PRK healing time?

Hello all,
I was told that my doctor would do PRK on me and was told about the
"longer" healing times. Yes, YMMV, but for someone with a -3 and -3.75,
what would you guess the healing time "should" be?

Thanks

Paula

Not easy to pin down. Everyone heals differently and at different
rates. With PRK, the healing time is generally a few months with some
visual fluctuations during that time.
Best of luck, and enjoy your "new vision".

A real treatment should not require one to heal at all.
"PRIMUM, NON NUOCERE"
FIRST, DO NO HARM.

On May 24, 6:02 am, Zetsu <absolutelyinvinci...@hotmail.com> wrote:
> A real treatment should not require one to heal at all.
> "PRIMUM, NON NUOCERE"
> FIRST, DO NO HARM.

Of course, you have no idea what you're talking about, and dragging
out Latin does nothing to change that (though the parallel between a
"dead language" and all the dead theories you dredge up IS cute).

My wife's myopia was perfectly fixed with PRK.

No harm, no foul.

But then ... her myopia didn't progress in at all the way Otis Brown
thought it should, either, so ....

Maybe she simply didn't believe in tortured statistics and turn-of-the-
century fiction books.

On 24 May, 15:22, "Mike Tyner" <mty...@mindspring.com> wrote:
> So, if you get pain between your navel and hip bone, don't cut you open
> because it might leave a scar?
>
> -MT
>
> "Zetsu" <absolutelyinvinci...@hotmail.com> wrote
>
> >A real treatment should not require one to heal at all.
> > "PRIMUM, NON NUOCERE"
> > FIRST, DO NO HARM.

No, first you try EVERY OTHER POSSIBLE ALTERNATIVE to fix the pain
between navel and hip bone, and ONLY AS THE LAST RESORT you cut the
patient open. (FIRSTLY, TRY TREATMENT WITHOUT HARM. LASTLY, DO HARM IF
EVERYTHING ELSE FAILS ) So applying this to the cure of eyesight,
FIRSTLY, relaxation treatment, LASTLY (or never), laser treatment.

In PRK the outermost layer of soft pliable cells (epithelium) are
removed from the cornea, then the laser reshapes the front of the
cornea to correct your refractive error.

The corneal epithelial cells are the fastest reproducing cells in the
human body, but it does take some time for them to cover the treated
area, thicken, and then smooth.

Do not expect to use your vision more than to keep from bumping into
walls for 1-3 days. For a few days to weeks after that you will likely
have "functional fuzzy" vision. It takes from 4-12 weeks for you to
get that crisp vision you desire.

Of course, everyone heals differently and your recovery may be faster
or slower. It is almost always best to do one eye at a time.

Despite this slow vision recovery, PRK has a major advantage over
Lasik - no Lasik flap. Although the probability of a Lasik flap
complication is relatively low, no flap means no possibility of a
Lasik flap complication. No possibility is almost always better than a
low probability.

You may want to visit our organization's bulletin board to read the
experiences of people who have had PRK. See the link below.

Glenn Hagele
Executive Director
USAEyes (R)
Patient Advocacy Surgeon Certification

"Consider and Choose With Confidence" (TM)

Email to glenn dot hagele at usaeyes dot org

http://www.USAEyes.org

Lasik Bulletin Board
http://www.USAEyes.org/Ask-Lasik-Expert/

I am not a doctor.

Copyright 2008
All Rights Reserved

On May 24, 7:58 am, Zetsu

> No, first you try EVERY OTHER POSSIBLE ALTERNATIVE to fix the pain
> between navel and hip bone, and ONLY AS THE LAST RESORT you cut the
> patient open. (FIRSTLY, TRY TREATMENT WITHOUT HARM. LASTLY, DO HARM IF
> EVERYTHING ELSE FAILS ) So applying this to the cure of eyesight,
> FIRSTLY, relaxation treatment, LASTLY (or never), laser treatment.


If people want to go to faith healers, then they should go to faith
healers.

Do you have some belief that people like Mike Tyner should REFER them
TO faith healers, though?

I surely hope not. You'll be in for lots of disappointment, which I
fully expect you'll experience, regardless.

Thanks Glenn, as always, for a solid, straight forward reply.

Paula

Glenn Hagele - USAEyes.org wrote:
> In PRK the outermost layer of soft pliable cells (epithelium) are
> removed from the cornea, then the laser reshapes the front of the
> cornea to correct your refractive error.
>
> The corneal epithelial cells are the fastest reproducing cells in the
> human body, but it does take some time for them to cover the treated
> area, thicken, and then smooth.
>
> Do not expect to use your vision more than to keep from bumping into
> walls for 1-3 days. For a few days to weeks after that you will likely
> have "functional fuzzy" vision. It takes from 4-12 weeks for you to
> get that crisp vision you desire.
>
> Of course, everyone heals differently and your recovery may be faster
> or slower. It is almost always best to do one eye at a time.
>
> Despite this slow vision recovery, PRK has a major advantage over
> Lasik - no Lasik flap. Although the probability of a Lasik flap
> complication is relatively low, no flap means no possibility of a
> Lasik flap complication. No possibility is almost always better than a
> low probability.
>
> You may want to visit our organization's bulletin board to read the
> experiences of people who have had PRK. See the link below.
>
> Glenn Hagele
> Executive Director
> USAEyes (R)
> Patient Advocacy Surgeon Certification
>
> "Consider and Choose With Confidence" (TM)
>
> Email to glenn dot hagele at usaeyes dot org
>
> http://www.USAEyes.org
>
> Lasik Bulletin Board
> http://www.USAEyes.org/Ask-Lasik-Expert/
>
> I am not a doctor.
>
> Copyright 2008
> All Rights Reserved