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CK (Conductive Keratoplasty) Saves Baby Boomers From Bi-Focals

It happens to everyone sooner or later:

You can't read a book unless you hold it at arm's length.

You have to ask a friend to help you peruse a menu.

Oliver Besnoin noticed his vision was headed south the day the stock market data he obsessively watches scroll across his computer screen was simply too small to read. Even so, he balked at wearing bifocals.

"I was not ready for that. That's not me," says the 47-year-old former fashion model, who races motorcycles in his spare time. CK is not cheap-it costs up to $2,500 and is not covered by insurance. Unlike LASIK, which uses a laser to slice and reshape the cornea, CK doesn't involve cutting (see box). Instead, a tiny probe applies radio waves in a circular pattern just below the surface of the eye. The radio waves act like a belt reshaping the cornea into a perfect circle, improving its contour and allowing light to focus properly on the back of the eye.

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Labels: CK, Conductive Keratoplasty

 

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Tuesday, June 3, 2008