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'''LASIK''' surgery is a [[refractive state]] correction done on the surface of the [[cornea]]. A laser is used to cut open the surface layer of the eye, and then parts of the cornea are removed to change it's shape. | '''LASIK''' surgery is a [[refractive state]] correction done on the surface of the [[cornea]]. A laser is used to cut open the surface layer of the eye, and then parts of the cornea are removed to change it's shape. LASIK does NOT reduce your risks of eye diseases associated with [[myopia]], you still have long eyeballs and the associated issues with fluid pressure in your eye. LASIK does increase your risk of getting [[cataracts]], which requires lens replacement surgery, which has its own elevated risk factors (such as [[retinal detachment|Retinal Detachment]]). | ||
== Complications == | |||
Although most people getting the surgery are happy with it, there are some serious long term complications. Talk to your [[optometrist]] if you have complications from LASIK such as [[dry eye]], halos and /or [[floaters]]. Unfortunately, LASIK complications are irreversible. Risk of infection is also a consideration. In rare cases, LASIK complications have led to severe [[depression]] and suicide. | Although most people getting the surgery are happy with it, there are some serious long term complications. Talk to your [[optometrist]] if you have complications from LASIK such as [[dry eye]], halos and /or [[floaters]]. Unfortunately, LASIK complications are irreversible. Risk of infection is also a consideration. In rare cases, LASIK complications have led to severe [[depression]] and suicide. | ||
== I already had LASIK == | == I already had LASIK == | ||
LASIK does not stop myopia progression. If you have had LASIK surgery you can use | LASIK does not stop myopia progression. If you have had LASIK surgery you can use the [[reduced lens method]] to stop progression or try to reverse your progression back to your post-surgical state. | ||
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