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An optometrist's experience of Lasik

Optometrist Emma Firmager gives a first-hand account of undergoing refractive surgery and how it has helped her when advising patients about the procedure

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As optometrists, how many of them do we pay much attention to? As a profession, we are sceptical and hesitant to recommend treatment to our patients, let alone undergo it ourselves. But we have good reason - there is much conflicting information, press coverage and legal opinion, not to mention the occasional over-hyped enthusiasm for the latest technology.

Can we trust what the clinics tell us? Surely they only want to rob us of our precious patients? What really is the truth about modern refractive surgery?

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