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To: Amy Feller who wrote (483)	4/2/1998 3:12:00 AM
From: Jim Mac	Respond to of 1754

That article said LASIK is "scary and expensive"....It cost "$5,000 to have her eyeballs sliced...by a knife...." See how easy it is to market LASIK? That patient got ripped off, and was probably seduced by the LASIK hype of "faster healing, and less irritation postop", which appears to be working in our instant gratification society. And if the $250 procedure fee was reduced or eliminated (both of which won't happen), guess how much the patient would have spent? ONLY $4,500 -$4,700 instead of $5,000. BIG DEAL. (Actually, the doctor probably would pocket that extra dough, and continue charging $2,500 per eye, because he/she was so "skilled" at slicing people's eyeballs. I'm glad to see safer microkeratomes hitting the market, but I continue to be concerned about the potential for LASIK lawsuits. I believe the public is being duped. The ideal procedure is NON-INCISIONAL. What's really happening is many doctors are doing LASIK because it pays more for less work. That PRK follow-up must be a real drag. LASIK is shortsided (pun intended).