[pct-l] Lasik and altitude

[lbealsjr at gmail.com (Lawrence Beals)]

Interesting reading (if taken with a grain of salt) for both contact
wearers and LASIK (and other types) patients on the effect of
altitude,

http://www.usaeyes.org/faq/subjects/altitude.htm

hike safe

Bear

On 10/19/05, Robert Snook <verdick@gmail.com> wrote:
> I have not heard any problems related to altitude and Lasik.  In the
> initial screening process, they check to make sure your cornea is
> thick enough to undergo the surgery and still have plenty left.
> Everything I've read points to there be no problem with having Lasik
> and going up in altitude.
>
> There were problems with RK patients who went up very high in altitude
> shortly after having their surgery, however, but RK goes much deeper
> into the cornea than Lasik does.
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