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PR Newswire and LASIK@Home Hoax

By now, anybody with the intent to undergo LASIK eye correction surgery should know that the LASIK@Home DIY kit is a hoax. So, the DIY LASIK kit itself isn’t particularly interesting anymore. What’s really interesting about this issue at the moment is how just one small website caused enough problems to necessitate a press release […]



DIY LASIK@HOME Kit: Definite Hoax?

Remember a few days back when I highlighted the do-it-yourself LASIK@HOME kit - a sub-$100 tool kit that would allow you to perform LASIK surgery on yourself, right in the comfort of your home?
Then, I asserted that the DIY kit could only be either a hoax or a joke, but it seems other sites (like […]

LASIK@HOME: Joke or Hoax?

It can sometimes be very difficult to differentiate between a joke and a hoax. At least, that’s what I felt when I was checking out LASIK@Home. But before you click over to the LASIK@Home website to check out which it is, please read the whole entry. In fact, I’m going to force you to […]