After your laser treatment is completed, some drops and a protective shield will be placed over your eye for protection and comfort and you will be given a pair of sun glasses to wear. While the actual procedure is painless due to the numbing eye drops, you will experience some slight irritation or low discomfort during the immediate postoperative period. With PRK one should plan to take off the day of the procedure and for three days after. This depends largely on the amount of correction required. Most people require a low to moderate degree of laser vision correction that should result in vision similar to that with glasses or contact lenses.
Vision is usually blurry in the first few hours after the laser vision correction procedure.
Laser vision correction is an elective procedure, which is paid for by the patient. However, the affordability of laser vision correction has never been greater. First, consider the cost of replacing your eyeglass frames and lenses or the repetitive costs of contact lenses. Page maintained by Darrel L. Conger, CRA .