'Laser eye surgery ruined my life - the pain was so excruciating it made me suicidal'
Sohaib Ashraf lay back in the reclining chair and stared into the blinking red light through the microscope. Ten minutes later, the surgery was done. It took just ten minutes for his life to change forever.
READ MORE: Groom broke his wife's back in brutal attack just weeks after their wedding - then refused to take her to hospital Now aged 36, Sohaib says he still struggles with pain every single day. The dad-of-one has spent tens of thousands of pounds towards treatments and medication in a bid to ease his suffering. He says the worst part about the ordeal is that he did this to himself.
Once he began experiencing side-effects from the surgery, he visited the clinic month after month for help, but doctors struggled to find the root of the cause – telling him he was suffering from dry eyes. There are a number of different procedures, including the well-known surgery LASIK, where a flap is cut in the cornea and a deeper layer of the eyeball shaped. There is also LASEK, the type Sohaib had, which reshapes the eye’s surface.
According to the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence , where Sohaib previously worked, a haze effect is one of the most common complications seen across laser eye surgery patients. Across different types of treatment, 0-31% of eyes treated with PRK were affected, 0-25% of eyes treated with LASEK were affected and 0-2% of eyes treated with LASIK were affected.
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