LASIK is one of the most popular topics on the Internet. There is an enormous amount of information about Lasik online, provided with the intention to educate those who are interested in laser eye correction. These websites generally include information about the technology, facts regarding Lasik, reviews, and description of most benefits and risks.

When looking for unbiased information regarding Lasik, we should pay attention to the people who stand behind each of these websites and whether they have hidden motives that might influence the information contained in those websites. Usually, people believe what they watch on television, listen to on the radio, or read in newspapers and magazines. Unfortunately, the internet revolution is two-faced: we now have access to many more sources of content, but at the same time much of that information was not verified to ensure it is accurate and true.

When Dr. Boothe heard complaints from patients about reviews they read online, he decided to inquire and find out whether these reviews were posted by actual patients of his. Dr. Boothe, probably the most experienced IntraLasik surgeon in the world, contacted some of the largest review sites, such as CitySearch and Yelp, and asked them to make sure that suspected reviews were posted by real patients. Upon review, most negative reviews were judged to be fake and were removed from the sites. It appears that some company/organization has been writing these reviews about Dr. Boothe and submitting them to different websites. At the moment, only a couple of small websites kept these “reviews”, even after Dr. Boothe has contacted them and asked to verify the reviewers’ identity or completely remove his information from their sites.

People like Dr. Boothe spent their whole professional lives building a strong reputation and credibility. The sheer volume of his work speaks for his abilities and technical expertise. As a high profile doctor he became a victim of the ease in which anyone can submit false information about you to “objective” online sources. Small businesses such as Boothe Eye Care & Laser Center cannot effectively fight smearing campaigns. Lawsuits that attempt to reveal the identity of reviewers are subject to First Amendment defenses.

If you want to read online reviews of Dr. Boothe’s on review websites that use effective verification systems, you can visit his CitySearch, Yelp, Vitals, and InsiderPages profiles. Listed below are links to his profile pages:

Dr. Boothe’s reviews on CitySearch
Dr.Boothe’s reviews on Yelp
Dr. Boothe’s reviews on Vitals
Dr. Boothe’s reviews on Insiderpages

You should also talk to actual patients that you know, to get a real sense of their experience at the Boothe Eye Care & Laser Center.

There are many reviews websites who do not have any type of a filtering system, so a user can create 20 different user names and write 20 bad reviews if they want to hurt a doctor. Most of the smaller reviews websites do not have sophisticated filtering systems and often do not generate much revenue, perhaps a little bit of advertising. So how can they survive? It seems that some of these websites resort to extorting successful doctors for large sums of money to have the negative reviews or their whole profile removed. That can explain why these websites often remove real reviews written by patients and keep negative ones, even after getting written complaints from the doctors.

In addition, websites were created to target some of the most successful and experienced Lasik surgeons in the nation. Very often, these sites are created by attorneys who use them to solicit former patients and offer them to file lawsuits against doctors for free. The lawyers get to keep 40% or more of what the court rules in damages...

A Word About Complications

Dr. Boothe revolutionized Lasik surgery by developing a system in his office that allows providing excellent results for large numbers of patients. Unlike other doctors he operates every day and his vast experience allows him to deal with rare complications that still occur during Lasik, even if in smaller percentages when compared to the early days of this technology. In fact, Lasik was shown in recent studies to be safer, on average, than wearing contact lenses every day.

Any surgeon who performs thousands of procedures in a given year will have a few cases where the patient is not fully satisfied. Whether the problem may be, Dr. Boothe and his staff always work hard with to resolve it. Dr. Boothe understands that Lasik is often a life changing experience and encourages his patients to share with him concerns and problems that arise, before, during and after surgery.

All risks of Lasik surgery are explained by Dr. Boothe before the surgery. Like all medical procedures there are always risks and certain matters must be discussed in advance to ensure the patient understands and sets his expectations correctly.

To learn more about Dr. Boothe and the latest technologies and techniques he uses in his center, visit BootheLaserCenter.com or call 214-328-0444.