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I have a theory. See what you guys think.
Recently, I have been questioning the people I know (and I know several) that have had LASIK surgery. I have been laying low with these folks cause for a while they were obviously annoyed with my prying questions about there surgeries. But at that time I was really looking for answers as to why I was left with very dry eyes and they did not seem to be bothered with the condition.
Anyway, I have brought up the subject again with a few of them and was actually able to get a few admissions from them. One co-worker admitted he now feels eye strain he did not have before. A lady I know also said that when the wind kicks up (she has a route that she works outside) her eyes are dry and red, then she quickly added, "but who wouldn't have dry eyes with weather like this?" That comment struck me as strange. Then it hit me: what if these lasik patients (and there were a couple more I talked to) for some reason do not want to admit their surgeries had less than perfect results? What could the reason be?
I recently read an article about people who bought products that later turned out to be less than useful to them. Some of these people had a hard time giving these items a negative rating not because they genuinely liked these items but because it was hard for them to admit to themselves that they were not prudent shoppers. At the time the article sounded like a bunch of psycho-babble. But what if this also pertained to Lasik surgery? It would explain why there are not more complaints about this surgery reported to the FDA and the doctors that do the surgery. Nobody wants to feel like a minority. Perhaps people minimize their discomfort, even to themselves, so as not to feel like some kind of anomaly.
I used the above title because if there is any merit to this theory it reminds me of that old children's tale.
Just some food for thought
Recently, I have been questioning the people I know (and I know several) that have had LASIK surgery. I have been laying low with these folks cause for a while they were obviously annoyed with my prying questions about there surgeries. But at that time I was really looking for answers as to why I was left with very dry eyes and they did not seem to be bothered with the condition.
Anyway, I have brought up the subject again with a few of them and was actually able to get a few admissions from them. One co-worker admitted he now feels eye strain he did not have before. A lady I know also said that when the wind kicks up (she has a route that she works outside) her eyes are dry and red, then she quickly added, "but who wouldn't have dry eyes with weather like this?" That comment struck me as strange. Then it hit me: what if these lasik patients (and there were a couple more I talked to) for some reason do not want to admit their surgeries had less than perfect results? What could the reason be?
I recently read an article about people who bought products that later turned out to be less than useful to them. Some of these people had a hard time giving these items a negative rating not because they genuinely liked these items but because it was hard for them to admit to themselves that they were not prudent shoppers. At the time the article sounded like a bunch of psycho-babble. But what if this also pertained to Lasik surgery? It would explain why there are not more complaints about this surgery reported to the FDA and the doctors that do the surgery. Nobody wants to feel like a minority. Perhaps people minimize their discomfort, even to themselves, so as not to feel like some kind of anomaly.
I used the above title because if there is any merit to this theory it reminds me of that old children's tale.
Just some food for thought
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