bad.
Posted by: nunssaidselfabuseleadstoblindnes ()
Date: November 23, 2013 02:51PM

Kenneth Karlin MD of Eye Physicians of Virginia, Mc Lean did a TLS for glaucoma on one eye then did the other about 10 months later.

He is God's gift to Fairfax County. I highly recommend him.

i"d sooner put my head in an oven than have elective surgery. When your option is eventual blindness it's hardly elective.

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