PRK Laser eye surgery

[Hook'Em]

Nonick, its been a couple of years since i was able to read a computer screen without some sort of reading/prescription glasses. Right now i'm looking at my screen clear as day with no corrective lens whatsoever. I can even read my iphone without help, though lowest level readers do make it clearer. I would recommend this to anyone thinking about it. The recovery wasn't fun but it's worth it.

[Nonick]

Cool!  Thanks!  I'll have to add that to my "to do" list for this next year. 

[Rusty Shackleford]

PRK?  I thought LASIK made that procedure obsolete.  Isn't PRK the method where a laser reshapes the surface of the eye by reshaping the topmost layer?  I thought that was found to cause dry eye problem and that's why LASIK took over because LASIK leaves the top layer of cells untouched and removed tissue from the interior of the cornea.

[Rusty Shackleford]

FYI: The eye sight problems that happen in middle age are caused by the lense of the eye losing its ability to change focus.  It has nothing to do with the cornea, but by doing things with the cornea (or glasses or contacts) you can work around this problem of the lense.

[Troy]

My eye doc steered me away from any type of eye surgery and instead got me set up with what they call mono-vision contacts.  One eye focuses close up and the other on distance, but together they work fine.  The doc said if I'd had the surgery I'd either have to have a mono-vision process or go the regular route but then need to wear reading glasses to read anything.  The mono-vision contacts have been great for me.  A good option but you do have the ongoing cost of new boxes of contacts every so often. 

[Hook'Em]

Rusty: true that LASIK has replaced PRK for the most part but PRK is still used in certain situations. If the cornea is too thin or has any scars or previous work on it. I couldn't have LASIK AGAIN so I went with PRK. I absolutely hate wearing glasses. PRK proceedure they actually do surface ablation meaning the scrape away the outermost layer of the cornea then do the laser treatment. They then put a bandage contact on the eye and in a few days the cornea replaces itself. While more invasive and painful they can actually get a much more precise result. Speaking from experience of having both PRK has been much more successful in giving me the  best eyesight in my life. it's also true that this will not cure my need for reading glasses with age but by making my eyesight so good I don't need them like I did before. I can do the monovision contact as well if I get to that point.