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eLearning Series:
Lasik Eye Surgery Questions & Answers
( 50 articles
in this series )
What
Are Referral Resources for Lasik Surgery?
Referral sources for lasik eye surgery procedures:
- Internet
- Magazines
- Medical periodicals
- Former lasik patients
The
internet is the best place to find sources for lasik eye
surgery procedures. Using a search engine such as
www.google.com, you can find information on just about anything.
Searching
something as simple as “lasik” returns over four million websites.
That’s correct: four million. You can narrow your search by
getting a little more specific. For example searching for “lasik
pricing” yields two hundred thousand results. You can use the
internet to search for local eye doctors that do lasik in your
area. A search for “lasik in Shreveport, Louisiana” yields
fifty three thousand results. You can use just about any search
engine. You may not find the site you need with your first
try, but you will be lead in the right direction. Using the
internet you can have all your questions answered about lasik,
the procedure, the side effects, the pricing, and just about
anything else you wanted to know, but was afraid to ask. You
may even have some questions answered that you did not even
think to ask. The internet is the most common referral source
for lasik.
The
second most common source for referrals is magazines. If you have ever had to go to the doctor or the dentist, you
have seen tons of medical magazines in the waiting room. Most
new innovations in medical science can be found by perusing
these magazines. Doctors are in the business to make money,
so it would make since that they would advertise. If it is
a new innovation, you may even be able to read up on it in
these magazines. The downside of using magazines to research
is that there is no real organization or way to search them
by topic. You have literally search through many magazines
to find the one article you need that may or may not have all
the information you need. The up side to magazines is that
they are good about getting your attention and making you aware
of certain innovations that you can later look up on the internet
with a standard search engine.
Medical
periodicals is another source that many over look. You can usually find out all the details of a procedure using
medical periodicals. The down side is that these usually read
like stereo instructions and they are rather boring. They are
good to put you to sleep at night, and, like magazines, are
good starting points. They can give you the lead you need to
start an internet search.
The
most overlooked resource you have is first hand knowledge
from people who have had lasik. You can ask any eye doctor
and they should be able to give you a reference list of patients
that have agreed to talk to potential patients. Usually they
will give you the best idea of what to expect. They will tell
you what the internet and doctors leave out. They have gone
through the operation. They know what it feels like, what the
after effects are like, and if it is worth it. Now don’t go
by just what one person says. Ask as many as you can. Ask anyone
you know if they know someone who has had it done.
These
four things are the best referrals there are on lasik. The internet, by far, has the most information
at your fingertips,
but keep the others in mind as well. They were around before
the internet and will be around for years to come. The information
they provide is very valuable and should not be over looked.
If you use there sources, you will be very educated on what
to expect when you go into a consultation with any eye doctor.
That education will give you a leg up. You will be able to
tell when a doctor is just trying to sell you something, or
if he/she is really trying to help you. You are a person too,
not just a paycheck. You know that, so make sure he/she does
too. Once those boundaries are set, then you can feel more
comfortable letting him/her operate on you. Knowledge is power,
and in this circumstance, that old cliché holds true.
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