"It's the biggest scam ever put on the American public [Lasik Eye Surgery]... and it's a multi-billion dollar business." - Upgoat

"It's the biggest scam ever put on the American public [Lasik Eye Surgery]... and it's a multi-billion dollar business."
submitted by paul_neri to Health 4 hoursMay 24, 2025 06:56:08 ago (+16/-1) (www.dailymail.co.uk)
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/health/article-14741503/lasik-eye-surgery-patients-police-officer-suicide-ryan-kingerski.html

[ - ] PostWallHelena 5 points 3 hoursMay 24, 2025 08:09:09 ago (+5/-0)

Guess Ill think twice about getting it.

[ - ] bonghits4jeebus 3 points 2 hoursMay 24, 2025 09:32:46 ago (+3/-0)

The thing about me is I know I'd be the one to have complications. It's happened to me with less important surgery. I don't heal very well. For some reason.

[ + ] Engrishishard

[ - ] Engrishishard 0 points 58 minutesMay 24, 2025 10:52:24 ago (+0/-0)

Errybody hear dat she say she go think twy. Woman think twy yeah dont think so lady. Maybe start out think one time

[ + ] PostWallHelena

[ - ] PostWallHelena 1 point 34 minutesMay 24, 2025 11:16:13 ago (+1/-0)

Gee haven’t seen you around in a while

[ + ] Engrishishard

[ - ] Engrishishard 0 points 12 minutesMay 24, 2025 11:37:39 ago (+0/-0)

Herena i needja to rearry risten to me

[ + ] PostWallHelena

[ - ] PostWallHelena 0 points 10 minutesMay 24, 2025 11:39:25 ago (+0/-0)

Uh-huh

[ + ] KosherHiveKicker

[ - ] KosherHiveKicker 0 points 29 minutesMay 24, 2025 11:21:23 ago (+0/-0)

Your eye shape changes over time, due to ageing, blood pressure, and etc.

The Lasik procedure works fine. It's just that when your eye health changes then the Lasik's correction isn't going to change correctly with it.

Just be sure that you get your eyes checked for a few months-years prior to the procedure to make sure they aren't slowly changing.

[ - ] registered_bot 4 points 1 hourMay 24, 2025 10:16:12 ago (+4/-0)*

The surgery was originally much better when the doctors used mostly scalpels. A laser would only be used to "shape" the eyeball after a doctor opens the first thin flap of the eye with a scalpel and flips it over.

It's all done with a laser now so a competent doctor doesn't need to do it any more. Any random fuckstick doctor can buy the equipment then start charging $3,000 an eye. Takes minutes, and he can fit in 20 or so a day if he pushed hard.

It's once again turned into a money making scheme. A competent doctor with a scalpel had success rates close to 90% percent. And the fails left the patients eyes about the same as they were before the surgery.

Now that it's all lazy doctors just trying to make money it's gotten really bad.

[ - ] rabidR04CH 4 points 1 hourMay 24, 2025 10:09:19 ago (+4/-0)

I warned my mother about doing it. Fortunately, it seems that nothing went wrong in her case.

[ - ] Reunto 4 points 1 hourMay 24, 2025 09:52:46 ago (+4/-0)

If poor vision has resulted from an underlying health condition, all the gimmicky surgeries in the world won't stop that poor vision from reoccurring.

[ - ] Ducktalesooo000ooo 4 points 2 hoursMay 24, 2025 09:31:38 ago (+4/-0)

It’s not bigger than covid/jabs

[ - ] Leveraction 4 points 3 hoursMay 24, 2025 08:47:12 ago (+4/-0)

YOU ARE CORRECT!!!

I've had lasik eye surgery 3 times. Immediately after the surgeries I could see great. What these liars don't tell you is that it wears off in a short few years. By then, you don't have enough cornea left to do an enhancement.

My eyes are as bad and worse than before the lasik surgery.

DO NO WASTE YOUR MONEY!!

[ + ] GreenSaint

[ - ] GreenSaint 1 point 42 minutesMay 24, 2025 11:07:29 ago (+1/-0)

Aw man. My coworkers friend or cousin or something got that done he seemed excited to tell me how much better he could see. You know I just feel like by the time I’m in my 60s or 80s or whatever we’re gonna have robot eyes. We’re gonna have completely replaced teeth too. And nano bots. My mom’s friend just got lung cancer she can’t breathe. It sucks. Don’t smoke.

[ + ] bonghits4jeebus

[ - ] bonghits4jeebus 0 points 2 hoursMay 24, 2025 09:37:29 ago (+0/-0)

Yeah I have heard that. It seems easier to wear contacts.

[ + ] KosherHiveKicker

[ - ] KosherHiveKicker 0 points 30 minutesMay 24, 2025 11:19:49 ago (+0/-0)

[ - ] Crackinjokes 3 points 4 hoursMay 24, 2025 07:18:44 ago (+3/-0)

I'm kind of stunned to see that the way they use the laser is to point it directly into the eye. This is a UV laser that is strong enough to burn tissue from the cornea so of course it would cause problems if you're shining that intense a UV light directly into your retina

[ + ] bonghits4jeebus

[ - ] bonghits4jeebus 1 point 2 hoursMay 24, 2025 09:35:22 ago (+1/-0)

I believe they use it to cut or "shave" the lens of your eye. It's not shined directly into the pupils or whatever to burn them out.. Or the complication rate would be higher.

They used to do it with scalpels. Maybe someone still does.

IANA doctor.

[ - ] Panic 2 points 1 hourMay 24, 2025 10:25:13 ago (+2/-0)

After a catastrophic head injury 20 years ago, my lenses were shattered. Ouch! I had no useful sight, just grayness. Went to an eye clinic and had lenses replaced plus they cut one cornea to end my astigmatism. Best eyesight of my life. No more glasses either. Nice.

Lasik? Never.

On related note, infants laid only on their backs never get near-sightedness, nor misshaped faces or long heads.

[ - ] Prairie 2 points 3 hoursMay 24, 2025 08:35:03 ago (+2/-0)

As you age the range of distances you can focus decreases, eventually such that you can't read things up close and see things far away, perhaps neither is in focus. Lasik just shifts this range, so you'll still need glasses eventually. At that point, what was the point of the surgery? You risked a lot for temporarily not needing glasses.

[ + ] glooper

[ - ] glooper 1 point 2 hoursMay 24, 2025 09:05:58 ago (+1/-0)

Somewhere around 40 Years of age, the human eyeball changes, starts to elongate and it changes the focal point of the eyes. Ever human goes through this.

DO NOT GET LASIK TILL AFTER THIS HAPPENS. Lasik is a perm procedure and if you do it young, you'll fook up your eyes once they hit that magic 40 years range.

There is no going back with lasik.

[ - ] VitaminSieg 1 point 44 minutesMay 24, 2025 11:05:29 ago (+1/-0)

Do eye exercises, goats.

[ - ] Moravian 1 point 1 hourMay 24, 2025 10:41:49 ago (+1/-0)

There must be many factors in this procedure. My wife had this done in 08 and never had any problems and her nearsight was fixed. We also followed the proper after care which required wearing sun glasses and avoiding going outside. I can just imagine the calibration required for the machine and if you have sub-humans involved there will be inherent problems.

[ + ] PostWallHelena

[ - ] PostWallHelena 1 point 32 minutesMay 24, 2025 11:18:15 ago (+1/-0)

I was wondering how many of these bad procedures were performed by pajeets.

[ - ] TheYiddler 1 point 1 hourMay 24, 2025 10:25:09 ago (+1/-0)

I had wondered about this. Why do so many people still wear glasses if this surgery is so amazing? Especially figures on television.

[ - ] TheNoticing 1 point 2 hoursMay 24, 2025 09:28:49 ago (+1/-0)

Getting LASIK was the best decision I've ever made, absolutely worth the $4500 I spent.

[ - ] ModernGuilt 1 point 3 hoursMay 24, 2025 08:34:43 ago (+1/-0)

The entire idea is stupid. Why would any retard sign up for it?

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