1. “I’m terrified of going blind” Rachel, London
The chances of losing your sight following LASIK are approximately 1 in 5,000,000.
An unlikely, and very unlucky, series of events would need to occur for this to happen. To put this in perspective, you are twice as likely to be killed falling out of bed than going blind following LASIK. In fact, research carried out by the American Food and Drug Administration (FDA) found no reported cases of blindness caused by LASIK.
2. “I’ve heard that ophthalmologists don’t have LASIK done on their own eyes. They must not trust it, so why should I?” Ed, Merseyside