Experts predict that, if left unregulated, handheld lasers purchased online could cause an epidemic of ocular injuries. Fernando Arevalo, MD, professor of ophthalmology at the Wilmer Eye Institute, presented a case series of various maculopathies caused by high-powered handheld lasers here at the 31st Annual Meeting of the American Society of Retina Specialists. Fourteen patients, with a mean age of 17 years, presented to the King Khaled Eye Specialist Hospital because of laser exposure. 71% of the patients (10 eyes) required surgical intervention to achieve improvement in visual acuity. The remaining 29% (4 eyes) improved with observation alone. To see more details visit, www.medscape.com