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To: Jim Mac who wrote (1289)	8/26/1999 11:15:00 PM
From: Walter in HK	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1754

Jim Your PRK sounds good but I have yet to see any discussion about long term effects of the removal of the Bowman layer. I am an engineer, not a medically trained person and have read that the Bowman layer has no KNOWN purpose. It MAY be like the clavicle without which we can do, once grown up. But to me it is still a question. LASIK preserves the Bowman layer, the "flap" is put back. So, why do they do that ? Sure, it would be a more comfortable procedure to not cut the flap and may bring more customers. As you say, the FDA has approved PRK but that and the fact that they do it in Vancouver and Hawaii still doesn't answer the question. Any literature or reports you can steer me to ? Walter

To: Jim Mac who wrote (1289)	8/27/1999 2:02:00 PM
From: Carmine Cammarosano	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1754

Jim, take it from me, the move to do LASIK is increasing alot...I am just starting to do Lasik on my patients...Patients want LASIK...Patients want to get back to work as soon as possible(imagine that?)...PRK's results are similar to Lasik, assuming the patient doesn't have very, very high myopia...nothing new about PRK being a "no touch" procedure...by the way, PRK and Lasik are both surgical produres and should only be done by a surgeon, this is very important! Anyone interested in doing eye surgery should go to medical school first, don't you think so? There are good reasons why medicine is regulated, you may not think so, but that is really another subject...