needsurgeryasap
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- Risk of dry eye is less.
- No risk of the flap popping out with heavy exercise (this can happen with lasik) important for gymcels
- Less nerves are being cut.
- My doctor also said it has a less risk of your vision coming back and u can get it done as much as u want. U can do lasik more than once too but u always will have a flap in ur eye.
- With lasik there is a flap left on ur eye forever but with PRK they cut ur eye and it grows back. If u hit hard on ur eye it can move the flap too.
Bad part of PRK vs lasik is that prk healing lasts longer. It can take up to 3 months for the vision to stabilise but u can go back to normal within a week and see clear enough to drive.
Doctors always suggest to do lasik to people as its healing is faster. When u heal fast u tend to tell everyone how in a day u can see already and u made a great choice. doctors want u to go around and tell everyone how u made the best decision ever and how after one day u can see and dont need glasses anymore etc. They want u to advertise it. Also suitable for busier lives.
Verdict: long term PRK is better.