3 Terrible Lasik Surgery Complications

After reading this blog, I am more scared now, then I was. The idea of surgery scares me, especially on my eyes. I rather wear glasses, but it would be nice to have my full 20/20 vision back. My friend was as scared as I was to get all laser lasik done on her eyes, but she went through with it. I was praying for her well being and it worked out great. Her vision was better then before. I know she was searching around for a while in order to find the perfect doctor to get the job done, until she came across http://www.2020eyesite.com/. Everyone has to be cautious as to what doctor they choose to work on their body. I know that from experience. Hope this finds everyone well. Thank You again!

Thank you for this blog. Blindness has always been my fear with Lasik surgery. I rather wear glasses then get surgery and not be able to see again. I have been having eye trouble for a year now and hate the idea of wearing glasses though. My friend just had surgery on her eyes and used all laser lasik. With this type of surgery, it can be tricky. The surgeon needs to create a corneal flap. And this can be accomplished using a mechanical instrument called a microkeratome, or a femtosecond laser. I heard that it is thought that there may be more precision in some patients using the femtosecond laser as to the thickness of the flap and to the universal form contour. I personally, have to find the right doctor to get the job done, and know that my outcome will not be blindness. Hope this helps many out. Thank you again. I loved the reading. Have a great day

I actually commend Dr. Chynn for being upfront and factual about the risks. Many surgeons downplay risks until you are handed a very long, fine print waiver of liability right before surgery. Then, what do you do?

I'd rather know the risks, study them, consider my needs and options, make an informed choice and go with it. Emil Chynn is blunt and fearless. That's what I would want in a surgeon. Tell it to me like it is. I have avoided surgery in the past because the surgeon seemed to be glossing over risks, padding their experience, or pushing me into what they specialize in when it was not the best choice for me.

When I called Dr. Chynn, he was clear and to the point. That's what I wanted. I contacted him through his website parkavenueLASEK.com and he responded with a phone number. I didn't feel rushed.

So, really, is this fear mongering, or is it respect for the patient? I would rather be treated like an intelligent person who can make their own judgement than to be coddled by a surgeon who wants to think for me.

These are your eyes, and the best guarantee in laser eye surgery comes directly from your surgeon, equipment and the professional staff that support both. At Lasik Provision, laser vision correction is viewed as an art form. Dr. Andrew Taylor has hand selected an experienced team of individuals who are constantly striving to provide the finest in all aspects of your Lasik experience. Dr.Andrew Taylor personally performs your laser eye surgery. He has been serving the residents of South Western Ontario and the Northern United States for over 20 years. He can draw upon a personal experience of having performed over 100,000 successful Lasik procedures to achieve the results you desire. Lasik Provision has superior technology and Dr. Andrew Taylor has personally used every major laser platform that is used in North America today. He lectures internationally in the field of laser eye surgery and on laser platforms. He is involved in the regulatory studies for the approval of new devices and procedures. Dr. Andrew Taylor has chosen the Zeiss MEL 80 Excimer laser and the Visumax Femtosecond Laser as his preferred platforms. Carl Zeiss is internationally world renowned for their expertise in optics, there lenses are likely to be the ones you use at home in your cameras. There advanced engineering profiles which produce superlative predictable refractive outcomes which is what you want as a refractive eye patient. The Zeiss MEL 80 Excimer laser custom treats every eye with Wavefront technology. This laser is one of the fastest in the world; it uses dual eye tracking for accuracy and centration. It also uses aberration-optimized algorithms to reduce the incidence of night glare. Visual quality and stability is unsurpassed with this Laser. The MEL 80 laser has the newest technology providing correction for the presbyopic population.  It is known as Zeiss BLENDED VISION, and is based on the principal of micro mono vision. It allows the eyes to maintain stereo binocularity.  Both eyes are corrected for intermediate distance at all times with one eye having a range of vision extending to distance and the other eye having a range of vision extending to near. This creates a functional range of clear vision across all visual fields; near, intermediate and far. The laser reshapes the cornea using different power zones to create a positive spherical aberration; making the image disparity between the two eyes so small that the brain doesn’t notice which eye it is using for far and near. This is the most exciting device in laser eye surgery today; treating ‘old age eyes’. Lasik Provision is using the Zeiss VisuMax Femtosecond laser for all flap creation in laser eye surgery. Dr. Andrew Taylor is now only performing completely bladeless Lasik procedures as it provides maximum safety and comfort for the patient, as well as allows them to keep fixation during the entire procedure. It creates a thinner flap, allowing patients with thinner corneas an opportunity to have the potential for Lasik. It uses minimal energy, allowing more precision and less tissue disruption and therefore faster healing.

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LASIK complications is the reason that Dr. Chynn switched to LASEK and Epi-LASEK, which are the non-cutting procedures and therefore 100% more safe because there is no more flap, which gets rid of any flap complication. Dr. Chynn is the only surgeon now that ONLY does the non cutting procedure because it does not cause the complications listed above. Check out the website, it has a lot of very informative information.I actually had done my surgery with Dr. Chynn because I was afraid of Lasik because of flap complications caused by the old LASIK. I am an active person and I couldn’t take the chance with LASIK.

Tom, your article reads like scaremongering. Everything in life has risks and benefits, but if you want to write a considered article about such risks, you do need to offer more of a balance and more information about the likelihood of such things happening, or tell readers how they can avoid such risks and complications, not just give them a general wave in the direction of "something awful might happen to you because it happened to someone once". This is extremely lazy reporting, and I can't see what purpose it serves other than to frighten people away without giving them enough details to make an informed decision.