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Article: USA: Lasik laser eye surgery - popular low cost alternative outweighs potential risks.
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- Albawaba.com
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- June 18, 2009
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Summary: Since the Lasik procedure emerged nearly two decades ago, millions of myopia and astigmatism sufferers have permanently tossed their glasses and contact lenses aside.
Since the Lasik procedure emerged nearly two decades ago, millions of myopia and astigmatism sufferers have permanently tossed their glasses and contact lenses aside. The procedure costs between $1,000 and $2,500 per eye, and this price tag has made it a popular and economic alternative to the estimated $20,000 lifetime cost paid by an average 25-year-old contact lens wearer.
Lasik - laser in-situ keratomileusis - is a painless outpatient procedure that uses a computer-guided laser ...