Lasik Eye Doctors

[Irving]

Do any of you guys with Lasik have problems swimming?

[rbeau30]

Do any of you guys with Lasik have problems swimming?

The pool water burns me when I open my eyes in the pool. I had PRK though where the flap is totally removed.

I wish I could get LASIK. Had a consultation and my cornea is not thick enough but I can get PRK. So the 2nd part of the question to this thread is.... Has anyone receiver PRK and how's the recovery? I've heard it's a a lot longer and more painful. Patients experience halos at nights longer and more dryness in their eyes. That is what a buddy told me after he got the PRK procedure.

Kwando, I am not going to lie to you, it hurts. And I was out of commission for almost a week (blind-ish) And I was not able to look at computer screens for a month. It felt like I had steel wool scrubbed all over my eye. I at first couldn't open the eyes for very long, and you have to put eye drops in like every 30 minutes or so and that ramps down over the course of the month or so. You take steroid eye drops for 1 or 2 months. I occasionally need tears naturale eye drops but not much anymore. (it has been 6 years)

You also have to go back for follow-ups for a while to make sure your eye pressure does not go up. Those are 15 minute appointments. The procedure is a little longer because they remove the flap. So for me they used the round toothbrush looking thing to floor buff my eye to loosen the layer. and then they took it off, did the procedure, I read the clock, and they put contacts on my eyes that I wore for 3 days.

Looking back, I would definately do it again though.

[KestrelBike]

The pool water burns me when I open my eyes in the pool. I had PRK though where the flap is totally removed.

If it makes you feel better, pool water burns my eyes bad, too, and I haven't had lasik and don't wear correctives. Or are you comparing the levels of burning before/after Lasik?

[TFOGGER]

Do any of you guys with Lasik have problems swimming?

Negative. With my lasik procedure, they used a microkeratome to make the flap incision, laser to sculpt the corneal layer, and laid the flap back over, total elapsed time of about 4 minutes. I had to wear goggles when sleeping for a week, and was advised not to ride motorcycles of swim for 21 days. after that, no restrictions. Realistically, the flap seals almost instantly, and heals substantially within a couple of days. I did use artificial tears to prevent dryness for about a month and a half.