PATIENT STORIES

I had LASIK done in Dec 2019. I have was 40 years old at the time and was almost not a candidate. The optometrist, not ophthalmologist, gave the go ahead to do Lasik. I have myopia and was a -7.25 in both eyes. I immediately was under corrected, but was told that my eyes just need to adjust. My vision started to deteriorate to the point where I needed glasses in order to legally drive. I was also given an irregular astigmatism because of the surgery. I started suffering from dryness immediately after the surgery but the Lasik doctor did not do anything about it and said it would take 3 to 6 months for my eyes to fully heal. I proactively searched for a dry eye specialist after I joined the Lasik complication Facebook group. I found that I have MGD and a tear break up time of three. I was prescribed Lotemax, Xiidra, and autologous serum tears to mitigate the dry eye. This helped with the symptoms somewhat but I needed more relief. I found a scleral lens fitter in the Phoenix area who took on my eyes. I am now able to work and live comfortably while wearing the scleral lenses. I will never recommend Lasik surgery to anyone. It has changed my life in a way that I would never have thought possible and not in a good way.

I had normal reading vision prior to undergoing LASIK to clear up some distance vision problems in my left eye. Post surgery I have LASIK complications such as double vision near and far and the doctor has no solutions to correct it. I have received 2 other consults from optometrists to see about getting corrective lenses and they cannot correct the vision due to the surgery. As a pilot and a medical student I now worry if I'll ever be able continue flying and if I'll be able to see well enough to graduate my surgical training.

I have been using glasses since I was 6 years old. I am -6.50 in both eyes. I grew up with everyone telling me someday I'd get lasik and be fine, that I wouldn't have to use glasses forever. I decided to go to a well-known eye hospital in my city to see what they could do for me. They told me they did not recommend any technology as of yet to fix my vision. I wanted a second opinion. I went to a different outpatient setting specifically for lasik who checked my eyes and told me they could definitely perform the surgery using lasik. No one bothered to explain the risks. When I asked about potential complications they basically said there were none. I also found out I would meet the doctor the day of the surgery. They also said if I signed up the month of, they would discount it. I asked how much it would be for the next month, they said it would go up over 1000k. I made my appointment because this was the solution to my eye sight I always dreamed of, and this office was recommended to me by a friend. But something didn't feel quite right. I did some research into the procedure and found this website. The information is invaluable. I could not find it in me to ignore the stories and the letters. I did some research even further into the surgeon and found he had cases open due to missteps on his clients during these surgeries! I called the center to cancel my appointment. They tried to haggle me into it telling me things like "if you wait any longer it won't be fixable" and trying to bring down the price even more. I had to refuse over five times, each time them trying to get me to question my choice. I truly see now that these aren't surgical procedures to them. We are paychecks. I will never get this surgery and I cannot be more glad. I've also convinced my loved ones to do the same. I will take my blurry but healthy vision with me to the grave. Thank you for making this website. It saved my eyesight. 

I had Epi-Lasik in 2008 and wish every day I had never had it. I have recurring corneal erosions, my eyes are very sensitive to touch. If they get a slight bump it feels like I just got jabbed in the eye with a stick. In February after a horrible morning due to corneal erosion I discovered on top of being in massive pain my vision read full of yellow cobwebs and a nice blurry spot in my right eye. Had my eyes checked out finally and turns out I now have lattice degeneration, which is atrophy and hardening of the retina. This eventually leads to retina detachment. I wish I had never gone through with this surgery. Driving at night is now much harder as all lights are surrounded by a halo, I have double vision with anything bright, and is just hard to see.