India, May 18 -- An X user revealed in a post, which is now viral, that he became "legally blind" after his LASIK surgery. Chris Alvino detailed his ordeal, saying he was told that the only option was to "learn to live with it."

Alvino shared his experience in response to another post that read, "Just asked a LASIK surgeon if he had any statistics about rates of complications at his clinic, or rates of patients reporting dry eyes 6 months out. He asked if I was a reporter (in a thick New York accent) and said no patient had ever asked for that before in 20 years." The X account@birdpathy, which shared this post, added in the comment section, "He did not have the statistics - he couldn't even say how many times he's performed different pr...