This week a new San Diego LASIK candidate came into my office and told me that his friend, “Larry” told him that with LASIK laser eye surgery there is a 1 in 100 chance of going blind from the procedure. My reaction was “What?!!” And then I thanked the patient for being so candid about his fears and for inspiring my next blog post.
The literature cites the risk of disabling visual loss after refractive surgery as 1:112,000.
I have never had a patient lose vision from LASIK or PRK in 12 years performing refractive surgery. Ever.
I’ve had LASIK myself, and even performed it here in San Diego on relatives such as my husband and brother-in-law. That’s my confidence level.
