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Dates: during 2000-2009
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There's a new Lasik in town. You remember the old Lasik, the eye operation that improves vision by reshaping the cornea with lasers. The new version is called wavefront-guided Lasik and depends on technology developed by astronomers to correct problems in high-powered telescopes. Wavefront Lasik uses 200 little lenses to map the cornea, taking into account all its bumps and abnormalities to produce a highly accurate, individualized prescription. Conventional Lasik, by contrast, applies one standard formula to each eye. If the old Lasik is off the rack, wavefront is a custom-fit procedure. Studies show that...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Behavior: A to Z Guide | 1/19/2004 | See Source »

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