The global prevalence of myopia (nearsightedness) is increasing and its not clear why. Over the past 30 years, myopia has increased from 25% of the US population age 12-54 in 1971-1972 to 42% between 1999-2004. According to one study, in East Asia 50% of the urban population is myopic, with an astonishing 90% of all students […]
Laser Surgery Insights
Major US Navy Study, PROWL-1, Confirms Safety and Accuracy of Wavefront LASIK
A major study of LASIK outcomes was recently conducted at the Navy Refractive Surgery Center in San Diego. Called “PROWL-1” for “Patient Reported Outcomes with LASIK-1″, this study was the second phase of the “LASIK Quality of Life Collaboration Project” undertaken as a government partnership involving the FDA, National Eye Institute, and Department of Defense. […]
How Many LASIK Surgeons Have Had LASIK Themselves?
A recent study of U.S. ophthalmologists who perform laser vision correction –either LASIK or PRK — showed that 62.6% of the surgeons who were candidates for laser eye surgery had undergone laser vision correction surgery on their own eyes. This is a much higher percentage than seen in the general population. In the United States as of 2014, 16.2 million […]
Short Term Use of Omega-3 Improves Dry Eye: An Important Study for preparing for LASIK Laser Eye Surgery
A new study shows even one month’s use of oral omega-3 fish oil capsules improves dry eye signs and symptoms. A patient from Santa Barbara asked me how long I thought it would take for her omega-3 fish oil nutritional supplements to start helping her dry eye symptoms we were treating before she would be […]
LASIK and NASA Astronauts
NASA approved LASIK for astronauts and space flight in 2007 based on excellent U.S. Navy Data for Top Gun Aviators. NASA astronauts must work in very extreme environments and excellent eyesight is essential. For many years, NASA was wary of allowing its astronauts to have laser vision correction eye surgery. NASA standards previously had been […]