LASIK is so profitable that serious Join LASIK Surgery Watch and be counted!
LASIK Surgery Watch (LSW) is a non-profit LASIK patient advocacy organization. In contrast to the LASIK industry's focus on patients who are "satisfied", LSW believes "Every Patient Counts".
URGENT CALL TO ACTION
Support Petition to Ban LASIK!
In May, 2008 a citizen petition was filed with the FDA to ban LASIK due to substantial deception in the labeling and an unreasonable and substantial risk of injury. Individuals who profit from LASIK are trying to stop the ban. Show your support for the ban by submitting your comments.
Beware of Glenn Hagele
CRSQA / USAEyes.org
Fake Patient Advocate / Fake LASIK Expert
CRSQA (Council for Refractive Surgery Quality Assurance) is a referral service for LASIK surgeons, operated by CYBERBULLY Glenn Hagele out of his home. Despite its pretentious name, CRSQA is just a cynical marketing ploy and patient harassment organization that "certifies" refractive surgeons willing to fork over $7,000 in the first year and $5,000/year thereafter. In exchange, Glenn Hagele provides these surgeons with a bogus seal of approval on his USAEYES.org web site to promote their practices. Don't be fooled by Glenn Hagele's advertising claims - CRSQA's quality "standards" are actually below industry standards.
What do LASIK surgeons have to say?: Surgeons
Glenn Hagele and Council for Refractive Surgery Quality Assurance d/b/a USAEyes.org ("CRSQA/USAEyes") are currently being sued for defamation and unfair and deceptive trade practices.
Read lawsuit
Read a LASIK patient's opinion of Glenn Hagele and CRSQA / USAEyes.org: What is CRSQA?
Surgeons known to have supported Glenn Hagele's patient harassment organization: Kerry Assil, Jay Bansal, Daniel Beers, Scott Behler, Robert Brems, Stephen Brint, Randy Burks, Andrew Caster, Benjamin Chang, Daniel Durrie, Ella Faktorovich, Raymond Gailitis, Robert Gladsden, Daniel Goldberg, Jack Holladay, Thierry Hufnagel, Joseph King, Kent Kirk, Robert Lin, James Loden, Robert Maloney, James McDonald, Michael Mockovak, Sanford Moretsky, Thomas Planchard, Philip Roholt, Cary Silverman, Swati Singh, Gregory Stainer, Steven Stetson, Mark Volpicelli, David Wallace, Robert Weisenthal, Marc Werner, Norman Zaffater. Source: Lasikfraud.com
Glenn Hagele claims to have recently founded Cataract Free America. Will he now begin harassing dissatisfied cataract surgery patients?
The latest hype: IntraLase, IntraLASIK, iLASIK, bladeless, all laser, femtosecond laser LASIK, problems, risks, complications
The LASIK industry hopes to improve the public perception of LASIK with marketing hype of the latest technology in LASIK flap creation. Don't be fooled by bladeless LASIK safety claims -- this technology has created a new set of problems and side effects. Read More
FDA advisers: Clearer LASIK warnings needed
CNN.com 04/25/2008
From the article: "A panel of medical advisers -- mostly eye doctors wearing glasses -- listened to tales of woe and wonder Friday from people who sought to get rid of their specs through LASIK surgery... Matt Kotsovolos, who worked for the Duke Eye Center when he had a more sophisticated LASIK procedure in 2006, said doctors classify him as a success because he now has 20-20 vision. But he said, "For the last two years I have suffered debilitating and unremitting eye pain... That's a big reason that Weiss, the ophthalmologist, won't get LASIK even though she offers it to her patients. "I can read without my glasses and ... operate without my glasses, and I love that," she said. "The second aspect is I would not tolerate any risk for myself."
LASIK-Flap.com
Documenting the history of the refractive surgery industry, from the cover-ups and conflicts of interest to the kickbacks and the medical studies showing how LASIK damages healthy eyes. LASIK-Flap.com has an active patient bulletin board and informative research forums.
From the bulletin board: "My lasik travesty then began in mid-2003, where, after a lengthy sales pitch and many lies, I was butchered."
Go to LASIK-Flap.com
An Inconvenient Truth - The LASIK Report
The LASIK Report is a literature review of LASIK. The report concludes that LASIK is an inherently harmful procedure and should be abandoned. From the report:
"Early clinical trials did not thoroughly examine adverse effects of LASIK. Since that time, numerous medical studies have examined the risks of LASIK. It is now widely reported in ophthalmic medical journals that complications such as dry eye and visual disturbances in low light are common, and that creation of the corneal flap permanently compromises tensile strength and biomechanical integrity of the cornea."
Long-term issues of LASIK
LASIK surgeons don't inform patients of the problems they will face in the future as a result of LASIK. Learn about permanent weakness of the cornea, inaccurate IOP measurement, problems with future cataract surgery, long-term corneal nerve damage, progressive decrease in corneal keratocytes, lifelong increased risk of eye infections, non-healing of the LASIK flap, and more... Read more
The Cool Laser Beam Gently Sculpts Your Cornea..." or so the sales pitch goes.
An actual photo of a laser shot fired at a cornea. Looks more like a nuclear bomb, doesn't it? As it turns out, some people don't like the smell of burning flesh...
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