LASIK Briefly Blinded Me — But Do I Agree the Surgery Should Be Banned?

Cases like mine caused an ex-FDA official to rethink his position

LASIK surgery left me legally blinded in one eye. The complication was not permanent, but sitting in a car at a gas station, I had no way of knowing what was going to happen.

You might think due to this brush with the worst-case scenario that I’m in absolute agreement with an expert who reversed course and now campaigns to take LASIK off the market.