Category: LASIK

Potential Complications In general, the complications of PRK and LASIK are the same. Absence of Flap Complications One advantage of PRK over LASIK is that there is no risk of flap complications because no corneal flap is created. Corneal Haze Corneal haze is clouding of the cornea during the healing process. This clouding may cause… Read the full article

Resuming Activities Your surgeon will place very few restrictions on your activities after your surgery.  Activities such as exercising, television watching, driving, and flying are all acceptable when you feel up to them.  Heavy workouts should be curtailed for 5 days.  Use common sense and listen to your body to decide which activities are right… Read the full article

After Your PRK Procedure When you sit up in the laser suite after the treatment, you will immediately notice an improvement in your vision. You will be able to return home after roughly 20 minutes of sitting with your eyes closed and a final check of your eyes from your surgeon. You’ll leave Dr. Kornmehl’s office… Read the full article

Your PRK Procedure On the day of your PRK procedure, make sure that you eat lightly in the morning. You’ll also want to avoid wearing eye makeup, facial moisturizer and any cumbersome hair accessories that could interfere with your surgeon’s ability to position your head as needed during the procedure. Also, make sure you wear comfortable… Read the full article

Who Is Not a Candidate for PRK? If you have herpes simplex of the eye, you cannot undergo the procedure during an active breakout. Some doctors will do PRK if you go 6 months without a recurrence of herpes. In this case, you will need prophylactic medications before and after the procedure to minimize the… Read the full article

Although you may not be a candidate for LASIK, the most popular refractive procedure performed today, you may be a candidate for a procedure known as photorefractive keratectomy, or PRK.  This procedure delivers the same visual outcomes as LASIK and has dramatically improved the vision of millions of patients unable to undergo the LASIK procedure…. Read the full article

Striae Sometimes the corneal flap may shift slightly in the first 12 hours after LASIK surgery.  This is why it is important, especially during the first few hours, not to rub your eyes and keep them well lubricated.  If the flap shifts slightly, wrinkles form, just as wrinkles form in a carpet if you step… Read the full article

Problems with Quality of Vision A small number of patients experience a slight loss of quality of vision after LASIK surgery. This is also called loss of best-corrected vision. Loss of best-corrected vision means that, even with eyeglasses, a patient loses some of the visual crispness and clarity he had when wearing eyeglasses prior to surgery. The… Read the full article