LASIK Eye Surgery versus PRK Eye Surgery
There are two primary eye surgery procedures: LASIK eye surgery and PRK eye surgery. Your San Jose laser vision correction surgeon must first prepare your eye for the laser treatment. It's this set-up work, or procedural mechanics, before the laser is activated, that mostly defines the differences between PRK surgery and LASIK. Once the eye has been prepared for the laser ablation, it's the information technology, conventional or Wavefront guided, that tells the laser where to move.
San Jose LASIK Eye Surgery
In San Jose, LASIK surgery is perfect for those who have the ideal corneal features for this treatment, which requires a corneal incision to form a flap. The flap is then lifted, the laser treats the underlying tissue, and the flap is repositioned for healing.
PRK Eye Surgery in San Jose
Now if your laser vision correction surgeon deems your corneas are unfit for LASIK surgery, possibly because they're unusually thin, and that a corneal incision could therefore weaken the eye, then you probably will be PRK surgery patient (or LASEK patient).
In this case, your San Jose surgeon will remove the thin, outermost membrane of your cornea, called the epithelium, and then treat the exposed corneal surface with the laser (programmed with either Wavefront or conventional information technology). After treatment, PRK recovery includes the regeneration of the epithelium, covering the treated area.
