NASA Using LASIK

These days almost everyone is getting LASIK, including astronauts. The National Aeronautics and Space Agency (NASA for short, or the guys that tend to outer space) recently revealed advanced LASIK is an appropriate tool for correcting or improving vision among its astronauts. It's about time, at least according to many astronauts working with NASA.

Formerly many pilots and other personnel involved in advanced flight missions, including those related to space study, were forbidden from trying traditional LASIK procedures, largely due to the risks involved with high-speed, zero gravity space travel. Thanks to technology however, this has changed.

Why the Change Of Heart?
Even though the world at large has enjoyed the benefits of LASIK for years now, accounting for more than 11 million surgeries, NASA astronauts did not get the green light to participate in LASIK procedures until just recently. Now, the aeronautic and space agency proclaims all-laser LASIK procedures may be used safely among astronauts that must face incredible challenges associated with traveling above the earth's atmosphere and working under zero-gravity conditions.

New LASIK procedures, including the CustomVue LASIK procedure using the IntraLase LASIK method, involve the correction of vision using lasers only. Studies recently confirmed these all "laser" methods are less likely to produce harmful side-effects associated with traditional LAIK surgery.

One of the reasons NASA has been slow to accept LASIK technology is the dangers presented to pilots and astronauts flying in zero gravity and high-sped atmospheres. For example, even if you were to ski down the highest mountain or cliff, propelling your body to the ground with the full force of gravity, you would still not experience what astronauts might or other pilots as they eject from aeronautic equipment or succumb to G-forces associated with what many call "blast-off" or the firing and release of a space ship into outer space.

These forces place incredible pressure and strain on every part of the body, including the eye and cornea, which is one reason NASA has been slow to accept newer procedures. However, many people now realize the technology supporting advanced laser eye surgery including CustomVue LASIK and IntraLase is superior in safety and performance even for adventurous astronauts flying into space.

As with any person, an astronaut or pilot should consult with their physician before agreeing to undergo any procedure to make sure the benefits of surgery outweigh any risks. For pilots that are not able to fly because of visual disturbances, new laser-only procedures may be just what the doctor ordered.

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