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Title: get your eyes fixed cheap, Lasik@home
Post by: Birddogg on August 02, 2006, 12:21:00 PM
This has to be a joke...

http://www.lasikathome.com/
Title: Re: get your eyes fixed cheap, Lasik@home
Post by: Mickey1992 on August 02, 2006, 12:25:15 PM
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Originally posted by Birddogg
This has to be a joke...


I tried to order one and got an error page.  :rolleyes:
Title: get your eyes fixed cheap, Lasik@home
Post by: indy007 on August 02, 2006, 12:45:51 PM
Snopes (http://www.snopes.com/inboxer/hoaxes/lasikathome.asp)

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LASIK (Laser in Situ Keratomileusis)  
surgery is a technique for correcting certain types of refractive problems with the eye (e.g., myopia, hyperopia, and astigmatism) through the precise and controlled removal of corneal tissue by a special laser that reshapes the cornea. In the U.S., only ophthalmologists (i.e., physicians who specialize in the medical and surgical care of the eyes) are allowed to perform LASIK surgery, and all such procedures must use lasers that have been approved by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA).

Any vendor, therefore, offering LASIK devices for patients to use on themselves to perform at-home eye surgery would be both dangerous and acting illegally. Fortunately, the LASIK@Home web site referenced above is merely a hoax, not a serious attempt to market such devices. (Among the many clues to the site's invalidity are a lack of a phone number, a physical or mailing address, and a functioning mechanism for ordering the product supposedly being advertised).

Title: get your eyes fixed cheap, Lasik@home
Post by: doc1kelley on August 03, 2006, 09:34:25 AM
Well the first big mistake this joker made was claiming to include diazepam which is Valium and is a controlled substance and cannot be dispensed without a perscription.  Sounds great for 99.95.  ROFLOL

All the Best...
Jay
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Title: get your eyes fixed cheap, Lasik@home
Post by: Sandman on August 03, 2006, 10:08:18 AM
Almost as funny as Bonsai Kitten.