LASIK does not prevent or treat eye disease. LASIK is a surgical procedure performed on healthy eyes for cosmetic reasons only – to get rid of distance glasses. Eyes are essential, so the rate of serious complications from LASIK should be zero. In fact, the complications are multiple, disastrous, permanent, and untreatable. They include blindness, life-long pain, disability, and suicide.
LASIK Complications
Is LASIK Safe? Eye Surgeon Reveals Hidden Risks
June 17, 2025
LASIK seemed like a miracle—until it started ruining lives. Chronic pain, vision loss, even suicide… and the FDA stays silent. Today, I’m joined by Dr. Cynthia MacKay, a Columbia eye surgeon whose colleague invented LASIK. She’s been warning people for years—and now she’s exposing the truth in her book The Unsightly Truth and doc Broken Eyes. I had LASIK 10 years ago… and after this convo, I’m not sure it went as well as I thought.
Ophthalmologist does NOT recommend LASIK surgery.
March 17, 2024
Explanation of risks, side effects, and consequences.
Eye pain after LASIK. ZEMBLA documentary
February 17, 2023
Physician Michael Brouwer elected to undergo LASIK eye surgery. After the surgery he suffered so much pain that he didn’t not know how to continue living. It felt like his eyes were constantly being stabbed with a knife. Eventually, he was diagnosed with corneal neuropathic pain, a disabling complication of LASIK for which he was not warned.
Doctors recommend avoiding LASIK. New FDA warnings in 2023
April 1, 2022
For years the media has reported that LASIK may not be as safe as advertised based on the many patients LASIK has left injured, disabled, or even dead. Before you get LASIK, get the whole story. The real rate of poor outcomes is about 20%
Interest in LASIK soars, but experts warn of risks and long-term side effects
September 24, 2021
Experts stress that anyone considering LASIK should thoroughly discuss the benefits and risks with a health care professional.
By Daryl Austin
