I recently had PRK done and thought I would share.
Had the procedure done on a Wednesday and by lunch time Saturday I was good. Everything was hazy the first day, second day I couldn’t keep my eyes open long and it felt like I had something in them, day three was the worst. Woke up Saturday still not the best so I went back to sleep for a few hours and felt great. Currently on Sunday I can drive and see normal, things are still a little hazy and have a ring around lights, but for the most part not terrible. Have my 5 day post check up tomorrow.
I was in the room for about 15 minutes and most of that is getting situated in the chair. It started with basically an electric tooth brush to your eye to shave the first layer down and depending on prescription is how long the laser runs. My prescription was -.75 left -2.0 right so I’m nearsighted, and total time under the laser was 11s right and 6s left.
After the procedure they put a contact in each eye. If you’ve worn contacts it feels like it’s backwards. Three different eye drops an antibacterial, steroid, and lubricant one. You will basically keep your eyes shut/sleep for the next three days. I couldn’t stand to have them open, not painful just irritating to keep them open. They told me to keep them shut and sleep as much as possible and that would speed up the healing process.
Overall glad I got it done and hopefully no more glasses.
Here’s the video and I thought I was pretty cool seeing it after.
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Had the procedure done on a Wednesday and by lunch time Saturday I was good. Everything was hazy the first day, second day I couldn’t keep my eyes open long and it felt like I had something in them, day three was the worst. Woke up Saturday still not the best so I went back to sleep for a few hours and felt great. Currently on Sunday I can drive and see normal, things are still a little hazy and have a ring around lights, but for the most part not terrible. Have my 5 day post check up tomorrow.
I was in the room for about 15 minutes and most of that is getting situated in the chair. It started with basically an electric tooth brush to your eye to shave the first layer down and depending on prescription is how long the laser runs. My prescription was -.75 left -2.0 right so I’m nearsighted, and total time under the laser was 11s right and 6s left.
After the procedure they put a contact in each eye. If you’ve worn contacts it feels like it’s backwards. Three different eye drops an antibacterial, steroid, and lubricant one. You will basically keep your eyes shut/sleep for the next three days. I couldn’t stand to have them open, not painful just irritating to keep them open. They told me to keep them shut and sleep as much as possible and that would speed up the healing process.
Overall glad I got it done and hopefully no more glasses.
Here’s the video and I thought I was pretty cool seeing it after.
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