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Irregular astigmatism is not common and generally can be treated however severe irregular astigmatism may indicate ectasia (severe warping of the cornea).
Although irregular healing was seen with older lasers, with the modern lasers available now, it is extremely uncommon. If it should occur, treatment with Custom WaveFront can commonly fix the problem or specialized laser protocols such as topography based laser may be helpful.
Irregular astigmatism is not common but entirely possible following laser vision correction. It can sometimes be treated with a custom wavefront guided procedure and can be tested with a PreVue lens. While this takes time and is not exact, you would be able to feel comfortable viewing the result before undergoing another surgical procedure. Specialized contact lenses by an expert fitter can often enable good vision.
In our practice, we see typical post PRK patients one day, 5 days, 6 weeks, 3 months and 6 months following the procedure.
Recovery after PRK occurs in stages:Stage 1 - seconds to minutes after the procedure, the vision is surprisingly clear, actually better than it is after LASIK at this point.Stage 2 - begins about 30-60 min after the procedure, as the numbing drops used during surgery wear off. The patient...
We have been performing PRK for 25 years, so there is a wealth of long-term follow-up information based on actual patients. PRK does not leave a flap and because of that the long term side effects are very few. The major long term risk is that you will regress and...
