How Should I Manage the 10-Year Post-LASIK Patient Who is Now Unhappy With His or Her Vision?
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How Should I Manage the 10-Year Post-LASIK Patient Who is Now Unhappy With His or Her Vision?
The practical reality is that any present-tense version of the world is unstable. What we currently consider to be true—both objectively and subjectively—is habitually provisional. But the modern problem is that reevaluating what we consider “true” is becoming increasingly difficult.
Without action, vision can degrade into a fantasy.
“Regrets” implies you’d do it differently if you had the chance, and I’m not sure I could.
For example, there is an open market for LASIK surgery (a kind of laser eye surgery that removes the need to wear contact lenses). Doctors compete with one another to attract customers, and because the procedure is rarely covered by insurance, patients take price into account. Competition and innovation have driven down the price of the surgery by
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