Thursday, May 3, 2007

Lasik surgery is effective

There are many things in life we take for granted. Eye-sight or rather good eye-sight is one. A son of a colleague had ambitions to be a pilot but when he went for the tests, he did not make it. He did not have good enough eye-sight. He was devastated but he didn't give up. He went for Lasik surgery, one eye first and then the other and now his eye-sight is close to 20/20. However, his interest is no longer in being a pilot. He is happy doing something else now but his corrected eye-sight through Lasik has relieved him of wearing glasses or his contacts he alternates with glasses.

Many people have misconceptions about Lasik surgery or lack the confidence that Lasik is effective. USAEyes.org concluded that 90% of patients achieved 20/40 vision or better – good enough to drive without glasses – and 65% achieved 20/20 vision, after a review of US Food and Drug Administration clinical trials, peer-reviewed data, and individual patient outcomes.

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