How expensive is it for the surgery these days?

 

Custom Wavefront PRK is what I got done and is recommended. Without having to regurgitate google, google it and research it.

I got mine done in DFW area, which at the time (approx 2 years ago) was I want to say $3000 per eye.

LIFE CHANGING EVENT, well worth it.

 

I had PRK back in Dec 2005. Tripler AMC in Hawaii. Well worth it. Within a few or so I remember driving under the H1 bridge and being able to see damn near all the way to the end. My vision was 20/15 in one eye, 20/12 in the other. I was 20 years old at the time...now I'm 28 and my vision is back to where it used to be. Around 20/70 - 20/100. As eyes age, vision will get worse. The doc did a great job. Unless I tell an optometrist I had PRK,they would never know, no scars or any evidence that it was done (so they tell me).

 

Near and distance errors affect many peopel over 40. I read of a new procedure called multi focal lasik which corrects near and distant errors in both eyes. Each eye is in effect treated for near and distant correction which is different in the less modern method of treating one eye for distant and the other eye for near.
This is new and I am unable to find a single person to tell me how it went for them. There are Doctors around the US that are performing this treatment, but I would really want to hear from people who actually went through the procedure.

 

I had LASIK in 2002. Still 20/15. 49 years old now. Can't say which is best. I'd go for the doc with the most experience on a given machine over newer technology. I did. Was half as much $ too.

Had both mine done for $998 total in Beverly Hills, but that was a long time ago.

 

PRK is recommended for police, athletes, or military or anyone who may be exposed to possible eye impacts or physical blows to face. This is because the PRK "sands" the eye, which re-heals (like a knee with a scab wound) to the new 20/20 version. Re-healed, it is as strong as the original eye. Because of the "rehealed is as strong as the original version" status, it is very rare for a "touch up" to be required of PRK patients, which is common in LASIK patients, typically 10-15 years after the original surgery.

PRK healing, while nothing unbearable, is clearly more inconvenient than the healing/recovery of LASIK.

LASIK, my understanding (from my doctor), can leave the eye in a state, even 10 years later, that any impacts to the eye can be a medical emergency. I don't mean a mosquito flew into your eye, I am talking about fist fight, walk into a tree branch, etc stuff.

Just what I was told...

** I have a few posts from a few years ago regarding my own PRK experience, if anyone wants to search them

 

I just had Custom WaveFront LASIK done several days back; my vision hasn't quite stabilized yet at night (that'll take some time due to the corneal swelling), but I drove myself to the post-op check the day after surgery, and tested at 20/15 in my right eye, 20/20 in my left. Amazing result coming from a -5.00 prescription (worse than 20/400 in each eye).

I considered PRK, but decided to go with the IntraLase LASIK (flap is cut with a femtosecond laser). Here in Socal, it was $4300 total at a well-established and highly reviewed practice.

 

As I sit on the LASIK fence with -6.00 and -6.25 , your post is very encouraging. Best wishes for you as you heal.

 

I had PRK in Atlanta back in 06 best money I ever spent. I think I spent about 5500 for it.

 

That's the attractive part about LASIK - being able to see the next day. I would have been SOL if I had to drive the next day. I literally couldn't keep my eyes open because they were so light sensative the next morning. Even wearing sunglasses with my eyes closed was too bright (low morning sun on a bright day). I ended up wearing a sleep mask for part of the trip back to the clinic. But . . . 20/10 with zero night vision issues 2.5 months later. Well worth it.