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> I have thought about this myself, but I thought that elongation being permanent or difficult to reverse was intuitive. If you stretch a piece of a plastic it
by nether 12y ago
> I have thought about this myself, but I thought that elongation being permanent or difficult to reverse was intuitive. If you stretch a piece of a plastic it stays that way.
May be different for living tissue. I wonder if there might be some brace developed to reshape the eye ball, that could be eventually removed. Of course the implant procedure might be incredibly, prohibitively invasive.
- infofarmer 12y agoThere's scleroplasty, developed and only practiced in Russia and some other ex-USSR countries. Seems dangerous, but somewhat effective (if you trust Russian research results): http://www.nature.com/eye/journal/v24/n7/full/eye2009322a.html http://www.nature.com/eye/journal/v24/n7/full/eye2009322a.ht...