Humans can
correct nearsightedness with glasses, contact lenses or surgery, but myopia can put individuals at risk for other diseases such as glaucoma and retinal detachment, she said.
Femtosecond lasers can deliver quadrillionths of second pulses of energy, and were already being successfully and widely made use of for cornea reshaping and the
correcting of astigmatisms, farsightedness and
nearsightedness.