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Registered: 05-2005
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Question to the anti-laser surgury crowd, is prk or any laser ever neccessary?


I just got done reading an aviation forum. Those people want to be pilots or join the air force. However their vision doesnt qualify. They can get PRK(not lasik!) and usually be grated a waiver to get in. They know the risks of surgury but its their only choice to realize their dream of flying or joining the army, especially airforce. Of course if they have a complication or still dont get the vision to qualify, they could be out of luck. But by their logic, its a risk they must take and the only chance to get in. What would you say to them? Forget laser surgury, find another carreer instead or "go for it and good luck?"

Additionally, is laser or other refractive surgury ever a medicial neccessary? I know that its permissable to get IOLs to remove cateracts once they impair your vision. What if someone was born with anisometropia such as farsighted in one eye and near in the other? Or perhaps near plano in one eye and a big pescription in the other? I know contact lenses would be the logical choice but he cant tolerate them at all. Would you tell him to: Live without correction and make do with blurry vision. Wear glasses and deal with the headaches and inability to fuse the two eyes for binocular vision. Or perhaps give him the "go ahead" to get lasik or other refractive surgury because its pratically a medicial neccessary in his case?

Is refractive surgury ever permissable for athlates or those with jobs where glasses and/or contacts arent allowed? I know youll speak against refractive surgury for the average person, but if someone has an exceptional reason or a medicial one, then is lasik, prk or other surgury permissiable? Is there any circumstances where the risks of lasik, prk, etc is less than the risks of NOT getting it?
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