andrew_bidlaw@sh.itjust.works to No Stupid Questions@lemmy.worldEnglish · 11 days agoIs it possible to fix one's eyesight? What are working methods? What is to be cautious about?message-squaremessage-square50fedilinkarrow-up164arrow-down13
arrow-up161arrow-down1message-squareIs it possible to fix one's eyesight? What are working methods? What is to be cautious about?andrew_bidlaw@sh.itjust.works to No Stupid Questions@lemmy.worldEnglish · 11 days agomessage-square50fedilink
minus-squareBuckyVanBuren@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up3·edit-210 days agoLasik didn’t get FDA approval until 1996. Before that, it was radial keratotomy. I got mine in 1986 and it was effective until 2015 when I started to need bifocals. I consider it a success.
minus-squaremke_geek@lemm.eelinkfedilinkarrow-up2·9 days agoThat’s interesting, yours lasted way longer than the people I’ve talked to. I wonder if the procedure was any different.
Lasik didn’t get FDA approval until 1996.
Before that, it was radial keratotomy.
I got mine in 1986 and it was effective until 2015 when I started to need bifocals.
I consider it a success.
That’s interesting, yours lasted way longer than the people I’ve talked to. I wonder if the procedure was any different.