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If you're considering this, you might want to read the comments on [0][1][2], wikipedia[3] maybe also a bit about how this surgery is marketed [4] Personally,
by shpx 10y ago
If you're considering this, you might want to read the comments on [0][1][2], wikipedia[3] maybe also a bit about how this surgery is marketed [4]
Personally, I wouldn't get any surgery with a marketing department on principle.
[0] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=13024352 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=13024352
[1] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=9941566 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=9941566
[2] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=5218268 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=5218268
[3] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Photorefractive_keratectomy#Comparison_to_LASIK https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Photorefractive_keratectomy#Co...
[4] http://www.healio.com/ophthalmology/news/print/ocular-surgery-news/%7B49db15da-a6e6-4cff-bf99-78499327e214%7D/focus-lasik-marketing-on-reducing-fear-providing-service http://www.healio.com/ophthalmology/news/print/ocular-surger...
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=12637420 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=12637420
- ada1981 10y agoI will say, aside from the quality of the surgery and the awesome outcome -- the "marketing" for this is intense and actually feels crazy to me. I suppose this is because the machine is expensive and you need to recoop your investment, plus most people are being sold glasses and contacts from their doctor as that is the default. It does take effort to educate people about new options and it's an elective surgery where if you go with the alternative you don't really know what you are missing...