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Married TV meteorologist mother-of-two who hanged herself is among 'at least 11 people' who have committed suicide after laser eye surgery
Jessica Starr, 35, was found dead on Wednesday night. She was married with two young children and had a successful television career.
Questions remain over why she killed herself but her final public remarks were to tell fans that she was still struggling to recover from Lasik SMILE eye surgery.
She underwent the widely performed procedure in October to correct her nearsightedness so that she could stop wearing contact lenses.
Ordinarily, patients take a few days to regain their sight but Starr complained on November 13, a month after her procedure, that she was still having trouble.
On Friday, the Oakland County Medical Examiner confirmed her manner of death.
A spokesman told Radar Online the coroner found a 'gruesome scene'. It is not yet known what time she was found, where she died or who found her.
An alarming number of Lasik patients suffer from agonizing, chronic pain following the surgery, according to Paula Cofer, the founder of a support group called Lasik Complications, which strives to educate potential patients about the risks of the surgery.
In October, Canadian father-of-two Paul Fitzpatrick killed himself and blamed 20 years of post-Lasik pain in his suicide note.
Fitzpatrick was unequivocally clear when he died. He wrote a suicide note where he said he had been suffering excruciating pain for two decades years.
Paula Cofer, who underwent Lasik in 2000 and has suffered from severe dry eyes as a result, told CTV that at least nine others she knew of had committed suicide after having the procedure.
Other doctors have specifically warned against the procedure.
Among them is Dr. Edward Boshnick of the Global Vision Rehabilitation Center who writes on his website: 'Over the years I’ve had the misfortune of examining hundreds of patients who have lost quality vision and suffered severe depression as a result of lasik surgery.
'Two of these patients were so depressed by their post-surgical vision loss that they attempted suicide. In fact, there are several documented cases of post-lasik suicides.
'My feeling is that lasik surgery and other refractive surgical procedures exist solely to enrich doctors and the corporations that manufacture the laser equipment and not to benefit mankind.'
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Married TV meteorologist mother-of-two who hanged herself is among 'at least 11 people' who have committed suicide after laser eye surgery
- Jessica Starr, 35, committed suicide on Wednesday in Detroit, Michigan
- In October Canadian father-of-two Paul Fitzpatrick, 56, killed himself and blamed 20 years of agonizing post-Lasik pain in his suicide note
- Paula Cofer, the founder of a support group called Lasik Complications, claims at least 10 others in the US have committed suicide amid post-surgery pain
- It remains unclear if Starr's suicide was directly related to her surgery
- She told fans she was struggling and that her she had to use eye drops in November
Jessica Starr, 35, was found dead on Wednesday night. She was married with two young children and had a successful television career.
Questions remain over why she killed herself but her final public remarks were to tell fans that she was still struggling to recover from Lasik SMILE eye surgery.
She underwent the widely performed procedure in October to correct her nearsightedness so that she could stop wearing contact lenses.
Ordinarily, patients take a few days to regain their sight but Starr complained on November 13, a month after her procedure, that she was still having trouble.
On Friday, the Oakland County Medical Examiner confirmed her manner of death.
A spokesman told Radar Online the coroner found a 'gruesome scene'. It is not yet known what time she was found, where she died or who found her.
An alarming number of Lasik patients suffer from agonizing, chronic pain following the surgery, according to Paula Cofer, the founder of a support group called Lasik Complications, which strives to educate potential patients about the risks of the surgery.
In October, Canadian father-of-two Paul Fitzpatrick killed himself and blamed 20 years of post-Lasik pain in his suicide note.
Fitzpatrick was unequivocally clear when he died. He wrote a suicide note where he said he had been suffering excruciating pain for two decades years.
Paula Cofer, who underwent Lasik in 2000 and has suffered from severe dry eyes as a result, told CTV that at least nine others she knew of had committed suicide after having the procedure.
Other doctors have specifically warned against the procedure.
Among them is Dr. Edward Boshnick of the Global Vision Rehabilitation Center who writes on his website: 'Over the years I’ve had the misfortune of examining hundreds of patients who have lost quality vision and suffered severe depression as a result of lasik surgery.
'Two of these patients were so depressed by their post-surgical vision loss that they attempted suicide. In fact, there are several documented cases of post-lasik suicides.
'My feeling is that lasik surgery and other refractive surgical procedures exist solely to enrich doctors and the corporations that manufacture the laser equipment and not to benefit mankind.'
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