LASIK is generally not recommended for children or young teenagers because their eyes are still changing. — Whalespan
LASIK is generally not recommended for children or young teenagers because their eyes are still changing.
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We can't find evidence that holds up here. Proponents are reasoning from mechanism or analogy rather than direct human data, and the most credible skeptics raise objections we can't dismiss.
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High-risk intervention — consult a physician before acting.Drug-drug interactions, dose-dependence, and screening contraindications apply.
“I believe uh it's ideal to not do it on children um or even even young teenagers and the reason goes back to what we were talking about before you are much more likely to change the shape of your eye the and therefore the prescription you need and therefore what exactly the lasic would laser while you're still in those growing years and you really want to be able to say hey my eyeglasses prescription has not changed in the last two or three or five years because if you do lace sick and then your eye keeps changing shape then by the next year all of a sudden the L lasic is not doing you're backing glasses again right”