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Risks of LASIK Eye Surgery

As with any surgery, risks are involved in LASIK eye surgery. Some of these include over- or under-correction; dry eye syndrome; permanent blindness; reduction in quality of vision; impairment of night-vision; poor vision in dim lighting; and, if you still need corrective lenses, you may not be able to wear contacts.
There are no guarantees [...]

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LASIK Controversy

A debate rages among opthalmologists the world over. Even though the LASIK procedure has been in use less than ten years, there are already developments that threaten to turn colleagues against one another. The burning question that arose in 1999 is whether microkeratome use or all-laser surgery is the superior procedure.
Both procedures use the excimer [...]

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