I am having PRK laser eye surgery done soon. What is the recovery like and how long until I am fully recovered?
2007-12-16 15:50:26 · 3 answers · asked by sol e 2 in Health ➔ Optical
Do you mean PRK, or Lasek ? (*not* Lasik)
Traditional PRK is less comfortable, and takes longer to heal than Lasik or the newer Lasek.
"After the PRK surgery, the surgeon places a soft contact lens over the eye to help the outer layer to grow back and this can take 3-5 days, during that period, the patient may experience discomfort and blurred vision. "
As far as the main layers of the cornea are concerned, however, it is much less invasive than Lasik and the epitheium does quickly regrow. (the epithelium is continually losing and regrowing cells, under normal circumstances)
Optometrist, retired.
2007-12-17 01:00:34 · answer #1 · answered by Pedestal 42 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No. They best disqualify you in case your pre-surgical refractive blunders was once greater than plus or minus 8 diopters, six months has now not but long gone via on the grounds that you had the surgical procedure, you haven't had 2 publish-surgical imaginative and prescient assessments on the grounds that the surgical procedure (three months aside) and your publish-surgical refractive blunders is higher than plus or minus zero.25 round and/or plus or minus zero.50 cylindrical, or there were headaches, adding the usage of opthalmic answers after the surgical procedure. The supply under is the scientific average.
2016-09-05 14:19:14 · answer #2 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
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