Despite telling my surgeon of eye issues that made me a marginal candidate if not outright poor candidate for Lasik eye surgery, he told me I was an excellent candidate and has left me with severe dry eyes, starbursts and haloes at night and ghosted images. I am still wearing glasses because I was undercorrected from the start but due to all the undiagnosed eye health issues, I was never able to have further surgery to correct my vision. My surgeon did not do any of the required screening to measure my tear quantity or quality that is critical to a successful outcome and to avoid the exact complications I have experienced for 3 years and what will likely be the rest of my life.
Dr. Holt freely acknowledges a lack of informed consent and that he knew I had both dry eyes and large pupils but that he'd "deal" with them after the fact.
Since I made it clear that I was not willing to take any additional risks I can only assume he knew I'd refuse the surgery if he warned me ahead of time and wanted my $3,000.
I have spent 3 years trying to get the State of Maine Board of Medicine to take action but at best they slap him on the wrist. Please contact the board for the "letters of Guideance" they have issued to Dr. Holt before you even think of Lasik surgery with him or his practice.
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