US Military and NASA use iLASIK

Have you ever heard of LASIK before? It stands for laser-assisted in situ keratomileusis, an alternative non-invasive procedure to wearing corrective eyeglasses or contact lenses. Performed by ophthalmologists, the refractive laser eye surgery conducted to correct vision problems such as myopia, hyperopia, astigmatism and others. Unlike conventional surgical treatments, LASIK is much safer and painless. Those reasons have made the popularity of this procedure grow in popularity recently.

The development of LASIK technology goes even further now. As the result of a decade’s worth of technical refinement, ‘traditional’ LASIK has been replaced by the new modern iLASIK platform. This procedure uses two lasers instead of one, made it much more effective and safer than old LASIK since the handheld microkeratome blade is replaced with the much more accurate laser. Before this procedure, every unique characteristics of patient’s eye mapped by WaveScan,. Then, using the 3-D map as road map, an ultra-fast computer-guided laser creates the corneal flap. After that, second laser is guided to correct your vision. Utilizing the combination of the two lasers, iLASIK is clinically proven to be safer and more effective.

Today, iLASIK acknowledgment is even going further since NASA and the U.S. military also uses this procedure. NASA and the U.S military have actually been using this procedure on their personnel for more than five years. Both used iLASIK to improve vision in specialized-personnel that may face extreme and/or physically demanding conditions. The military has observed that in 100 military personnel who have had the iLasik Procedure, 95% achieved 20/20 vision or even better. When asked for a recommendation 100% of naval aviators would recommend iLasik to their fellow aviators. Steven Schallhorn, M.D., a retired U.S. Navy captain, said “The Department of Defense (DOD) and NASA have validated the fact that today’s LASIK exceeds all established standards of safety and effectiveness.”

iLASIK has been benefited both civilians and military for all these years, making it worth to try for someone who has vision problem. However, in order to be qualified for this procedure, there are some requirements: 21 years old minimum, in good general health, have had a stable vision prescription for at least one year, and no existing eye disease.

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