Over these years, millions of people who have to rely on vision aids feel frustrated with the hassles of glasses or contact lenses
. It is true that these solutions are effective in correcting vision problems. If there is no other advanced solution, prescription eyeglasses and contact lenses will continue their leading role in vision care industry. However, the option of LASIK surgery has been around for many years. It has helped and is still attracting millions of patients. Fed up with contact lenses or eyeglasses, there are currently thousands of people who are ready to call the eye surgeon. Some of them are encouraged by advertisements and some others have got recommendations from friends. This is really a fantastic trend.
However, what is the biggest concern about LASIK procedure? Statistics released by LASIK centers tell us that there are 95% of patients saying that they are satisfied with surgical outcomes. Those doctors often advocate this high success rate. Most people neglect the remaining portion of patients that there are obviously 5% of them who are unsatisfied. They have to deal with eye problems postoperatively, ranging from dry eye, itchy eyes to more serious ones including double vision and halo effect and so on. Another disappointing fact is that surgical eye treatment is irreversible.
Some people may think it is reasonable to accept such a low risk rate. Please have a second thought that 5% is quite high. If 5 out of 100 airlines crashed there would be nobody flying skies. It is quite inexplicable that why there are so many patients who are willing to risk their precious eyes. Except for these surgical solutions, there are actually safe alternatives. Eye exercises are a good option. It is truth that not everybody will experience 20/20 vision contributed by doing eye exercises. But there are a lot of cases proving the effectiveness of eye exercises. They can improve eyesight indeed.