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If you participate more extreme outdoor sports you might also want to research LASIK carefully.
Hmmm, I've been wanting to toss my contacts out for good, and have considered having the procedure done. Since I'm a scuba diver, I wonder if that could create complications.Originally Posted by rickair7777
If you have any military aspirations you should be aware that while PRK may have a higher risk of complications, and definately takes longer to heal, but it is the ONLY method used by the armed forces, or accepted by them. Any other corrective surgery is disqualifying, since both RK (obsolete) and LASIK involve actually slicing the cornea...this makes the eyeball subject to catastrophic failure in the event of severe overpressure due to an explosion, explosive decompression, or ejection. Civilians don't really have to worry about that, although an explosive decompression is not unheard of for civilian pilots.If you participate more extreme outdoor sports you might also want to research LASIK carefully.
Also, I've heard that many people get "dry eye" after having the procedure done. Have any of you experienced that? I guess I'm going to have to do more research.