Lasik Blog » Lasik Vision Correction http://www.lasikvisionblog.com Sat, 18 Oct 2008 05:10:09 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 Lasik Vision Surgery Safer Than Contacts? http://www.lasikvisionblog.com/lasik-vision-surgery-safer-than-contacts http://www.lasikvisionblog.com/lasik-vision-surgery-safer-than-contacts#comments Fri, 03 Oct 2008 03:39:04 +0000 Marc http://www.lasikvisionblog.com/lasik-vision-surgery-safer-than-contacts Recent news reports are making a surprising claim: that it’s safer to get lasik vision correction than to just keep wearing your contacts.

Here’s a quote from a report on CBSNews.com:

Based on their review of several large studies, ophthalmologist William Mathers, M.D., and colleagues concluded that daily contact lens wearers have about a one in 100 chance of developing a serious lens-related eye infection over 30 years of use, and a one in 2,000 chance of suffering significant vision loss as a result.

The researchers calculated the risk of significant vision loss due to Lasik surgery to be closer to one in 10,000 cases. They reported their findings in a letter published this month in the journal Archives of Ophthalmology.

“One shouldn’t just assume that contacts are safer,” Mathers tells WebMD. “This may have been true at one time, but for the average person this is certainly not the case anymore.”

The article also says the chances of getting serious infection increase to 1 in 1000 if you sleep in your contacts.

I think I’ll be wearing my glasses from now on!    :)

]]> http://www.lasikvisionblog.com/lasik-vision-surgery-safer-than-contacts/feed 3 Lasik Vision Blog http://www.lasikvisionblog.com/lasik-vision-blog http://www.lasikvisionblog.com/lasik-vision-blog#comments Wed, 01 Oct 2008 11:26:13 +0000 Marc http://www.lasikvisionblog.com/lasik-vision-blog It might seem strange to make a blog about a type of eye surgery, but it’s a particular interest of mine because I’m seriously considering doing it. I’m doing extensive research on this topic because it’s definitely not an inexpensive procedure! I’m using this blog to capture my research–which will hopefully be of value to others.

Like you, I’ve heard good things and bad things about getting lasik vision surgery. I’m going to explore both the good and the bad aspects of lasik surgery in this blog.

If you’ve had experiences, either good or bad, with lasik vision correction surgery I’d like to hear them! Please join this blog as a member and partipate in the discussion.

I hope you enjoy the research I’m doing on this popular surgery. Thanks for reading my blog!

-Marc
Lasik Vision Blog

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