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Former FDA Official: "I Think We Screwed Up"

The dangers of LASIK do not end there. In May 2010, a scandal emerged involving the FDA (the government-run Food and Drug Administration) revealing that the true side effects of LASIK may be worse than anyone ever thought.

That means the facts and figures above may be decidedly rose-tinted. The LASIK procedure was officially deemed safe by the FDA in in 1998. But now, Morris Waxler, the former FDA Chief of Medical Devices (who oversaw the LASIK safety trials) is warning the public of the permanent damage that LASIK surgery yields to all of its patients. These risks include:

There is more like a >20% Adverse Event Permanent Complication Rate.

To put it another way, out of an estimated 16 million LASIK eye surgeries (two eyes per surgery) there are 3.2 million ruined eyes in America alone. What's more, about 60% (or 9.6 million American eyes) will have only a temporary dependence from glasses and contacts after laser eye surgery. In an interview with ABC News, Morris Waxler said of the FDA's LASIK approval:

"I think we screwed up... Nobody's going to admit that."

And it's not just Mr Waxler that is coming clean about the original safety trials. Another former FDA legal official, Larry Pilot, has stated his ongoing concerns that the FDA "is not actively investigating all questionable LASIK ASF's (Ambulatory Surgical Facilities) for mandatory Medwatch compliance."

Pilot is concerned about the FDA's reporting system for patients with complaints about LASIK. The system is there so that the FDA can flag spikes in permanent consumer injuries to assess safety and efficacy. But without proper monitoring by the FDA - who is to say how safe LASIK really is?

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