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 do that by placing the link to the LASIK@Home website at the very end of this post.

Now, what is LASIK@Home, and why am I calling it either a joke or a hoax? Well, LASIK@Home is supposed to be an “Affordable In-Home LASIK Surgery” which “You Can Do Yourself!™”. At this point, most of you would probably be labeling it a hoax (or joke) already. But for the sake of completeness and fairness, let’s examine the product in more detail.

For one, the site has Google Adsense adverts on its pages. If it is really supposed to be the official website of an actual product, then only a fool would place ads for competitive products. Secondly, the product costs less than US$100. Only the most desperate of people would believe that a femtosecond and an excimer laser is equipped into a tiny product that barely costs 100 quid. Thirdly, the full kit comes with all sorts of quirky extras, e.g. No-Blink™ brand Eye Drops. And of course, last but not least, the instructions. I’m sure these statements are self-explanatory:

Don’t blink!

*This statement has not been evaluated by the FDA.

So, now that you’ve got some background on the rather amusing product, check LASIK@Home out for a few laughs.

P.S. If anybody has evidence that this is an actual, working product, I’d be glad to edit this post.