Seen that? - Patient Advocacy: Where Can You Find Help for LASIK Complications

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Patient Advocacy: Where Can You Find Help for LASIK Complications Lasik Weblog

No matter how safe refractive procedures like LASIK have become, and no matter what new technological developments have been made, there is always a very small but important percentage of patients who have persistent problems after refractive surgery. When you read their stories, often heart-breaking, of being unable to work or drive due to impaired vision, suffering headaches, nausea, vertigo due to visual distortions brought on by unsuccessful LASIK surgery, [...] Read More


LASIK: Is it the Best Answer or Not? Lasik Weblog

LASIK refractive surgery, with its high tech approach and relatively low risk seems to be the best answer for getting the perfect vision you've always wanted, it's important to weigh all your options for vision correction. Surgery is something you can never come back from-for though it's often possible to improve upon imperfect results with further surgical procedures, there's always a risk of irreparable damage with long term [...] Read More


LASIK Surgery: A Personal Point of View from One Health Blogger Lasik Weblog

Hello, everyone, Heather Stone, medical writer and blogger for Creative Weblogging here. I have been contributing to this blog on LASIK and other refractive surgery for several months, and I'm enjoying not only the writing but the process of educating myself on all the new and innovative facets of this cutting edge medical technology. The world of technology, medical and otherwise, is rapidly growing and changing, and I cannot [...] Read More


Lasik Surgery Well Woman Blog

How are your eyes?" I'm scheduled for cataract surgery next month. It's a fairly simple procedure. I've already had one eye done. I've thought about Lasik surgery to improve my vision, but I'm not young anymore and I thought that Lasik surgery was a young people's thing. Seems I thought wrong, according to this article from Ivanhoe's Medical Breakthroughs: The researchers observed case histories of 424 laser eye surgery patients between the [...] Read More


Laser Eye Surgery is Safe, Experts Say Straightfromthedoc

According to the results of a 10-year study presented recently at the Academy of Ophthalmology's 2006 Joint Meeting, both LASIK and PRK eye procedures are safe and effective. LASIK refers to the use of a laser to reshape the cornea without working directly on the outer surface of the cornea. PRK (or Photorefractive Keratectomy) also uses a laser to reshape the cornea but by working directly on the outer surface of [...] Read More