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Article: Artist-inventor takes another chance on starting a business: with products in place, next step is mentoring.
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- San Diego Business Journal
- Article date:
- February 25, 2008
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Lifelong surfer Len Siprut said he knew he had a problem well before he was diagnosed with ptergyium, because he felt like he always had sand in his eye.
The solution to ptergyium--a growth or lesion on the cornea--is surgery to remove the obstruction.
"I knew I had to do something about it or stop surfing. I'm not going to stop surfing," he said.
He cut a makeshift visor from a piece of Neoprene to shade his eyes from the sun's glare. After wearing it religiously, that gritty feeling eventually went away, he said.
"Just getting the direct sunlight off your eyes makes a big difference," he said.
Then there was his swimmer's ...