Question:
My doctor didn't see them at 19 months post-op, maybe they were there
when he put me through the microkeratome? Or, if that is not the
case, perhaps the cataracts were caused by Lasik? Or, they came on
quicker than if I'd not had Lasik?
Answer:
If you refuse to accept independent peer-reviewed studies that show
there is no direct connection between refractive surgery and
cataracts, then you will never know even though the knowledge is
available.
Since you do not accept the studies I have cited, let's use an
exercise in common sense.
If refractive surgery caused or accelerated cataracts, then it seems
logical that it would do this for all people who have had refractive
surgery. If refractive surgery caused cataracts, then we would be
seeing a lot of refractive surgery patients in their 20s and 30s
developing cataracts. This has not happened.
Studies or common sense come to the same conclusion, refractive
surgery does not cause cataracts.
