Laser Eye Surgery: A More and More Popular Procedure

Laser Eye Surgery: A More and More Popular Procedure

Laser eye surgery is becoming more and more popular as more research is conducted and more sophisticated procedures are being developed. Laser eye surgery is the best alternative to glasses or contact lenses, as it removes the need to don any object in order to improve upon one's sight. Laser eye surgery is now much more safer and less expensive then it was ten years ago, and no one can foresee the advances that scientists will make in the field in ten years.

Specialized doctors all across the nation are now involved in this field. The business is lucrative, as many people are interested in the procedure, as well as prestigious. The service is even being advertised heavily on TV now, and there are many establishments completely devoted to laser eye surgery.

As stated, laser eye surgery is very cheap (relatively) nowadays. Some companies who have put their businesses online proclaim they will perform the procedure for less than three hundred dollars. On television, advertisements for laser eye surgery have deals such as, "Pay $2,000 for one eye, and get the second eye half off!" Some people have even pondered about getting one eye done and then having the other done months or even years later, just to save money.

Some of the long term effects of laser eye surgery are not yet known. A humorous look at a possibly "blinding" effect is your eyes falling out after ten years (Simpsons). Of course, that is extremely unlikely, if not totally impossible, as an effect that extreme. However, it is truly unknown about some of the lesser serious long term effects laser eye surgery, but that small possibility should not stop anyone from receiving the procedure, if they need it.

It might be better to wait a few more years before having laser eye surgery, as so far the research has been exponential and it become even more safer and effective then it is now in just a few years. Still, the technology today is still amazing, and it is definitely worth having the procedure done now.

By Gabriel J. Adams

Laser Eye Surgery: A More and More Popular Procedure