PRK changed my life and was the best investment I ever made in myself because my vision was terrible. So when recovery gets tough, remember that it’s worth it. With PRK, they remove a bit of your...
PRK changed my life and was the best investment I ever made in myself because my vision was terrible. So when recovery gets tough, remember that it’s worth it.
With PRK, they remove a bit of your cornea (as opposed to LASIK where they make a flap and put it back). Your eye will be completely numb, but it feels like an electric toothbrush on your eyeball to gently buff it away. That part was weird, and no one had mentioned that particular sensation to me.
Since they remove your cornea, recovery is essentially growing it back. For a few days, it feels like there is a hair in your eye. I had the most discomfort while blinking, so I mostly laid around listening to podcasts with my eyes closed. My vision was blurry for the first days, then every day it got better and better. It took about 2 weeks to get my vision to its sharpest, but I went back to work after 5 days.
They’ll give you different eye drops to use at different intervals: I just set up alarms on my phone the night before, so it was really easy to remember.
I had surgery in 2017 and since I have irregular corneas like you, and it has worn off a bit. If you have astigmatism already, your eyeballs will continue to elongate and there’s not much you can do. But PRK brought me from being so nearsighted I couldn’t even read books anymore to only needing glasses to drive at night. It really did change my life and I’m a huge advocate for it.
PRK changed my life and was the best investment I ever made in myself because my vision was terrible. So when recovery gets tough, remember that it’s worth it.
With PRK, they remove a bit of your cornea (as opposed to LASIK where they make a flap and put it back). Your eye will be completely numb, but it feels like an electric toothbrush on your eyeball to gently buff it away. That part was weird, and no one had mentioned that particular sensation to me.
Since they remove your cornea, recovery is essentially growing it back. For a few days, it feels like there is a hair in your eye. I had the most discomfort while blinking, so I mostly laid around listening to podcasts with my eyes closed. My vision was blurry for the first days, then every day it got better and better. It took about 2 weeks to get my vision to its sharpest, but I went back to work after 5 days.
They’ll give you different eye drops to use at different intervals: I just set up alarms on my phone the night before, so it was really easy to remember.
I had surgery in 2017 and since I have irregular corneas like you, and it has worn off a bit. If you have astigmatism already, your eyeballs will continue to elongate and there’s not much you can do. But PRK brought me from being so nearsighted I couldn’t even read books anymore to only needing glasses to drive at night. It really did change my life and I’m a huge advocate for it.