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Originally Posted by BlueDragonX  So why'd you go with PRK instead of LASIK? |
In my case I got PRK not for vanity, but for a painful medical condition;
recurring corneal erosion. PRK was actually developed to fix what I had.
I would still get PRK instead of Lasik. When you get PRK done the top 2 layers of skin is scraped off and the cornea re-shaped. What grows back is stem cells. After you heal even an eye doctor would have a hard time telling if you've had surgery, if he could at all.
With Lasik, you get the "flap". The recovery time is quicker...at least the recovery time until you can see clearly,
however, that flap takes years to heal. At any time over the next few years if you rub the eye the wrong way it could tear off. That's why they don't do it to cops, and probably why they don't do it to soldiers. It would suck of you got into an altercation with someone you're trying to arrest and are blinded that way from a headlock.
PRK just seems like the better way of doing it. A few extra days to heal is worth it IMHO.
I'm happy with the results because I was waking up several times a night in agonizing pain, and that's gone away. I don't think I would have done it otherwise. I didn't mind glasses, and in fact I liked that I had excellent close up vision. Being nearsighted, a benefit is that you can focus a couple of inches away from your eyes. A lot of what I do is fine detail work. Now I have to wear mild reading glasses to see that far in.
Besides repairing my eye disease, I was a perfect candidate for PRK...my eyes were a good shape, they teared a lot etc. My recovery was textbook as well. I had mine done on a Saturday morning and by Wednesday the skin grew back 100% in one eye and 99% in the other and the protective contacts were removed. Things were still a bit fuzzy but in 3 weeks I was fine and am now a tick better than 20/20 in both eyes.