The American Refractive Surgery Council estimated nearly 834,000 people received laser vision correction in 2021, the highest number since it started counting the procedures in 2015:
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The American Refractive Surgery Council estimated nearly 834,000 people received laser vision correction in 2021, the highest number since it started counting the procedures in 2015. Melki also noted many people have more money to spend on eye surgery, since they have had to cut back in so many other areas during the pandemic."People are not traveling as much, so they have disposable income that they can spend on procedures," Melki said. He noted many patients also thought it was a good time for the procedure, because so they were already working from home, where it might be easier to recover.
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