Within a first couple of days a patient who underwent PRK might experience mild discomfort,
irritation in eyes and temporary sensitivity to light, which can be helped with sunglasses. If, any
other type of discomfort or problems arise, they will be within the next six months and might
include taking a long time to heal and obtain best vision, which might be reached by 3-4 months
of the surgery. Mild glares, halos and images are other potential side effect a patient might have
to go through. Pain, hazy eyes and night vision problems are also commonly noted in patients.
Should we opt for PRK?
The overall rate of success is very high. And considering the fact that there are no other hidden
medical conditions that might affect the healing process adversely, the outer epithelium heals in
a couple of days and the vision keeps getting better with time and by three months, it reaches
best vision.
Patients, who got their vision corrected using PRK might still feel the need to use glasses when
Presbyopia sets in. It is the inability to see well due to age-related issues and changes in the
eye. Other than there are no fatal side-effects noted, and the process over-all is very safe to
undergo. But you should always talk to your eye-specialist and get yourself a complete bodycheckup before undergoing PRK, so that you could know if there is anything that might interfere
with the optimum results.