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Wavefront Guided Photorefractive Keratectomy (PRK) Patient: Me Surgery: Wavefront Guided Photorefractive keratectomy (PRK) Excimer Laser: Carl Zeiss MEL 80â„¢ Location: St. Lukes International Eye Institute Doctor: Richard Nepomuceno, MD Note: Few years ago i got this Corneal Ulcer which left a scar in my Eye, you’ll be able to notice it in the video.
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hmm, probably around $1.5k in dollars i reckon
LOL. so how much in dollars total for both eyes?
“bandage” lens :]
You mentioned that there are no flaps involved in PRK…but what was that lense that was place in at the very end?
around 70k in Philippine Peso :]
I have a scar in the my left eye due to Acanthamoeba keratitis 3 years ago.
I”m thinking of getting this done. How much total for both eyes?
no flaps in PRK charles, so no flap related complications will happen. :]
Is this better tha lasik? Is it right that prk flap fully heals?
i couldn’t agree more :]
Congrats daryltanael on a successful PRK surgery. I had mine 2 years ago. It was worth every penny. I’m sure you can agree?
nah not really
so before this did u see like a black thing every where you looked
i got prk a month ago, scarring, continuing fml 4x daily.
np : )
thanks for posting this!
unfortunately it didnt remove the scar, but made it smoother somehow, thats fine, excellent thing the scar is not dead center in my eye “,
no scarring by the wavefront prk, vision is 20/20 after 6 months, overall vision is 100% better!
Thanks for sharing!! I am pleased for your success. I’m a corneal transplant recipient and I will be getting Wavefront PRK in the next few months. I hear night vision can be tough for a while too. Fantastic video!
after 3 months, i’m 20/20 both eyes open. basically prk laser made the scar “smoother” it wont remove the scar per se. excellent thing the scar is not in the middle of my eye : ]
How is your overall vision now? Did PRK remove the scar?
corneal scar @ 5:00+++