7 Comments

Will someone let me practice LASIK?

April 6, 2006 by in Random with 7 Comments

This is scary – Do it yourself LASIK eye surgery. Yeah!

The key to the LASIK@Home system is the Scal-Palâ„¢ Scanning Adjusting Laparoscopic Personal Laser. This hand-operated combination femtosecond/excimer laser is made exclusively for LASIK@Home by Walton Group Manufacturing, the same company that makes the the LASIK equipment used by more clinics nationwide.

I don’t know about anyone else, but all I read was “cut your own eye with a spiffy looking hand tool”.


  • NIc

    *This statement has not been evaluated by the FDA.

    this has to be a belated april fools joke.

  • alex cd

    Much like the Memory stick for the brain. must be a joke.
    Would be cool take it into uni and approach people with glasses asking if they would like a quick painless eye surgery. mmmm diazapam.

  • http://www.chrischaeffer.com chriSchaeffer

    It’s pretty obvious that this is a hoax. First of all, the idea of home laser surgery is clearly insane. Second, the ordering form is broken, meaning you can’t buy the device, but the site does sell Cafepress t-shirts! (T-shirt sales are always a reliable hoax indicator.) Third, google ads on a supposedly commercial site are another hoax giveaway. The domain was registered anonymously via domains by proxy, so I wasn’t able to find out who the author of this is.

  • http://5thirtyone.com Derek

    boo spoiled the fun. i was going ot start a waiting list ;) i had so many willing participants.

  • http://walkingsnake.net Jake

    *Jake thinks chriSchaeffer should learn the difference between “hoax” and “joke”

  • Wingo

    Totally SCAM!

    Just by looking at the website design and the ads on the site, I’m so sure it’s just another money-sucking scam!

    I’ve done professional LASIK surgery in clinics, and it’s never that easy.

    Plus, they use crappy cartoon drawings to illustrate how it works? What the h**l is that? Nobody would ever show such critical procedures without real-life photos.

    Hell! Hope there’re no fools believing in this hoax!

  • http://chrischaeffer.com chriSchaeffer

    Jake,

    Please take note of Wingo’s last sentence.

    Hoax is a perfectly good word to use for this example.

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