LASIK and its "tactical" advantages? - Page 2

nc eyedoc · January 21, 2011, 11:42 PM

That's good advice to watch out for the 'discount docs". Lasik is a fairly skill intense procedure. Some docs do a much better job of the surgery. The postop really isn't as important. Basically, you use your eye drops, keep your appointments, and don't rub your eyes ( to avoid messing up the flap).

The better surgeons will always do a careful topography map of your cornea and look at your corneal thickness. They will (should) turn away people who have suspect topographies and too thin a cornea. The volume places deem anybody with a valid credit card to be a good clinical case

howwie · January 23, 2011, 10:16 PM

I had lasik done on both eyes back in august. I was -8.50 in both eyes. The procedure went great, and shooting became more fun without contact drying issues and such. But...not to hijack, my left eye (not my dominant one) never fully came into focus, we found that it was undercorrected and it still had a slight astigmatism. PRK touch up seemed to be a good option and I just had it done. It's hard to write this, my eyes hurt like crazy. But my vision is slightly worse than before the surgery. I hope that's normal??

nc eyedoc · January 24, 2011, 06:36 AM

Howwie, how recently was the PRK done? There is blur for 1-2 weeks during the recovery.

howwie · January 24, 2011, 11:25 AM

5 days ago

nc eyedoc · January 24, 2011, 12:48 PM

At five days postop it will still be blurred. They removed all your corneal
epithelium and there can also be some temporary corneal haze. It'll easily
take another week for the healing to finish.

howwie · January 24, 2011, 06:22 PM

good to hear, he said it would be blurry but I didn't realize it would be worse than before the procedure. Thanks!

January 23, 2011, 10:16 PM	#27
howwie Senior Member Join Date: May 13, 2009 Location: Georgia Posts: 188	I had lasik done on both eyes back in august. I was -8.50 in both eyes. The procedure went great, and shooting became more fun without contact drying issues and such. But...not to hijack, my left eye (not my dominant one) never fully came into focus, we found that it was undercorrected and it still had a slight astigmatism. PRK touch up seemed to be a good option and I just had it done. It's hard to write this, my eyes hurt like crazy. But my vision is slightly worse than before the surgery. I hope that's normal?? __________________ "Whoever bleeds the least wins."

January 24, 2011, 11:25 AM	#29
howwie Senior Member Join Date: May 13, 2009 Location: Georgia Posts: 188	5 days ago __________________ "Whoever bleeds the least wins."

January 24, 2011, 12:48 PM	#30
nc eyedoc Junior Member Join Date: December 16, 2010 Posts: 12	PRK postop At five days postop it will still be blurred. They removed all your corneal epithelium and there can also be some temporary corneal haze. It'll easily take another week for the healing to finish.

January 24, 2011, 06:22 PM	#31
howwie Senior Member Join Date: May 13, 2009 Location: Georgia Posts: 188	good to hear, he said it would be blurry but I didn't realize it would be worse than before the procedure. Thanks! __________________ "Whoever bleeds the least wins."

January 21, 2011, 11:42 PM	#26
nc eyedoc Junior Member Join Date: December 16, 2010 Posts: 12	That's good advice to watch out for the 'discount docs". Lasik is a fairly skill intense procedure. Some docs do a much better job of the surgery. The postop really isn't as important. Basically, you use your eye drops, keep your appointments, and don't rub your eyes ( to avoid messing up the flap). The better surgeons will always do a careful topography map of your cornea and look at your corneal thickness. They will (should) turn away people who have suspect topographies and too thin a cornea. The volume places deem anybody with a valid credit card to be a good clinical case

January 24, 2011, 06:36 AM	#28
nc eyedoc Junior Member Join Date: December 16, 2010 Posts: 12	Howwie, how recently was the PRK done? There is blur for 1-2 weeks during the recovery.