Many Americans with failing eyesight will opt for Lasik corrective eye surgery every year. In the U.S., seven hundred thousand patients have this procedure done each year to correct their eye sight and do away with glasses or contact lenses. They are eager to make this change in their lives in spite of the cost. While it is expensive, Lasik laser surgery is still a new treatment in relative terms, and questions about Lasik long term effects continue to arise as patient numbers go up.
History of Lasik Eye Surgery
The FDA gave Lasik the go-ahead in 1998. This means there has been little time to determine long term disadvantages: less than two decades. Fifteen years is not enough time to create a thorough study. When it comes to the second, third, or fourth decade following treatment, there is no way to know if anything negative could yet occur to Lasik patients.