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.
A 2023 prospective study by academic researchers found that 11% of LASIK and PRK patients develop persistent ocular (eye) pain. Source: Betz et al. Ocular pain after refractive surgery: interim analysis of frequency and risk factors. Ophthalmology.
