{"id":630,"date":"2011-09-30T07:56:09","date_gmt":"2011-09-30T12:56:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/fineeyewear.net\/eyebrary\/?p=630"},"modified":"2022-06-06T14:51:42","modified_gmt":"2022-06-06T19:51:42","slug":"fda-cracks-down-on-false-lasik-claims","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/fineeyewear.net\/eyebrary\/archives\/630","title":{"rendered":"FDA Cracks Down On False LASIK Claims"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>HealthDay (9\/30, Mann) reports, &#8220;The US Food and Drug Administration is once again cracking down on eye care professionals who make false safety claims and promises about the popular LASIK eye surgery.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Questions to research when considering LASIK:<\/p>\n<p>1. What are the risks of LASIK. (dry-eye, star\/halo night vision, ability to properly heal after surgery)<br \/>\n2. Will LASIK make the need for eye glasses go away 100%? (in many cases no)<br \/>\n3. Will LASIK make the need for reading glasses come at an earlier age (in many cases yes)<br \/>\n4. Is there an age window to get LASIK?<br \/>\n5. Does my eyeball structure make me a good LASIK candidate?<br \/>\n6. Ask your surgeon if he\/she has had LASIK performed on their own eyes.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\" http:\/\/www.fda.gov\/MedicalDevices\/ProductsandMedicalProcedures\/SurgeryandLifeSupport\/LASIK\/ucm061354.htm\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Further reading can be found by clicking this FDA website: MedicalDevices\/ProductsandMedicalProcedures\/SurgeryandLifeSupport\/LASIK<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>HealthDay (9\/30, Mann) reports, &#8220;The US Food and Drug Administration is once again cracking down on eye care professionals who make false safety claims and promises about the popular LASIK eye surgery.&#8221; Questions to research when considering LASIK: 1. What are the risks of LASIK. (dry-eye, star\/halo night vision, ability to properly heal after surgery) &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/fineeyewear.net\/eyebrary\/archives\/630\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">FDA Cracks Down On False LASIK Claims<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-630","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-industry-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/fineeyewear.net\/eyebrary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/630","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/fineeyewear.net\/eyebrary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/fineeyewear.net\/eyebrary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fineeyewear.net\/eyebrary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fineeyewear.net\/eyebrary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=630"}],"version-history":[{"count":12,"href":"https:\/\/fineeyewear.net\/eyebrary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/630\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1495,"href":"https:\/\/fineeyewear.net\/eyebrary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/630\/revisions\/1495"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/fineeyewear.net\/eyebrary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=630"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fineeyewear.net\/eyebrary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=630"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fineeyewear.net\/eyebrary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=630"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}