LASIK Surgery Question: Is it Necessary to get the FREE lifetime consultation?
Wednesday, March 10th, 2010 at
3:04 am
The Lasik doctor I know says that one year should be enough for a Free lifetime consultation because of the ever-changing technology. With Lifetime consultation after the surgery, the doctor will probably start charging the patient when the technology used with the patient is no longer available.
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the current treatment should be enough..
depends ifyou will be in that location for the rest of your life. If you’re planning on leaving the area, I wouldn’t buy it. The cost of going back to that same doctor might be more than the cost of a consultation itself.
A big Yes Nobody knows the long term effects of this procedure. Phil FBDO
Since you plan to keep your eyes for your lifetime, a lifetime consultation program may be valuable.
There are many advantages and some very strong disadvantages to these "lifetime committment" programs. Nobody can guarantee a surgery outcome. They can only agree to give you back your money if things don’t go right.
It is reassuring that a surgeon wants to provide this level of care, however whose lifetime are we talking about? Yours? The doctor’s? The clinic for which the doctor works? The popularity of the procedure? What happens if your doctor gets hit by a bus, retires, sells his/her practice, or goes bankrupt? What if you or your doctor moves away from your location?
http://www.usaeyes.org/lasik/faq/lasik-guarantee.htm