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Dr. Ella Faktorovich

City Residents Can Benefit from Same LASIK Technologies Approved by NASA

Published in Health Business Week, October 19th, 2007

San Francisco residents considering vision correction have another reason to be confident in LASIK, now that the National Aeronautics and Space agency (NASA) has approved the new advanced, all-laser LASIK technologies for use on U.S. astronauts.

The recent NASA decision was made following review of extensive military clinical data using advanced wavefront technology with the IntraLase method, which showed the combination of technologies provides superior safety and vision.

"Even your most extreme lifestyle is nothing compared to being ejected from an F16 or the G-forces of atmospheric blastoff", said Dr. Ella Faktorovich, director of refractive...

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