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LASIK vs. PRK: Which laser eye surgery is right for you

Discover the difference between LASIK and PRK. Learn which laser eye surgery is right for you at CS LASIK Institute. Book your consultation today!

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Transepithelial PRK (Photorefractive Keratectomy) is the latest advancement in laser eye surgery for vision correction. Unlike traditional methods, this cutting-edge procedure gently and automatically removes the front epithelial cell layer before the excimer laser reshapes your cornea, allowing for faster recovery and less discomfort. Experience clearer vision with enhanced precision and reduced downtime.

For more details, visit- https://www.sussexeyelaserclinic.co.uk/laser-refractive-eye-surgery/

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Epithelial Thickness Mapping (ETM) is a game changer in screening LASIK patients. This mirror image pattern of epithelial thickening in both eyes is nearly pathognomonic for Epithelial Basement Membrane Dystrophy (EBMD). Patient treated with #prksurgery at Pacific Vision Institute #bestchoices #bestresults #pacificvisioninstitute #lasiksurgery #lasik #sanfrancisco #lasiksanfrancisco #drfaktorovich (at Pacific Vision Institute) https://www.instagram.com/p/CEo2CVyAEje/?igshid=lycpi87mcdyb

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Who should have PRK?

Considering PRK? Athletes, military personnel, and high-risk jobs such as police and fire departments may benefit. Find out if PRK is right for you at CS LASIK Institute!

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Transepithelial PRK offers a precise, less invasive approach to vision correction using laser technology. Enjoy reduced healing time and improved outcomes.

For more information Transepithelial PRK (Photorefractive Keratectomy) surgery :

https://www.sussexeyelaserclinic.co.uk/laser-refractive-eye-surgery/

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My PRK Experience

See PRK surgery video here (Warning: If you are queasy to anything related to touching eyeballs, don’t watch the video!) 

https://youtu.be/gha3Ap8YGGw

This is for anyone interested in getting PRK or know of someone who has been thinking about getting corrective eye surgery.  See my journey through the surgery and the recovery period.

Friday, 12-9-2016 @ 3PM (Day of Surgery): 

First off, the procedure here in the island of Hawaii is a little different.  I had to do my pre-op and post-op at Maui, where I live, and do the actual surgery in Oahu.  That's right, flying inter-island for a day just to get operated on.  So about 1 month prior to my surgery, I did the pre-op.  My doctor was very pleasant and comforting.  She and her nurse did some measurement on my eye.  They took a few snaps of my eyeballs, measured how thick my cornea was, and measured my correction for both eyes and other pre-op eye surgery type measurements needed.  Doctor told me a little about the different procedures, pros, cons, and what she recommends for me.  So after asking a few questions, I decided to move forward with PRK. For those wondering what PRK is and how it's different from other procedures, here is my quick run through of what I know.  First, the more common one and the one that is of recent development, talking 1990s here, is LASIK.  For LASIK, they use the excimer laser to cut a flap on your cornea, resurface the cornea area and put the flap back into place.  PRK or Photo Refractive Keratectomy is a similar procedure in that it uses a excimer laser.  PRK has been around a little longer but isn't as popular due to the longer healing period (about 1-2 weeks to be able to drive and up to a year for vision to go to the best possible, usually 20/20).  In this procedure, they shave off your eyeball and cornea directly without creating a flap.  PRK takes a longer recovery time due to the outside layer of the eyeball having to grow back.  After both procedures, they put a bandage contact that stays on for 3 days and gets removed during your post-op appointment.   As I mentioned I decided on the PRK procedure.  They instruct you to not wear contact lenses for 2 weeks before the operation.  This allows for your eye to return back to its normal shape.   In the beginning of the week, I was actually not too worried about the surgery, but got more nervous as the days got closer to the surgery date.

Fast forward to the operation, the preparation was straightforward.  The nurse just gave me some instructions on the surgery, the prescribed medications I received, got myself a hairnet, and clean room boot covers.  She placed some numbing drops into my eyes and different solutions on my eyelids for cleaning. Then on to the surgery room!  The room was super cold.  They had me sit on the operating bed and instructed me to lie down.  After what seemed to take about 30 minutes of just relaxing and more eye drops, the doctor finally came in.  The doctor came in and was ready for the operation.  He used some type and some contraption to keep my right eye open and kept my left eye closed.  The first step was to scrape the not so scientific name "outside layer" of your eyeball.  They use some type of brush spinning at about 10-20 seconds to do this, which I compare to a Sonicare spinning electronic toothbrush.  They then use some type of filer metal surgeon tool to scrape the remaining layer out or residue from the first step.  Now comes the exciting part, after they put some eye drop solution in my eye, they start the excimer laser.  They had the laser blasting my eyeball away for about 15 seconds.  They rinsed my eye and put a contact lens that served as a bandaid or protection for the eyeball.  They repeated with my left eye.  And after about 8 minutes, voila, I have two new buffed out eyeballs!

PRK Recovery 12-9-2016 thru 12-16-2016:

Day 0 (Day of surgery) / Night 1 – The contacts they put on my eye to serve as a bandage seemed to do pretty good as far as subsiding the pain in my eye and protecting it.  I walked out of EyeSight Hawaii feeling pretty good after the operation.  My nearsighted vision is slightly improved already since I was able to make out things from far distances.  My eyes were super sensitive to light, so I wore the complimentary glasses they gave that had side and top visors to shield the most light from my eyes.  As for the pain, it was very minimal.  BTW, my pain tolerance is pretty good from what I know of and what my wife tells me, but then again her pain tolerance is like a 2 out of 10 (10 being the worst pain ever).  If I would have to guess, I would say my pain tolerance to were I have to start taking pain meds is probably about 5 out of 10.  It just felt a little discomforting like I was wearing contacts and my eyes were blurry. 

After having dinner with my wife, we flew back to Maui and the pain was pretty constant throughout the evening.  There was however a mishap when I took a shower that evening.  The surgery technician instructed me to try not getting any water in the eye for a week to reduce the chances of infection.  However, when I showered I got one drop on my right eye, which stung for a few minutes.  The pain was comparable to putting alcohol on an open wound except it was on the eye.  There was some discomfort on that eye for the remaining of the evening, but nothing too unbearable.  I would say the pain or discomfort was similar to having pink eye. 

Before we went to bed, I was instructed to tape clear plastic goggles that contained pinholes to protect my eye from getting scratched while I sleep.  After I put the anti-inflammatory and antibiotic eye drops in my eye (Dosage for eye drops were instructed 4 times a day: breakfast, lunch, dinner, and before bedtime), I taped the goggles to my eye and went to bed.  I woke up��around 4AM to really dry eyes and a slight pain, maybe about 3 out of 10, especially on my right eye.  I put some lubricating eye drops to make them feel better and it worked nicely.  

Day 1 / Night 2 – The pain for this day was about 2 out of 10.  I had slight head congestion and felt a little dizzy throughout the day.  My eyes didn’t seem to be too sensitive to light but definitely felt more comfortable with my eye goggles on.  I thought to myself, if this is the pain I can expect for the week, I could definitely start working on Monday!  Feeling pretty good, we decided to stop by a friend son’s 1st birthday party for a couple hours.  The pain was pretty constant throughout the day.  I even decided to watch a movie with the wife in the evening because the pain was so minimal.  Little did I know what the night would bring me!  That night is what I would describe as burning eyeballs!  I woke up 3 times that night with a burning sensation on the eye, the feeling that I have glass stuck in my eye, super red eyes, and watery eyes.  I placed some lubricating drops twice that night but it didn’t make it feel better.  The pain level on this night was probably 5 out of 10.

Day 2 / Night 3 – When I woke up from a tough night sleep.  My eye still felt about the same.  To make matters worse, I had a slight headache, head congestion, and dizziness to accompany the discomfort in my eyeballs.  I decided to tough it out that morning but instead decided to sleep in my room with the blinds down and no lights on.  I slept around 10 AM in the morning and woke up around 3PM in the afternoon.  The pain was still about the same, maybe about 4 out of 10 now.  I decided I was just going to try the pain medication, Tramadol, that the doctor prescribed.  After about 30 minutes to an hour, I started to feel much better.  The pain level was a lot bearable now but still couldn’t do much.  My eyes were supper blurry still and very sensitive to light so I decided to relax this day.  That night I took the pain meds again and the eye drops and went to sleep. 

Day 3 / Night 4 - I woke up to dry eyes again and a slight pain (2 out of 10) with the pain meds.  This morning was the post-op where the doctor in Maui would take out the bandage contact lenses in my eye.  I kept thinking to myself that this process to remove these from my eyeball would be really painful.  It turns out to be not too bad although the doctor does use pointy tweezers to remove the contacts so it sort of freaked me out a little.  I was on the pain meds most of the day so the pain was constant throughout the day and night.  Also, I decided to take the week off from work since my vision seemed like it would take the week to clear up. 

Day 4 / Night 5 – This day was more or less about the same as yesterday.  I woke up to dry eyes and a slight pain/discomfort.  I took my daily eye drops and was still on the pain meds.  I was starting to get paranoid that I would get addicted to the pain meds so I decided to stop taking it.  The pain seemed to have subsided quite a bit so I was able to go about my day with minimal pain.  My eyesight was a lot better; I was able to make out things from far distances but did have to focus my eyes on the object. Also, My eyesight on my right eye was a lot better than my left.

Day 5 / Night 6 – I had a similar feeling when I woke up.  Dry eyes and a slight discomfort.  I’m without pain meds now but the vision is still blurry and eyes are still sensitive to light. 

Day 6 / Night 7 – Pain really subsided on this day (1 out of 10).  Vision was slightly better but my eyes were still sensitive to light.

Day 7 / Night 8 – Same as yesterday. 

Day 8 / Night 9 – My eyes and pain was about the same this day as the last couple days.  My vision was a getting better although vision was still blurry especially on the left eye.  I drove on this evening.  It was already dark out so it was even harder to see.  The only thing to note is that the traffic lights and car lights seemed to glow and my eyes was still sensitive to light. 

Day 9 / Night 10 – Definitely felt a lot better this day.  I decided to do some organizing and cleaning at home since I felt a lot better.  I still was sensitive to light but the pain was minimal to none on this day. 

Week 2 – There are still days where I would wake up in the morning to dry eyes and a bit of discomfort.  My left eye on this week was blurrier than my right.  When looking at computer screens or signs on the road it would be blurry and my eyes would need to focus for a little before I can make out what I’m reading.  I consulted with my doctor to see if this is normal and she informed me that this is possible.  My vision could still fluctuate in the coming weeks.  I went back to work this week.

Week 3 – Still waking up to dry eyes and a slight discomfort on some days.  I noticed that on the beginning of this week my left eye is now clearer than my right eye.  My vision is still slightly blurry.  I have a 3-week appointment coming on January 7, 2016 to determine how my eyes are doing so I will give an update with the results from that.  So far, I definitely recommend PRK surgery.  I’ve been prescription glasses free for 3 weeks! 

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Day 1

Today feels about the same. Scratchy, watery, blurry light sensitive like yesterday evening. My appointment is in DC for my post-op exam and my dad’s taking me today. Thank god for family nearby to drive me! It’s also a cloudy rainy day today, so sunlight shouldn’t be an issue... right? right? 

Last time I checked, wunderground had today as 75%+ cloud cover. Well that 25% of minor light shine through felt like light beams into my eye lids. I had a wide brim hat and glasses that only allowed 12% light to pass through in 75% cloud cover and it still felt as if I was walking straight into the high beams of a headlight. I went back inside, grabbed a towel and put it over my head and went into the car. Other drivers may have found it weird to see a passenger with a towel over their heads, but I could care less. It was bright as hell out there.

Side Note: Essential items to have for the first weekend you have PRK:

- A Towel

- The darkest tinted wraparound glasses you can find

- A dark wide-brimmed hat

- Non-scented non-lotioned hand-sanitizer

- Tissues, at least 10 boxes

- Your choice of OTC pain reliever

- 1000mg Vitamin C + Multi-vitamin (both essential)

- Night eye-shields, you know the black ones that cover your eyes. What you want is to wear your eye shields for protection and put these over them so you are completely blacked out. This saves you from the bulkiness of lugging around a blanket or towel everywhere you go

Now back on topic....

Got to the doctors office in DC and my eyes were a mess. Blurry and watery with tears streaming down my face. They checked me in and then I waited to get called in. Thankfully it was fast. Went into the room and they gave me a miracle eye drop... OMG, how one drop can change a life and make everything feel good. She placed an eye drop in both my eyes and it was night an day, the scratchiness, pain and tears went away in 10 seconds.... They then got me to read the lines from the Snellen Eye Chart. 20/30 Day 1. HELL YEAH! Coming from 20/400+ in both eyes, I won’t lie... the artificial tears couldn’t mimic the real thing that was about to come out from actually feeling like I could see and be free from glasses and contacts. After taking measurements and recording where I was, I met up with Dr. Kang who again proceeded to check both my eyes to see if the contacts were firmly in place. He proceeded to tell me that I was healing ahead of schedule. Damn straight. I was adherent to every single recommendation and was dousing my eyes with 2-3x the amount of artificial tears to avoid drying and promote healing so much that I was crying a river every 30 minutes. He said I was well ahead of normal healing and the process was already halfway done in a day. That felt reassuring. After talking to him a little more, he said to continue doing everything I was already doing and that tonight would be another painful night and to get through it. Again he said the magic green bottle was only a last resort.

Well. After that, it was back home for me. Thankfully the numbing drop that I got lasted another 8 hours. I’m not sure it was supposed to last that long, but it did for me and I felt relief for most of the day. No pain, no irritation, just sensitivity to light and some feeling of if my contact was loose. Everything went fine the rest of the day,and I attribute this to that magical eye drop.

Into the night I continued taking my regimen of 3 eye drops and dousing my eyes with artificial tears. Every time I would wake up prematurely I would have artificial tears and tissues nearby to use. I was covered.

End of Day 1: Vision 20/30 or close to it, feeling good

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After 20 years, I am saying goodbye to glasses tomorrow. Not forever though since age does tend to catch up at some point. I'm getting corrective eye surgery and I couldn't be more excited! My dad Steve is the one to have made this all happen too. Something we will both share. Thank you so much Dad. This truly means so much. ❤️ No more glasses is the biggest prayer going into the procedure tomorrow! So please, send lots! ❤️ #nomorefoureyes #nomorecontacts #prksurgery #astigmatismsucks #astigmatismproblems #astigmatismnomore 🤓😎👓✨

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Get Safe and Effective PRK Surgery at CS LASIK Institute

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Experience Transepithelial PRK Surgery : Eliminating the Front Corneal Layer with Alcohol and an Excimer Laser, which Leads to a Faster Recovery Time.

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