Podcast 231: Lecture

LASIK Surgery has been a hot topic in my world lately and so I wanted to take some time and explain my view on this elective surgery. In this episode, we will dig into what LASIK is and why I don't suggest it to my patients. While it works great for some people, it just treats the symptoms and focuses on fixing your sight, not your vision. Feel free to reach out if you have any questions, I would love to hear from you. Enjoy the show. If you want more, sign up for my newsletter at: www.drsamberne.com. Resources: * My TikTok video on Lasik that went viral and created controversy:  https://vm.tiktok.com/TTPdkcL739/* The NYT article on Lasik: https://www.nytimes.com/2018/06/11/well/lasik-complications-vision.html SUMMARY KEYWORDS lasik surgery, eyes, prescription, lasik, tik tok, refractive surgery, talking, blurred vision, procedure, quick fix, eyesight, experience, near sighted, people, laser surgery, play, coffer, called, put, article Hello, everyone, it’s Dr. Sam, I’d like to welcome you to my EyeClarity podcast. This is a show that offers cutting-edge information on how to improve your vision and overall wellness through holistic methods. I so appreciate you spending part of your day with me. If you have questions, you can send them to [email protected]. Now to the latest EyeClarity episode. Hey everybody, its Dr. Sam, I want to welcome you to another EyeClarity podcast. Well, today, I am going to be talking about the pros and cons of lasik surgery. This is a surgery. It's called a refractive surgery, the surgeon reshapes the cornea, and it helps you get rid of your prescription. The reason why I'm talking about this today is that I recently put a post up on the platform tic toc. And I came out against LASIK surgery in this video. And the reason why I came out against it was due to 1000s of patients that I've seen over the years that had difficulty adjusting to this refractive surgery. And so I shared my point of view, which was that there are two types of prescriptions that we deal with the prescription that's in our eyeballs. And the prescription in our brain, our mind our body that creates the prescription in the eye. Another way to say it is that we want to blame faulty vision on the eyeball. But it's not the eyeballs fault. It's the programming that we're doing to our eyes, that causes the prescription to begin with. Well, the firestorm that I created on Tik Tok was amazing, I would say 95% of the comments, were so negative against what I had to say. And it was great, because it really got people to think. And, you know, they, they talked about why they loved LASIK surgery and why it works so well. And how can I, you know, say such a thing, when when they had such great results. So some of the things I might say in this broadcast, might be a little offensive to you, as it was to the Tick Tock community. And my apologies. That's not the reason why I put out my content. These are direct experiences that I've had. And I get to see people who've had the mistakes who've had the problems. So I'm not making it up. Definitely, there was a segment of the the post that really spoke truth, at least through my experience. So I want to address LASIK surgery a little more deeply. And you be the judge. I'd love your comments, you can email me at hello at Dr. Sam Burns calm. And I'd love to get into a dialogue with you. You don't have to agree with me. That's not the point. I actually love different points of view. So when LASIK surgery,