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Medical Forum / General / Vision / May 2008PRK 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. > 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. So, if you get pain between your navel and hip bone, don't cut you open because it might leave a scar? -MT >A real treatment should not require one to heal at all. > "PRIMUM, NON NUOCERE" > FIRST, DO NO HARM. > So, if you get pain between your navel and hip bone, don't cut you open > because it might leave a scar? [quoted text clipped - 4 lines] > > "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. 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. > 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 ) Oops. Too late. By then your appendix has ruptured and you die. > So applying this to the cure of eyesight, > FIRSTLY, relaxation treatment, LASTLY (or never), laser treatment. So, you'd try voodoo first. I wouldn't. -MT 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 Thanks Glenn, as always, for a solid, straight forward reply. Paula > In PRK the outermost layer of soft pliable cells (epithelium) are > removed from the cornea, then the laser reshapes the front of the [quoted text clipped - 39 lines] > Copyright 2008 > All Rights Reserved |
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