Considering LASIK surgery?

It's been a little over a year since Joseph Schnell, an elevator construction worker from Philadelphia, had LASIK eye surgery to correct his nearsighted vision. Rather than becoming clearer and sharper, though, Schnell's vision soon was plagued by near-constant glare, halos, starbursts, and double images. The results, he says, have affected his mood--he became depressed shortly after--and he rarely sleeps through the night because of eye pain.

Matthew Shulman

August 11, 2009