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Thanks for the informative post. It pretty much backs up what I've already learned. However, the "complications are beyond rare" doesn't seem to be the case for myopic people doing RLE. In particular, the risks of retinal detachment seem to be around 1%, according to e.g. https://crstodayeurope.com/articles/2017-apr/long-term-compl... (see below) and other sources I've found. Maybe the state of the art has improved since 2017, but 1% is an uncomfortable gamble with something that will at the very least make you unable to read and drive.

The mean incidence of retinal detachment and cystoid macular edema (CME) after RLE are 1% and 0.1%, respectively. The risk of retinal detachment after RLE is increased with young age, male sex, degree of myopia, and axial length exceeding 27 mm