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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
Health
Julia Musto

DARK SECRETS: Could this be the alternative to lasik surgery - The Real Truth

LASIK eye surgery has been performed successfully in the U.S. since the late 90s, helping nearly 40 million patients to improve their vision through a procedure that cuts into the eye using lasers. Some 600,000 of the Food and Drug Administration-approved surgeries are carried out on American adults each year.

Now, researchers say they have come up with an alternative method that wouldn’t need invasive incisions and could be cheaper.

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