1. Eye Surgeries Slow With Economy
Call it the Lasik indicator. With the weak economy forcing consumers to cut back on discretionary
spending, the number of laser vision-correction surgeries Click Here for details has been Details -
Learn More falling -- as it did during the last recession.
More http://www.lasik.com/articles/laser-eye-surgery-what-is-it than 800,000 Americans underwent
Lasik surgery in 2007, a slight increase from 2006. But the numbers started slumping along with the
economy in the second half of last year. And industry analysts are now predicting a Lasik recession.
"We're forecasting a 17 percent drop for 2008," said David Harmon, president of Market Scope, an
eye surgery market research house.
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