Suggested Videos
We recommend watching some of the videos below before making a final decision about moving forward with LASIK. This will only take a few minutes of your time, while LASIK complications last a lifetime.
Doctors against LASIK, New FDA Warnings
Hear from the doctors speaking out against LASIK, the FDA official behind its original approval process now saying he believes it should be taken off the market, reporters covering the new FDA warnings, and more. This playlist contains other recommended videos to watch before making a final decision.
Injured Influencers
Hear testimony from influencers injured by LASIK/PRK, including WhistlinDiesel as well as two doctors.
LASIK surgeons don’t get LASIK
You might be surprised by the results of a survey of LASIK surgeons about whether or not they would undergo the surgery themselves.
Vision Quality
Why LASIK vision quality is worse
With effective optical zones post-LASIK that are much smaller than a typical patient's dark-adapted [pupil size](/suggested-reading/#pupil-size-vs-effective-optical-zone-of-lasik-treatment), you should expect worse vision and aberrations that glasses and soft contacts cannot correct.
Flawed Optics
LASIK means a downgrade in vision quality even in outcomes deemed a "success" by the surgeon due to higher order aberrations stemming from the surgery's small optical zone. You may be able to read the 20/20 line, but visual acuity as tested by the 163 year old Snellen chart and vision quality as tested by a modern wavefront aberrometer are two very different things.
Corneal Neuropathic Pain
Nerve Damage
Hear neuro-ophthalmologist Dr Andrew G Lee explain how LASIK causes nerve damage and in some cases devastating, chronic corneal neuropathic pain.
ZEMBLA Documentary
Learn more about how LASIK causes persistent pain in this excellent documentary from the Netherlands (with English subtitles).
Lives Lost to LASIK
Jessica Starr
Of the 40 suicides due to corneal refractive surgery we are aware of, the tragic passing of Detroit's much loved meteorologist Jessica Starr was perhaps the most covered by the media.
Ryan Kingerski
On January 26, 2025 we lost 26 year old Penn Hills police officer Ryan Kingerski. Hear more from his family here.