Patients Concerns on Long Term Risks

Dr Chynn,
After doing more research on the procedure, I have decided to not have my eyes done. Although the risk is low for complications and I have every confidence your staff would do an excellent job, I do not want to take even this small risk for a purely elective surgery. Also, it is impossible to access long term risk since the procedure has a history of only about ten years.

Best,
Rick
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Rick,
#1 there is a 20 year history not 10 year in the US alone, that patient is still 20/20 and will forever be 20/20
#2 there are no “long-term” complications so patients who see well at 5 years will see well at 10, 20, 30, etc

#3 all we are doing is removing tissue, so it’s like a nose job–if it looks good at 1 year, it will look good forever, that tissue cannot “come back”
#4 studies have shown that using contacts is MORE RISKY in the long-term than getting lasered
yours,
Emil William Chynn, MD FACS MBA

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