PRK: Are both eyes treated at the same time?

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Are both eyes treated the same day, or can a patient opt to have one eye done another day?

Martin L. Fox, MD · Answer

In general most refractive surgeons will do both eyes the same day. This is perfectly safe and makes the recovery of visual function quicker.

David Malitz, MD · Answer

In the early days of PRK, we treated one eye at a time.  Now almost always, we treat both together.  It is a very safe procedure and most people don't want to go through the recovery process two times.   With that said, it is always possible to do one eye at a time.  If a retreatment  is necessary in both eyes, we generally only retreat one eye at a time because in this subset of patients (less than 2%) their response to the initial treatment was not as predictable as the general population.

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