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Yea, I had Lasek ( although from what i understand, there's even quite a bit of variations of what is defined as "lasek").

Local Dr in NYC is a huge proponent of it, and well, went for it. ( he's unfortunately known for his "odd personality traits", but as a doctor, he's top notch... )

re: recovery, I think 3 weeks was the time I felt OK enough, and better than i ever did with contacts/glasses. It definitely was a months long recovery.

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What kind of recovery symptoms did you experience?

The most painful week of my life was the week following PRK. Constant scratching and burning in my eyes. In the end my vision never came in properly. I have halos and slightly blurry vision, but the experience (almost a decade ago) was so painful that I refuse to get it fixed. Hugely regret it.

Is there room for malpractice here?

Not really... I knew the risks:)

Well, the first one is they really recommend you don't open your eyes as much as possible for 3-4 days. Coupled with a dark living space and darkest glasses you can as well. It made it so i needed someone helping me do even basic things for those days, and listening to music and podcast kinda gets pretty boring after the first day.

The rest of the days were just blurry vision and general "pain". If you've ever wore contacts for too long, it's the burning sensation you get after you take them off, multiplied.

After those were mostly gone, then I was pretty sensitive to light, and for the later weeks, I had the problem of my vision being way too sharp, so I had trouble focusing.

But I would do it again in a heartbeat!

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