Doctors, former patients warn of LASIK eye surgery dangers: Biggest scam ever put on the American public

The suicide of a 26-year-old Pennsylvania police officer over the after-effects of the popular eye surgery LASIK was not an isolated incident, with others saying it left them with agonizing and life changing symptoms, patients and doctors told The Post.LASIK providers say the procedure is 95% to 99% safe, but one LASIK survivor said she had suicidal ideations for two years after her “disastrous” surgery in 2000.She also claimed to know of at least 40 people to have taken their own lives because they couldn’t take constant pain and vision problems, developed after the procedure.“I really didn’t want to stick around at times, but I decided I would to get the word out about how dangerous this surgery can be,” Paula Cofer, 66, of Tampa, Fla., told The Post Wednesday.“The LASIK lobby and the surgeons will tell you only one percent of patients have issues afterward.That’s not true.

There are multiple studies that indicate otherwise.“The percentage of those with poor outcomes are in the double digits, not one percent.And they know it,” she claimed.Since LASIK was approved by the Food and Drug Administration in 1999 over 10 million people in the US have undergone Laser Vision Correction, according to the medical journal Clinical Ophthalmology, which states between 700,000 and 800,000 people sign up for it each year.Cofer runs the Lasik Complications Support Group on Facebook, one of numerous organizations on social media which have sprung up in response to LASIK procedures gone wrong.“If you understand Lasik and what it does to the eyes and cornea, you realize you can’t do it on a healthy eye and not expect complications,” Cofer said.The procedure — Laser-Assisted In Situ Keratomileusis — reshapes the cornea of the eye.

 “Not everyone has severe complications but a lot more people are suffering than you know.I got floaters, severe dry eyes, induced astigmatism and severe night vision problems,” said Cofer.Ryan Kingerski, 26 — the cop ...