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Prk surgery requires an extended healing period. Epithelial healing can require upwards of five days during which bandage contact lens is worn. The eye is a risk for infection during this period. I would advise you to postpone surgery until after the holidays.
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...
