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An Approval Process Based On Shaky Science <\/p>\n
LASIK is marketed as a miracle cure for vision problems. But behind the glossy promises lies a billion-dollar industry built on questionable research and incomplete information.<\/p>\n
The surgeons who perform LASIK often tout a customer satisfaction percentage rate in the high 90s<\/a> and a complication rate of less than 1 percent<\/a>, backed by an FDA survey<\/a>. \u201cThat\u2019s less than 1 percent of anything\u2014infection, dry eye pain, halos\u2014it\u2019s an all-in risk of less than 1 percent,\u201d says Ashley Brissette, MD, an ophthalmologist who performs LASIK and a spokesperson for the American Academy of Ophthalmology. \u201cThere [are] very, very few surgeries that can quote that same level of complication.\u201d<\/p>\n Other experts who have reviewed the research on LASIK complications\u2014beginning all the way back in the late 1990s, when it was first put on the market, until now\u2014suggest bad outcomes happen at a rate closer to 30 percent or higher. Among those experts is the FDA regulator who initially helped get LASIK on the market, Morris Waxler, PhD.<\/p>\n Waxler was the branch chief of the FDA who oversaw the approval of LASIK back in 1999. Most recently, in 2022, the FDA proposed new draft guidance for manufacturers, in part because of \u201cconcerns that some patients are not receiving and\/or understanding information regarding the benefits and risks of LASIK devices.\u201d Years later, the draft guidance still hasn\u2019t been implemented, partly due to protests from LASIK surgeons, alleges Waxler. \u201cIt\u2019s a dishonest enterprise,\u201d he claims.<\/p>\n From Waxler\u2019s perspective, the data that originally got LASIK approved was based on weak science. Regulators had incomplete information, and, most importantly, the approval process didn\u2019t involve patients directly, he says. The studies were also too short in duration and only followed up with patients at 12 months post-op, which means they weren\u2019t able to capture the long-term effects of the surgery or the rate of regression. (It\u2019s a problem that persists today. The FDA survey that yielded a complication rate of less than 1 percent? It checked in with patients at one, three, and six months.)<\/p>\n Related Stories<\/p>\n Getting LASIK approved by the FDA wasn\u2019t as rigorous a process as one might assume. \u201cIt\u2019s not like a typical clinical trial,\u201d Waxler says. When going to the FDA for approval, presenters have more control over how a study is designed and the information they share with regulators. Plus, since surgeons already had access to lasers for other eye surgeries, LASIK was being performed illegally, so the FDA was incentivized to approve the procedure quickly so it could be regulated.<\/p>\n It wasn\u2019t until after Waxler retired from his position at the FDA in the early 2000s and received a call from Paula Cofer, who was dealing with LASIK complications of her own, that he realized there was more to the industry than meets the eye. The \u201cpain, suffering, and intractable consequences\u201d he heard about from Cofer and other patients led him to contact his old colleagues at the FDA, but \u201cthey were very dismissive,\u201d he says.<\/p>\n After talking with Cofer and other LASIK patients, Waxler changed his mind on the surgery and looked back at everything that had gone wrong in getting it on the market. He thought he got the full story when LASIK was going through the approval process. \u201cThat turned out not to be the case at all,\u201d Waxler says. So, what exactly are the dangers of LASIK and related corrective vision surgeries? The most common symptom to expect following LASIK is dry eye, which is something a performing surgeon likely wouldn\u2019t dispute. It goes \u201chand in hand\u201d with LASIK and similar procedures, says Dr. Brissette, who is also a dry eye specialist.<\/p>\n With LASIK, the number is steep: Up to 75 percent of patients complained of chronic dry eye at least four years later, according to a 2025 study in Ophthalmic Research<\/a>. Dry eye after LASIK is a result of nerve damage caused by the laser, according to Pedram Hamrah, MD, a cornea specialist who treats dry eye and neuropathic pain at Tufts Medical Center. (And women tend to experience more severe dry eye symptoms, possibly due to how different hormone levels affect tear secretion, per a separate study in the Journal of Clinical Medicine<\/a>.)<\/p>\n But sometimes the nerve damage doesn\u2019t stop at dry eye. Between 10.5 and 13.3 percent of patients experience neuropathic corneal pain\u2014a chronic condition in which the brain sends frequent, abnormal pain signals to the eye\u2014one year after LASIK or similar surgeries, according to a study published this year in the British Journal of Ophthalmology<\/a>. At six months, an even higher number\u201424 percent\u2014of patients report experiencing ocular pain, per a recent study in Ophthalmology<\/a>.<\/p>\n Related Stories<\/p>\n There\u2019s also the potential to develop visual distortions like glare, halos, starbursts, and double vision, according to the FDA\u2019s 2022 draft guidance<\/a>, which states that 41 percent of patients experience these symptoms six months post-op. The visual distortions can be caused by scar tissue, changes in how the eye focuses when the pupils dilate in lower light, and corneal bulging. (Corneal ectasia is a type of corneal bulging, and your risk may increase if you become pregnant after getting LASIK, even years later, per a study published in the Indian Journal of Ophthalmology.) <\/p>\n You also might notice more floaters, which occur in between 20 and 85 percent of patients, per an older study in Cornea<\/a>. This could be a result of suction during the procedure.<\/p>\n This is another hard truth: LASIK might not work\u2014and if it does, it might not last. In a 10-year follow-up study, researchers found that over 75 percent of LASIK customers whose myopia was corrected experienced regression of one diopter or more, according to the Korean Journal of Ophthalmology<\/a>. Initially, though, over 95 percent of patients reach 20\/20 vision, says Dr. Brissette. (Another thing to keep in mind: LASIK cannot stop the natural aging of the eye, which means that it won\u2019t prevent you from needing reading glasses down the line, Dr. Brissette notes.) <\/p>\n Beyond the statistics, though, are real humans grappling with these effects and more. <\/p>\n Sarah McSwan, 45, got LASIK in both eyes in 2020. \u201cLiterally the worst decision I ever made in my entire life,\u201d she says of going through with the surgery. Instead of getting up from the operating table with clear vision on that August day, McSwan had blurry vision and \u201cexcruciating\u201d pain once her meds wore off, she describes.<\/p>\n \u201cIn the very beginning, I would walk down the hallway and the breeze would burn my eyes just from walking,\u201d she says, adding that it felt as if there were constant smoke or sunscreen in her eyes. They burned. They itched intensely. They were gritty. Today, even after years of seeing specialists and trying new treatments, \u201cit feels like there\u2019s always a foreign object in them,\u201d she says, or \u201clike the top layer of my eyes is scorched or charred.\u201d McSwan never achieved 20\/20 vision. <\/p>\n On the one hand, it would make sense that LASIK and related laser eye surgeries have the potential to do some serious damage. But on the other, there are plenty of people, including celebrities like Taylor Swift<\/a>, who have had the procedure and do not seem to have any problems. (Mel B and Kathy Griffin have both spoken publicly about their complications from corrective surgery.)<\/p>\n Ultimately, McSwan wishes she had heeded her intuition about the procedure, instead of the numerous positive stories and marketing. \u201cI should have listened to my gut instincts, because I just had a feeling,\u201d she says. \u201cI didn\u2019t think it was a good idea. Common sense told me, Why would you take a laser to a perfectly healthy cornea?\u201d<\/p>\n LASIK stands for laser-assisted in-situ keratomileusis. It\u2019s an elective procedure in which a femtosecond laser creates a flap in the top part of the eye, allowing an excimer laser to access and reshape the underlying cornea. (A misshapen cornea is a common reason people have blurry vision in the first place.) <\/p>\n It was developed after radial keratotomy\u2014a procedure invented in the 1970s, in which a knife is used to carve the cornea\u2019s shape\u2014and photorefractive keratectomy (PRK), the first cosmetic laser eye surgery approved by the FDA. In PRK, the entire outermost layer of the cornea is removed. A flap isn\u2019t created, but the recovery is much harsher. Nowadays, you can also opt for a small incision lenticule extraction (SMILE) surgery, which removes a disc-shaped lenticule from within the cornea without creating a flap.<\/p>\n LASIK goes like this: You get numbing drops and, depending on your doctor, a painkiller, or potentially a relaxing agent like Valium. Then, while a speculum holds your eye open to prevent blinking, a superfast laser makes the first cut to create a flap, and for a brief moment it may cause your vision to blur or to go black due to the pressure and suction caused by the tool, says Dr. Brissette. Within seconds, you should be able to see again as the doctor lifts the flap to carve and flatten (or steepen, depending on what you\u2019re correcting) your cornea with the laser before putting the flap back in place.<\/p>\n The process is quick, but some find it jarring. \u201cI didn\u2019t feel anything, luckily, but you could smell the burning,\u201d McSwan recalls. (Nothing is actually burning\u2014what you\u2019re smelling is the laser removing tissue from your eye, explains Dr. Brissette.)<\/p>\n Dr. MacKay was there when LASIK was first conceived by a colleague in the 1980s. \u201cI thought he had gone out of his mind, because I knew that the cornea has the most nerves out of any part of the body, and if you cut those nerves, you\u2019re going to get horrible pain,\u201d she says. She also had concerns early on that shaving down and thinning the cornea could result in bulging, which would lead to distorted vision. And because LASIK also \u201csquashes\u201d your eye in order to cut a flap, the retina and optic nerve could be damaged, she suspected.<\/p>\n Unfortunately, Dr. MacKay\u2019s predictions turned out to be right for a large group of patients. The surgery\u2014whether it results in complications or not\u2014is damaging to your eyes, according to Dr. MacKay. She puts it plainly: \u201cIt\u2019s not surgery; it\u2019s butchery.\u201d<\/p>\n Joe Lingeman<\/p>\n In her consultations, Dr. Brissette says that glares and halos are \u201cnormal phenomena of the optics of the eye\u201d and can occur while your eyes heal post-LASIK, but that they should resolve over time. She adds that symptoms like dry eye and visual disturbances are \u201cpart of the healing process.\u201d<\/p>\n For Kirsten Martin, 37, who got LASIK in November 2022, the visual disturbances and other vision changes were so serious that she spent her first six months following the surgery \u201cin shock,\u201d she says. \u201cThe halos were out of control\u2014it felt like somebody was lighting fire to the nerves between my eyes.\u201d Martin also had persistent halos and floaters at night, which led to nightmares for the first few weeks. \u201cIt\u2019s a lot to take in,\u201d she says.<\/p>\n Her experience was a striking contrast to what she\u2019d heard before the procedure. After her consultation, Martin was left under the impression that it was going to be \u201cthis easy surgery\u201d and that \u201cI was an easy candidate\u2014that I would just be in and out.\u201d<\/p>\n People who have gotten LASIK are also at risk for a flap dislocation\u2014which could happen at any point for the rest of their lives. This is because the flap created by the laser is attached \u201cwith the strength of a contact lens,\u201d according to Dr. MacKay. Going swimming, playing contact sports, or rubbing your eyes vigorously could potentially dislodge the flap\u2014though Dr. Brissette says that flap dislocation occurrences are \u201cextremely rare.\u201d Studies say that flap displacement happens in anywhere from 1<\/a> to 8<\/a> percent of patients.<\/p>\n Following her LASIK surgery in January 2019, Kat Woodhouse, 57, experienced three back-to-back flap detachments in her left eye, all while her right eye was infected. \u201cI couldn\u2019t see anything,\u201d she says. \u201cI saw lights, shadows, colors, and extremely blurry shapes.\u201d<\/p>\n Woodhouse couldn\u2019t drive or work and was in \u201csevere pain,\u201d she says. \u201cIt felt like someone poked me in the eye with a needle.\u201d Her eyes were extremely sensitive and couldn\u2019t handle most light sources, from LEDs to sunlight. Eventually, she needed to get three stitches in her eye to hold the flap in place and was offered Motrin for the pain. Today, Woodhouse has cataracts, a vision-impairing condition that LASIK patients were found to develop seven years earlier than non-LASIK patients in a recent study in International Ophthalmology<\/a>.<\/p>\n All LASIK patients also lose contrast sensitivity, which is the ability to distinguish between shades of gray, Dr. MacKay says. Their surgeons wouldn\u2019t spot this because the main test done after LASIK\u2014a standard vision test\u2014asks patients to read black letters off a white background, which has a high contrast. Related Stories<\/p>\n This might also explain why there\u2019s such a discrepancy in the reported rates of happy customers, according to Dr. MacKay. \u201cThey count a complication only if the eye cannot see 20\/40\u2014not 20\/20\u2014without glasses in a room where they\u2019re looking at a chart with straight black letters on a white background,\u201d she explains. \u201cYou can have a patient in horrible pain, who got an infection under the flap, who\u2019s totally disabled because of starbursts and halos and can no longer work, hates what happened, is suing the surgeon, but it\u2019s not a complication.\u201d<\/p>\n Essentially, you may not consider your laser eye surgery a success, but your surgeon might. (Dr. Brissette would not consider that example scenario a success, she says. She factors in the \u201ccomplex system\u201d that makes up vision, including how the brain and eyes work together, and overall patient satisfaction.)<\/p>\n The reality is that you probably know people who have gotten LASIK and are happy with the outcome and complaint-free. There are many who don\u2019t experience any complications beyond, perhaps, a preliminary bout of dry eye, as well as people whose nearsightedness doesn\u2019t regress and who wear glasses only for reading, even decades later. Dr. Brissette underwent the surgery herself while in medical school and calls it \u201ca life-changing procedure for the right people.\u201d<\/p>\n Rachel Epstein, 30, got LASIK in 2016, and she considers her surgery a success. \u201cIn the morning, I don\u2019t have to put on my glasses to see anything,\u201d she says. \u201cTo just open my eyes and be able to see was so magical for me to experience, and solely for that, it was so worth it.\u201d For Epstein, all those little annoyances, like not being able to see in the morning, worrying about contacts or glasses at the beach or pool, and having to purchase contacts every month, are in her rearview.<\/p>\n But for the unlucky customers with complications, treating the problems can be a never-ending and costly battle. Immediately after getting LASIK in both eyes in 2019, Dawn Baldi, 43, experienced dry eye so severe that she was using over-the-counter drops every 10 minutes. \u201cI went back to my surgeon and he just said, \u2018Oh, it\u2019ll improve. It\u2019ll get better,\u2019\u201d she recalls. She returned every week and received the same message.<\/p>\n At the six-month mark\u2014when her doctor was still giving her the advice to use drops\u2014she decided to seek care elsewhere. (McSwan, Martin, and Woodhouse have all also sought care from other doctors. Char, who wished to omit her last name from this story because she still receives eye drops from her original surgeon, now gets her more intensive care and support from other doctors and specialists.)<\/p>\n Since her surgery, Baldi has tried multiple treatments, visiting between 8 and 10 doctors and traveling from Long Island, New York, to Boston to see Dr. Hamrah, the cornea specialist. (McSwan flies cross-country from California to see Dr. Hamrah.) She wears glasses daily to protect her eyes, does red light therapy to help with healing, and sleeps with a plastic wrap over her eyes, which she keeps sealed with a silk mask to retain as much moisture as possible. \u201cMy eyes still dry out, but it\u2019s much worse if I don\u2019t use both of those things,\u201d she says. <\/p>\n Other common options to treat nerve pain include serum tears (made from a patient\u2019s own blood), amniotic membrane transplants, and other anti-inflammatory therapies that can help heal the eye itself. Oral medications, including antidepressants, may address hyperactive pain signals coming from the brain, says Dr. Hamrah.<\/p>\n To a certain extent, dry eye is normal for up to three months following the surgery, but anything longer may need to be addressed by a specialist\u2014and the sooner the better to prevent a chronic issue, says Dr. Hamrah. This is because the source of the nerve pain can be localized in the eye itself or, in more severe cases, a result of changes in the brain, which would require different and more complicated treatment.<\/p>\n Most, if not all, of these treatments are paid for out of pocket because insurance doesn\u2019t cover complications from elective surgeries. Char and Martin both estimate that they have spent $2,000 on their LASIK complications, while McSwan estimates $12,000. Baldi guesses $15,000, and Woodhouse says she has spent tens of thousands, \u201cand still counting,\u201d on medical expenses, pain meds, and yearly scleral lenses, which are hard contacts that can help correct visual aberrations by basically replacing a damaged cornea, says Edward Boshnick, OD, an optometrist who specializes in fitting them. <\/p>\n For Woodhouse, the mental receipt doesn\u2019t stop at what she has spent; she also thinks about the money she wasn\u2019t able to make. After shuttering her business, Woodhouse estimates that she lost over $1 million as a result of her LASIK complications.<\/p>\n It took six months of having her pain downplayed for Baldi to seek another opinion. Dr. Hamrah notes that a regular ophthalmologist may also not be able to detect and address neurological pain, which can interfere with patients getting timely and effective treatment. The eye tests they use can\u2019t uncover a neurological issue, and many ophthalmologists might not feel comfortable using oral medications to treat an ocular condition, he says: \u201cThis patient is basically falling through the cracks of the current system.\u201d<\/p>\n McSwan, Char, Martin, and Woodhouse all report feeling rebuffed by the medical system and subsequently set adrift to find someone who could help. McSwan says that doctors tried to \u201cexplain [my pain] away and push it off.\u201d She remembers getting into a yelling match on the phone with a doctor who told her that her issues weren\u2019t caused by LASIK. \u201cShe tried to make it sound like my pain wasn\u2019t that bad,\u201d she recalls.<\/p>\n Char describes some of her interactions with doctors as \u201cdemoralizing, disheartening, and invalidating.\u201d It resulted in her losing trust in them, especially after it was suggested that her severe visual disturbances existed before LASIK.<\/p>\n But when patients leave their doctors, they might get marked as satisfied customers, which affects the data, says Waxler. In not returning, the patients are assumed to be success stories, even if they\u2019re about to embark on a journey riddled with specialists, pricey eye drops, distorted vision, and immense pain. Even for happy customers like Epstein, floaters and starbursts, though tolerable, are the norm\u2014as were the prescription drops she used to treat dry eye for years following the surgery. About four years in, she also noticed her vision wasn\u2019t as crisp as it once was, and she now wears specialized glasses at work.<\/p>\n Based on several reports, cosmetic laser eye surgeries (\u201ccosmetic\u201d meaning people opt for them for lifestyle reasons as opposed to treating a condition or disease) seem to have stayed consistently close to 700,000 to 800,000 per year over the past decade or so. This is down from a peak of 1.4 million surgeries in 2000. Still, the industry is expected to see about a 5 percent compound annual growth rate, according to a report from the market research firm Data Bridge<\/a>. That\u2019s an industry raking in $3.5 billion globally in 2023 and potentially $5.2 billion in 2031.<\/p>\n These numbers are especially concerning if word about what it\u2019s like to live with the complications of LASIK, SMILE, and PRK doesn\u2019t get out, say the people who have had it go wrong.<\/p>\n Dr. MacKay, Dr. Boshnick, and Waxler all believe that doctors are not communicating the full extent of the risks to their patients. Some patients feel that way too. Char remembers hearing \u201cnothing but positive stories\u201d before her surgery. Woodhouse had a similar experience: \u201cThe only information I could find online was \u2018Everything\u2019s happy. Everything\u2019s fine. There\u2019s no problem,\u2019\u201d she says, adding, \u201cI\u2019m still angry about that.\u201d<\/p>\n Dr. Boshnick makes his living treating people whose LASIK has gone wrong, but his hope is that the surgery becomes a thing of the past\u2014and he\u2019s one of a few optometrists who\u2019s outspoken about it. \u201cThere\u2019s a cruel, unknown underbelly of this whole universe of refractive surgery that patients aren\u2019t aware of,\u201d he claims, and it revolves mostly around how profitable it can be.<\/p>\n In Dr. Boshnick\u2019s opinion, doctors won\u2019t speak out about LASIK because they\u2019re afraid of hurting relationships with surgeons. Those relationships might even be financial, he alleges. \u201cI\u2019ve been approached by [LASIK surgeons] who tell me, \u2018Look, send us the patient. After we send the patient back to you, we\u2019ll give you $800 per eye,\u2019 or to that effect,\u201d he says.<\/p>\n Since LASIK isn\u2019t typically covered by insurance, doctors\u2014who can charge anywhere from $2,000 to $5,000 per eye\u2014stand to realize quick profits from performing the surgery. But the idea that they\u2019re doing it for the money is \u201csilly,\u201d says Dr. Brissette. \u201cNobody would\u2019ve gone through medical school and a surgical residency and internship and fellowship to be able to perform this surgery, would\u2019ve gone through that, to try and get rich,\u201d she says.<\/p>\n Related Stories<\/p>\n Dr. Brissette doesn\u2019t think patients being misled is an industry-wide concern, but rather that miscommunication or mismatching patient-doctor personalities might be at fault. \u201cWe all, as physicians, take an oath to first do no harm\u2014that is always the goal,\u201d she says. She adds that risks and complications come with any surgery, not just corrective eye surgery, so patients should get as much information as possible before they make their decision.<\/p>\n For Epstein, who wasn\u2019t fully aware of the risks before her surgery, knowing the potential complications would have affected her decision-making process. \u201cI would\u2019ve definitely evaluated a little bit more, but I think I still would have made the same decision,\u201d she says.<\/p>\n Between the pain, vision changes, doctor\u2019s visits, eye drops, and scleral lenses, life after LASIK can change dramatically. \u201cI feel like I\u2019m a pretty different person,\u201d Martin says. \u201cI\u2019ve just been in survival mode a lot.\u201d<\/p>\n For Martin, LASIK complications mean that she can\u2019t go to festivals anymore; her eyes just can\u2019t handle the lights. She also can\u2019t enjoy Christmas lights or go to friends\u2019 houses where the lighting isn\u2019t good for her eyes. \u201cI have to sit with the reality that there\u2019s a big part of my personality, my life, that I can\u2019t participate in anymore,\u201d says Martin, who dropped out of social work school because of her complications. \u201cIt\u2019s caused me to have a lot of anxiety and a lot of shame and anger.\u201d<\/p>\n These issues can affect families too. \u201cWe can\u2019t really go out and do things as a family,\u201d says Baldi. \u201cI can\u2019t go to [my son\u2019s] baseball games. I can\u2019t stand outside.\u201d For Baldi, being able to keep up with her loved ones depends on how she\u2019s feeling that day. Some days, she just can\u2019t leave the house because of the pain. <\/p>\n Even if you are having a good day, it still might be hard to get out the door, says Woodhouse, who grew worried that she would develop a new infection, go blind again, or make her eyes worse. \u201cI became agoraphobic,\u201d she says. \u201cI was actually diagnosed with PTSD, and it took about a year before I could work and drive again, and almost two years before I could leave the house without having panic attacks and without taking a bunch of antianxiety meds.\u201d<\/p>\n The mental health toll is serious. It has been reported that some individuals, including Jessica Starr<\/a>, Gloria McConnell<\/a>, Kim Hybarger<\/a>, and Ryan Kingerski<\/a>, took their own lives following complications from corrective laser eye surgeries. Depression and suicide are a concern for LASIK doctors and \u201cat the forefront of everybody\u2019s mind,\u201d says Dr. Brissette. \u201cIt\u2019s extremely rare and very, very unfortunate when it happens,\u201d she says.<\/p>\n \u201cOf course it\u2019s important, but because it\u2019s so rare, and there\u2019s so much good that has come from the surgery and so many lives changed for the better, I feel it still should be something that people making informed decisions [can decide] for themselves.\u201d While studies are limited on the correlation between suicide and LASIK, available research suggests the incidence rate is 4 people per 10,000,000.<\/p>\n It\u2019s a topic that came up for multiple women in this article. \u201cI can tell you that I thought about it,\u201d says Woodhouse. \u201cIn fact, it got to the point where one morning I woke up and decided I couldn\u2019t do it again. I couldn\u2019t go through another day like this.\u201d But Woodhouse said she thought about her husband and son. \u201cI said, \u2018I can\u2019t do that to them,\u2019 so that\u2019s the only reason why I\u2019m still here,\u201d she says.<\/p>\n McSwan also considered ending her life because of the \u201cmiserable pain\u201d she was in, going as far as contacting an assisted suicide company in the Netherlands. \u201cI seriously wanted my life to end because it was so horrible,\u201d she says. \u201cI still have problems, but at least they\u2019re tolerable now.\u201d<\/p>\n
<\/p>\nThe Hidden Risks Of LASIK<\/p>\n![\"quotation](\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/lasik-quotes-689f43e3a433a.png\" "\\"quotation")
<\/p>\nHow LASIK Works (Or Doesn\u2019t)<\/strong><\/p>\n![\"woman](\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/whm060125-an2025-lasik-002-689f439a056e6.jpg\" "\\"woman")
<\/p>\nUnderstanding The Realities Of LASIK Complications<\/strong><\/p>\n
<\/p>\nPaying For The Pain<\/p>\n![\"lasik](\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/lasik-quotes2-689f44510795a.png\" "\\"lasik")
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