Re: [APML] LASIK

["Tim Hart" <Tim.Hart@haworth.com>]

I just read a website that stated FDA will only let them correct to 6 mm.  But he convinced his doctor to do "Experimental" surgery to the 7mm mark.  It's a great read.

jlcphoto@myrealbox.com posted it....I'll paste it in for ya.
http://www.ocastronomers.org/e-zine/presidents_message/presmess_oct_99.asp

Tim

> comolli@libero.it 10/28/02 01:44PM >>>
This is a very interesting argument! I've asked my oculist about lasik &C and he said me that they go to correct only 3-4mm of the cornea, so only a central part of the eye. This
is not a problem in normal use, but for an amatour astronomer this is important, we'd like to use 7-8mm of aperture! A further consideration is that after such a correction it's
nearly impossible to correct only a part of the eye with glasses!

But I'd like to hear more from some doctor that is also amatour astronomer! Maybe there are other factors.

Lorenzo




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