ニューヨーク・タイムズのインスタグラム(nytimes) - 6月13日 13時43分

Roughly 9.5 million Americans have had laser eye surgery, lured by the promise of a quick fix ridding them of glasses and contact lenses. There’s also a wide perception among patients, fostered by many eye doctors who do the surgery, that the procedure is virtually foolproof. But as far back as 2008, patients who’d received #Lasik and their families testified at an FDA meeting about impaired vision and chronic pain that led to job loss and disability, social isolation, depression — and even suicides. Even now, serious questions remain about both the short- and long-term risks and the complications of this increasingly common procedure. Lasik (laser-assisted in situ keratomileusis) eliminates the need for glasses by reshaping the cornea. Lasik surgeons use an ultraviolet laser to reduce the curvature of the cornea for people who are nearsighted, and to accent it for people who are farsighted. Many ophthalmologists insist Lasik is the safest procedure done on the eye and serious complications are “exceedingly rare.” But few studies have followed patients for more than a few months or a year, and many are authored by surgeons with financial ties to manufacturers that make the lasers. Uli Seit took photographed this patient during a #Lasik procedure. Visit the link in our profile to read more.

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