I WORK FOR TWO OPHTHALMOLOGISTS (medical eye doctors), AND I AM NOT AWARE OF ANY CATARACT SURGERY THAT CAN BE DONE WITH A LASER. A LOT OF PEOPLE HAVE THAT MISCONCEPTION. THERE IS A LASER SURGERY THAT CAN BE DONE SOMETIMES AFTER THE CATARACT SURGERY, IF THE CAPSULE THAT THE CATARACT WAS SITTING IN AND THAT THE NEW LENS IMPLANT IS PLACED IN ONCE THE CATARACT HAS BEEN REMOVED, BECOMES CLOUDY. BUT THERE IS NO ACTUAL LASER SURGERY TO REMOVE THE ORIGINAL CATARACT. THAT HAS TO BE DONE SURGICALLY, AND A NEW LENS IMPLANT PUT IN TO REPLACE THE EYE' S NATURAL LENS WHICH HAS TURNED INTO THE CATARACT. IT IS A FAIRLY SIMPLE PROCEDURE MOST OF THE TIME, AND IT IS AMAZING HOW MUCH IMPROVEMENT A PERSON GETS IN THEIR VISION AFTER THIS PROCEDURE. THERE ARE ALSO OTHER EYE LASER SURGERIES, FOR DIABETIC RETINOPATHY, OR MACULAR DEGENERATION, OR RETINAL TEARS, ETC., ETC., ETC. ARE YOU ABSOLUTELY CERTAIN THAT THE CATARACT SURGERY YOU MENTIONED IS DONE BY LASER? IF YOU WERE TOLD THAT, YOU MIGHT WANT TO GET A SECOND OPINION, OR AT LEAST ASK THE DOCTOR SPECIFICALLY HOW THE SURGERY IS DONE. I'D BE VERY INTERESTED IN HEARING WHAT YOU FIND OUT!