The Unsightly Truth of Laser Vision Correction
LASIK Surgery Makes Healthy Eyes Sick
Medical negligence, Government corruption, deliberate, dangerous surgical procedures, this book has it all. Never agree to corrective surgery before listening to this book. Learn from those directly involved, prime witness accounts like you have never seen before.
This book charts the harrowing primary account of Dr Morris Waxler, vision scientist, Neuropsychologist, and former Science Manager (Branch Chief) of the PRK/LASIK team at the Food and Drug Administration(FDA) who has spent many years trying to end the corrupt, harmful, and sometimes fatal consequences of LASIK eye surgery. You will hear directly from Paula Cofer, founder of The LASIK Complications Support Group, a victim of LASIK eye surgery and now lifelong activist. Dr Edward Boshnick has spent over 25 years caring for patients with severe eye damage, visual defects, and lifelong suffering due to this dangerous, flawed practice. Dr MacKay describes how she uncovered the dangers of LASIK surgery, how she has campaigned to bring it to an end, she has faced many attempts to silence her. Dr MacKay will not be silenced; she has written her own memoir (Making the Cut) exposing the corruption and dangerous procedure.
Yet, even to this day, with the corpus of knowledge available to legislators, and surgeons, the harmful procedure continues unabated, unchallenged by those in power that could put a stop to it. Why? the answer is clear: $$$, it is true, money is right at the heart of this problem. Surgeons are becoming very wealthy, US Government receives its healthy share of the proceeds, all whilst upwards of 60% of patients suffer from serious and most painful eye and vision defects. Healthy eyes are deliberately being made sick. Thousands of patients are being cared for by legitimate, caring, competent and decent health professionals, but it is fruitless, the conditions cannot be reversed, and the corrupt practice of LASIK surgery continues.
LASIK Surgery Must Stop
Prime witness accounts in the book
Hear from: Dr. Morris Waxler, PhD former FDA Chief Scientist
Paula Cofer, LASIK Victim and Founder of the LASIK Complications Support Group
Dr. Edward Boshnick, OD Eye Doctor, spent over 25 years caring for LASIK Victims
Dr MacKay, MD Dedicated her life to the campaign against LASIK Surgery, co-authored the book and she produced the film.
The FDA and LASIK Surgeon’s blind faith
Medical negligence, Government corruption, deliberate, dangerous surgical procedures, this book has it all. Never agree to corrective surgery before reading this book. Learn from those directly involved, prime witness accounts like you have never seen before.
Book Review: Kirkus Reviews
THE UNSIGHTLY TRUTH OF LASER VISION CORRECTION
LASIK SURGERY MAKES HEALTHY EYES SICK
by Morris Waxler
A convincing if occasionally tedious case against LASIK eye surgery.
Waxler indicts the popular vision-correction procedure.
In these pages, the author sounds the alarm about LASIK eye surgery, a procedure that uses a laser to reshape the cornea and eliminate the need for glasses used to see at a distance. In the U.S. alone, hundreds of thousands of people get LASIK surgery every year. Waxler lays out the massive drawbacks that are often downplayed by the doctors performing the procedure. Per the author, a condition called corneal neuropathic pain frequently results, caused by the way LASIK shaves and thins the cornea and leaves behind scar tissue. Waxler carefully explains the biology involved, noting, for instance, that in dim light the pupil dilates, which isn’t a problem in a healthy eye, where the cornea is curved, but it becomes increasingly troublesome when the cornea has been reshaped to focus light directly on the retina. Referencing an extensive series of professional studies, the author elaborates on how the procedure can lead to severe headaches, render the cornea painfully sensitive to various things (including light, dust, and even blinking), and ultimately prove ineffective, since roughly half the patients who undergo it regress to pre-surgery vision levels (or worse) within seven years. Waxler includes testimonies and case studies documenting dozens of people who’ve had the surgery and experienced some or all of these side effects, including the famous golfer Tiger Woods, who had the surgery in 1999 and experienced painful regression eight years later. These case studies and personal accounts, along with detailed source documentation, make up the bulk of Waxler’s book, which is authoritative but not particularly engaging. For long stretches, the text reads like a dossier prepared for a class-action attorney, which is a shame, since Waxler’s knowledge and passion are evident throughout. His main target is LASIK, but he stresses that his call is broader: “Just say no to all ‘vision correction’ surgery on healthy eyes,” he urges his readers. “Surgery on healthy eyes makes them sick, forever. Any benefits are merely temporary.”
A convincing if occasionally tedious case against LASIK eye surgery.
– Kirkus Reviews