What's PRK? I know that 15 to 20 years ago there was a procedure to actual cut the eye like a pizza, flatten or unflatten the "slices" and sew everything back up.
I wouldn't recommend that. On Fri, Aug 28, 2009 at 12:34 PM, Gabriel Gunderson <[email protected]> wrote: > On Fri, Aug 28, 2009 at 8:24 AM, Merrill Oveson<[email protected]> wrote: > > If you win, do it. > > I've already decided to do it (if I *do* happen to win). It's just > that I couldn't come up with the needed cash. > > BTW, it would actually be PRK[1] not LASIK for me. > > While I don't have it, several people in my family have > Keratoconus[2]. The screening shows that I have thick and healthy > corneas, but they still wouldn't cut a flap into them (KASIK). > > Gabe > > 1) > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Photorefractive_keratectomy#PRK_versus_LASIK > 2) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Keratoconus > > /* > PLUG: http://plug.org, #utah on irc.freenode.net > Unsubscribe: http://plug.org/mailman/options/plug > Don't fear the penguin. > */ > /* PLUG: http://plug.org, #utah on irc.freenode.net Unsubscribe: http://plug.org/mailman/options/plug Don't fear the penguin. */
