r/PRKsurgery

Hello I am gonna get lasek eye surgery tomorrow. I would like answers from someone who has already done it before. Exactly how much will i be able too see the first 1-3 days? i have to know if i can be home alone and handle everything myself when it comes too reading and knowing what eyedrops too use and how many times etc. eating and stuff i can manage blind. so just let me know if my vision will be okay enough to do that or if i should just stay at someone elses place for 1-3 days. if you want too please tell me your experience tell me all about it and ill read it. i read that ill probably have to wear sunglasses which im not looking forward too. im starting classes soon and i really dont wanna be wearing sunglasses inside infront of everybody.

my vision right now is -2.25 and -2.25 with -0.75 astigmatism im assuming the recovery likely depends on how bad your vision was beforehand

EDIT I have undergone the surgey its been like 11 hours now i feel no pain yet my vision is okay its def clear but not crystal clear. id say its at like -1.00 rn or -0.70 i did notice my astigmatism is competely gone which is nice. anyways everything went well if anybody is reading this i just wanna say theres no reason to be nervous the procedure literally took around 3 minutes.

I had my PRK surgery in December 2025, and everything had been fine until recently. I’m now experiencing something with my left eye that I’m not sure how to handle.

Whenever I sleep and my eyes become very dry overnight, my left eyelid sometimes feels like it gets stuck. Since I’m half asleep, there have been a few instances where I instinctively open my eye without putting in lubricating drops first. As soon as I open it, the eye starts watering intensely, and I get a sharp sensation that feels like something is poking or scratching the inner corner of my eye. It can be quite uncomfortable.

I understand that dryness can cause discomfort, but this particular sensation of the eyelid sticking and the sharp pain when I open my eye is worrying me.

Has anyone else experienced something similar after PRK, especially several months after surgery? Could this simply be a result of severe nighttime dry eye, or could it be something else?

I’d really appreciate hearing from anyone who has experienced this after PRK.

Does prk cause you to lose near vision permanently? On google it says it’s temporary but a YouTuber and a couple posts have it permanently.

Just had my 12 week follow up and my eyes are doing great.

I was concerned back at my 6 week followup, because my right eye was noticeably blurrier than my left at that point. Like by a LOT. He measured my vision at that appointment and my right eye was seeing at 20/35 and doing a vision test showed I had residual prescription of -1.25 while my left eye was seeing 20/15. Doc was concerned, but nothing to be done at that point, and said it might just be slower healing...like really slow.

At my appointment today, I mentioned that while my right eye is still slightly less clear than my left, they seemed to have gotten closer. This was confirmed by the fact I can now easily read the 20/20 line with my right eye, and still the 20/15 with my left. Together I could ALMOST read the line below 20/15. We did another vision test and it showed my right eye at -0.5. Doc said we can give it another 4 months to see if it improves, but even if he doesn't, he probably wouldn't recommend doing a touch up for such a small value when I am seeing better than 20/15 together, and 20/20 in that eye.

So everyone going through it, don't give up! It took me 3 months for my right eye to be seeing really clearly, and it might still get even better. It is a slog to get through, especially at the beginning, but it is SO worth it.