The risk of corneal thinning (ectasia) after LASIK is extremely low if the proper precautions are taken and the correct procedure is performed. Even in the few cases where corneal thinning does occur, it's unusual for this to progress to the point where a corneal transplant (PK) is required.
I have this myself, since i had the same, older, cutting LASIK procedure myself 13 years ago
like you, i had non-wavefront, because wavefront didn't exist back then, and a metal blade
however, it is not true that these symptoms are decreased by wavefront and using a laser to cut a...
There are no long term reasons to not go mountain climbing after Lasik. In the short term postop, about two weeks, I would rather you not do those kinds of activities, simply to allow the corneas to heal properly without too many variables. The air at those altitudes is pretty dry, as...