What will you do if the unexpected happens?

You end up with a complication that cannot be "fixed" and realized that you were not properly informed of the risks, or you think you have suffered malpractice.....

It's a tactic well-known, repeated countless times, that your surgeon will probably tell you "Just give it another six months" or "The cornea heals very slowly and you just need to be patient".  Sometimes, that's enough to keep you pacified until after the statute of limitations (during which you can file a lawsuit) runs out.  Once you realize that you are not getting better, it's too late to sue.

Even if you know there's been malpractice, where are you going to find a doctor who will take a stand against his colleagues and to some degree, the refractive surgery industry?  Remember, they don't like to admit that this surgery has disabled many, many patients.  They prefer to remain in a state of denial and pretend that LASIK never harms anyone because it's an elective and UNNECESSARY surgery.  The worse LASIK and other procedures begin to look, the less money they make.  Plain and simple, this is strictly about MONEY.  Refractive surgery is completely unregulated and it's become a free-for-all for surgeons who can take a one-day class and call themselves a LASIK surgeon.  Then as they gain experience, they double it by calling each patient "two cases" because they have two eyes!

What you can expect to hear:

"I don't see any malpractice here."

"Your doctor did nothing wrong."

"That's not exactly what I said," (when your attorney calls the doctor to verify what he told you).

"There is new technology coming that can fix this, so there are no damages here."

"He is an excellent surgeon and I know he fully informs his patients."

Chances are that you will not find an expert witness near your home.  Finding one is the most difficult part of litigation, but once you have a reputable expert who says that malpractice occurred, you've got a case!