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[โ€“] altphoto@lemmy.today 11 points 6 months ago (11 children)

Lasic surgery first cuts the cornea leaving a little flap. The doc peals the eyeball then they shoot a laser beam in various places in a pattern to ablate the lens.

Then they put the flap back over like nothing happened, but that flat will never heal. That is why I will not be getting lasic thank you.

[โ€“] Nikls94@lemmy.world 16 points 6 months ago (6 children)
[โ€“] altphoto@lemmy.today 3 points 6 months ago (5 children)

Lol, they all say that, but when you read the fine print...."yes, the cornea does heal after LASIK. While the corneal flap may not fully "heal" in the sense of becoming completely indistinguishable from the surrounding tissue, it does reattach and become very stable."

It's like getting penis enlargement surgery buy then you get a warning afterwards.... It will fully heal, but just don't yank it too hard or hang from it for prolonged periods greater than half a second with a force equal or greater than 10 pounds. Levitra will also enlarge your left ear, which you should have trimmed to size every month by your local veterinarian.... WTF! No, my eyes are not little meat DSLR cameras to go mess around with. So I don't share the enthusiasm others do. I may indeed need a surgery in the future, but I'll postpone it.

[โ€“] gens@programming.dev 10 points 6 months ago

Soooo, it's like a little scar that nobody will notice?

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