Procedure confusion (Score 1)

In reading the posts here I've noticed some confusion about the procedures involved. Some people are confusing RK with LASIKs. The poster wants to know about LASIKs. RK is indeed unstable--in fact there was a man on the tragic expedition to Mt. Everest (the one written up in Reader's Digest a couple of years ago & I think was dramatized in the IMAX movie) who had RK done, and when he got within a few thousand yards of the summit the low atmospheric pressure at that altitude caused the surfaces of his eyes to rupture at the scar points. That was several years after the surgery! There is other research that says within 10 years some RK patients start to get farsighted and don't stop. LASIKs is still far too new for us to know what the recipients will experience 15 years from now. However, don't wait too long. My eye doctor told me that I should have it done before age 35. After that, your eyes take a lot longer to heal.