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Air Force Allows Pilots With Lasik to Fly

For the first time, the US Air Force is allowing aspiring pilots and aircrew members to fly even if they have had LASIK eye surgery.

Since 2001, the Air Force has permitted applicants to try for spots as pilots or aircrew members if they have had a corrective eye surgery, known as PRK (photo refractive keratectomy). The Air Force had said it needed more time to evaluate LASIK, a newer procedure.

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FARSIGHTEDNESS LASER SURGERY

“All my life, I’ve worn glasses. I think I first got glasses when I was in the third grade,” says Ben Anderson, whose eyesight was corrected with laser surgery.
58 year old Ben Anderson has wanted to toss his glasses for years. He has struggled with nearsightedness, farsightedness, and poor depth perception.
“Walking down the street, I might not be able to recognize someone I knew, which can be embarrassing,” says Ben.

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Visual Process

The visual process is the means by which the eye perceives light and movement and translates these into nerve impulses.

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Vision 20/20

An eye exam will show any abnormal arterial growth that will threaten one's eyesight. Lenses are used to re-focus light to land where it is supposed, correcting this error of refraction.

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Radial Keratotomy

Radial keratotomy, or RK, changes the shape of the cornea by making incisions with a surgical knife to flatten, steepen or alter the contour of the front of the eye.

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Presbyopia

Presbyopia is a vision condition in which the crystalline lens in the eye loses its flexibility. The lens of the eye focus's the image upon the retina.

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Nystagmus

Nystagmus is the medical term for the rhythmic wobbling of the eyes. You can see a type of nystagmus by watching the eyes of a passenger who looks outside the window of a moving car or train.

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New Lasic

Lasik is a new procedure that borrows technology from laser keratotomy and radial keratotomy to correct near sightedness and astigmatism. To correct near sightedness, doctors try to change the way light is refracted through the eye.

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