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Patients Reporting Eye Injury From The Surgery To Federal Panel

Washington, D.C.- A number of patients that have undergone the Lasik Eye treatment are now sounding off to a panel of the FDA regarding their failed eye treatment.

The response from many of the eye treatment patients has been between despair, anger, fury and even depression. There have been even a number of suicides reported to the FDA.

It is now about a decade since the controversial Lasik Eye surgery has hit the market, and there are now a large number of patients who want to know why the surgery has made their lives worse than before, rather than realizing any improvement.

The majority of patients who undergo the Lasik procedure report improved vision, and according to a study by the American Society of Cataract and Refractive Surgery as many as 95 percent of the patients report they are happy with the outcome of their surgery.

But there are a significant amount of problems with people who have undergone the procedure. And they are taking their complaints to the FDA to help resolve their pain and suffering.

The FDA is sponsoring a series of public hearings to gather information on the controversial eye operation. About one in four people who seek Lasik surgery are advised not to have the procedure, and many of the people who are now suffering are among those advised not to have the surgery, but who go ahead anyway.

Lasik is a relatively simple procedure where a flap is cut in the cornea with a laser, and the cornea is shaped with a laser through the flap to try and correct vision problems.