The Dangers of LASIK Surgery: Why You Want to Avoid This Like the Plague

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The Dangers of LASIK Surgery: Why You Want to Avoid This Like the Plague

 

 

For those who have entertained the idea of getting Laser-Assisted In

Situ Keratomileusis -- commonly referred to as LASIK surgery -- in

hopes of correcting their vision ... think again.

 

What exactly is LASIK surgery? It is a procedure that permanently

changes the shape of your cornea (the clear covering of the front of

the eye) with an excimer laser:

 

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Using a knife known as a microkeratome, a flap is cut in the

cornea; a hinge is spared at one end of the flap.

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The hinged flap is then folded back, revealing the stroma (the

middlesection of the cornea).

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Finally, pulses from a computer-controlled laser vaporize a

portion of the stroma and the flap is replaced.

 

The end result: perfect vision, right? Not necessarily.

 

Seeing Trouble

 

Many patients are under the impression LASIK surgery will end in

instant perfect vision; however, that simply is not the case.

 

That's because, while the procedure is quick in itself, it is likely

to lead to at least six months of impaired vision and significant

discomfort, at the end of which only one eye may have normal sight.

(And if the first eye does not heal to expectation, the second

operation on the other eye will never be done and the imbalance will

be permanent.)

 

Then there are the surgical disasters that can happen. You can visit

SurgicalEyes.org to review some of the horror stories. The site is

devoted to focusing attention on the unique problems faced by those

who have undergone unsuccessful LASIK (and other eye) surgeries.

 

Surgical Eyes.org

 

http://www.Seeing.org

 

 

 

 

Dr. Mercola's Comment:

 

The bottom line is that laser eye surgery (LASIK) does absolutely

nothing to treat the cause of your vision loss, and is 100-percent

guaranteed to make your vision worse over time. Please trust me on

this one, as I am convinced that it is true.

 

Eventually, Even Glasses Worsen Your Vision

 

The same actually holds true for glasses of any kind -- they're

guaranteed to worsen your vision over time. The additional problem

with LASIK is that you permanently make your cornea your " glasses " and

it is obviously very difficult to get a new pair of glasses when they

are part of your eye.

 

Fortunately, there are effective alternatives. I turned 50 last year,

and for the last five years, like most of you in this age range, I

have noticed a progressive decline in my near vision (presbyopia).

 

It was becoming progressively more difficult to read the menu in a

dark restaurant without glasses. Well, a few weeks ago I flew to Los

Angeles to undergo some private mentoring in a vision restoration

process that has been around for nearly 100 years.

 

And I have to tell you that it worked! I am so excited as I can now

see about 50 percent better, and it is likely I will soon be able to

read 4-point font at six inches from my eyes -- even in dim light --

with the new exercises I am doing.

 

This is one of the most exciting personal health benefits I have ever

experienced. To regain lost vision without the use of glasses is

absolutely amazing. Even I am still having a hard time believing it.

 

If you want to learn more about how you can use a course to improve

your vision the way I you can request our free three hour teleclinic

audio files.

 

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