I will be getting PRK surgery in a few days and then I will be flying home from work for Christmas break. Can I fly home 4 days after getting PRK surgery?
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At three weeks out the vision may still improve although I strongly doubt that wearing a contact lens will help much. At 3 months out you will need to be evaluated for a possible refinement procedure.
Your corneas certainly are substantially thinner than
normal. LASIK would not be a good
option. If your corneal topography
is completely normal, you could have PRK surgery. There is no clear consensus on how thin a cornea can safely
be after PRK, but in my experience 400 microns has not...
Inflammation is a normal response to
the laser energy applied to your cornea.
Different people have different inflammatory responses. It sounds like you had a pretty
standard steroid taper, but in hindsight it may have been too rapid a taper for
you. Going back on steroids is the
proper...