PRK surgery long-term recovery results *2 YEARS*: Elora Jean
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 6 ก.พ. 2021
- My eyes are still doing really well, more than two years after my initial PRK surgery to correct my vision. I'm happy with the results still, though I am experiencing some minor side effects I thought I would pass along.
PRK IMMEDIATE POST-OP VLOG (JUNE, 2018)
• My PRK recovery experi...
2-MONTH PRK POST-OP UPDATE
• My vision after PRK ey...
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FAQ's:
Q: I just got PRK recently, and still can't see. How long did it take until you could see?
A: Personally, I felt my vision was completely cleared up around the 1 1/2 month mark. For the first 2 weeks following surgery, I still could hardly see, between 3-4 weeks it got mostly better, and around 6 weeks was when I felt I could see perfectly.
Q: Were you in a lot of pain following your surgery?
A: I spent maybe 2-3 days in discomfort, with my side effects including dry, irritated and burning eyes. I never was in pain per say, but felt highly annoyed at the sensations I was experiencing.
Q: How soon did you go back to work if you couldn't see anything?
A: I returned to work immediately following my post-op care, which was around 1 1/2 weeks after surgery. I could not see, which was frustrating as I work a desk job, but I was able to squint and figure it out with extra effort.
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I watched your vlog during your first week postop, and here I am one year after my prk. Your video helped so much and informed me what to expect. Thank you!
You have a great attitude! And thank you for your service. My brother was a P.J. for 12 years and I served in the army for 10 years as an MP
Notifications SQUAAAAAD. You look beautifully as always.
Btw: You look happier, more confident. It’s a good look.
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Thank you for making this video and it’s good information. I’m 12 days in and still blurry and it’s driving me crazy. I know it will get better and I’m really happy I got it done.
Hi Elora. I'm happy your surgery experience is still positive 2 years later.
Cool to hear about this!
Elora thanks for this video, I had PRK about 18 days ago, Initial 3-4 days were good. Later I had this double vision and tough to see laptop and emails, I had consultation done and doc said everything seems cool and good recovery is happening. But I still have these halos during night time and difficulty seeing laptop. I have been searching all the internet to see if people with Prk done had these problems or not. With your video I am feeling little confident that I could regain my sight clearly with little more patient days. Cheers to you!
Any improvements
Any updates?
Any improvement please I’m really confused to go for PRK or not?
thanks for useful info. I'm in Osan AB in korea and a korean as well. I subscribed your channel to learn English. It's significantly helpful for me cuz you handled military stuffs and you talked a lot.
Thanks for your post EJ! It took you a month and a half?!? Damn this is supper annoying, it’s been 3 weeks and my vision is still blurry. Using the preservative free drops help a lot. I actually had Lasik done in both eyes but had to get a touchup in my left eye so I’m only partially blind in my left eye right now. It’s like watching old homemade videos from the early 90s compared to watching a video TH-cam in 4K on your iPhone lol.
I'm aboutt to get smile on the 24th. Wicked nervous but hell if i don't have to wear glasses then its worth the bs that comes with it. love your channel btw! Super positive vibes and makes me feel happy in these dark times thanks for doing what you do ! I can relate a lot ! You definitely got a new subscriber!
How was your experience with Smile? I’m looking into that as a better option.
Update?
@@Quissayilen @Lenny Cake it was totally worth it recovery was easy and a year later i see 20, 15 vision took about 3 months for eyes to heal but its amazing!
heal as in be able to see 20 15 but as far as pain goes it was only about a day lol but i slept through most of it.
So you're saying is that if you get dry eyes, you can poke your eye and make it water?
Love your mannerisms. Regarding night vision, and the halo's you said you use to see, do they still occur for you or has it improved?
Do you still feel that sharp gab? I’m suppose to get PRK in a week and I’m so scared. And that sharp jab feeling you experience might just make me chicken cause I know for sure that will bother me
I’m way tooooo scared AF to do this, but love the idea of no glasses or contacts. Thank you for sharing your experience!
You’re smart don’t do it people are beautiful in glasses
The procedure didn’t hurt at all.
Thank you for making these videos! I got PRK surgery on friday 2/16 so Im on day 5 now and have been going through pretty much the same things too! Got a little stuffed up from lots of drops but thats going away lol using ice packs helped a lot with the irritation along with the moisturizing drops. My prescription before surgery was about -6 in my left eye and -5 in my right lol so it was pretty bad. My vision on day 5 is still blurry but not as bad as before surgery. Looking forward to the end results!! 😊
Ps I love your makeup! Cant wait to be able to do mine again too! Lol
How is your vision now my friend?
I'm about to get PRK so that's why I'm watching this. Your experience is way different than another guy I watched. I'm curious to see how it goes for me! My surgery is in 9 days.
How did it go?
@@HolisticIz I got it done 4 weeks ago and I can see xray vision dude, everything clear.. glad I did it
@@lg8587 that’s awesome right now I’m 18 and I’m thinking about getting prk when I’m like 25
Helpful video, thanks 👍
I had PRK at Lackland in 2016. Before the surgery my vision was 20/400 (legally blind) in both eyes. My eyes didn’t heal to 20/20. I’m about 20/25 in the left and 20/30 in the right. I generally don’t need my glasses, and I’d do it all again in a heartbeat. From what I understand, the worse your vision is the harder it is for them to predict the right setting for how much to take off because everyone will be different even with the same vision.
How long did it take u to have clear visión? I had the surgery 15 days ago and I see extremely blurry. No pain at all but the blurriness is killing me cause I haven’t been able to work for two weeks
@@Belugabs I had clear vision in about a week. Complete healing for my vision to settle was about 4-5 months.
@@lifeguardman6 omg well there’s nothing more to do but wait :)
I'm afraid of haloes and starburst i saw some people had them permanently!
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Did u do monovision? If yes, how do u like it?
Do you still have light sensitivity to the point where you have to wear sunglasses outside?
K i already paid, i had to cancel my appointment because i just happened to get the flu. Now im thinking to geta refund altogether. The trade off doesn't seem worth it. I would love to wake up and not wear glasses or contacts but all this afterwards doesnt seem any cheaper, Infact it seems a lot harder then just putting my glasses on and starting my day with being able to rub them.
I had PRK after watching you're first PRK experience- thanks for the update
Are you happy you did it ?
@@ForzaTerra89 Yes 4+ years later happy with the decision
@@danielj7405 Mines in 5 weeks. Just afraid of some of the potential sides, but most people seem happy they did it
@@ForzaTerra89 did you do it? how are you now and how long its been? mine is in a month and Im afraid I would not be able to go back studing a week after
@@meirtouson1000 I did it yeah: I’m great, can see perfectly, no issues, no glasses, no drops needed. I don’t get light sensitive or dry eyes.
Everyone’s experience is different but to me it wasn’t as bad as what some people seem to have experienced. As a whole it was easier than I anticipated but there was a period of time between days 2-5 where things were a bit trickier, but it was always manageable. There was only really 1 day which was challenging but again I didn’t find it that bad.
I think after a week you could see a screen but maybe not full time hours, might be a bit soon. Things kind of look like they’re underwater a little bit when you’re ready but goes away on it’s own organically. I took 2 weeks off but could have taken 1 realistically.
I had a great experience but everyone’s different
What's your current prescription?
I'm on my day 5 of prk, now i can driver without problem, i never had any light sensation, i had a big double vision on day 2, it was gone on day 3.
On day 2-3 i had a pain that i never experienced in my life, i mean i couldn't even sleep i only slept 2 hours first day and 3 hours second day the pain was unsupportable for me. From day 1 at night to day 4 at night i couldn't even open my eyes, did you see when someone cut onion next to you and your eyes starts to close automatically? i was like that for 4 days i couldn't even open them for 4 seconds, anyway now i feel great :)
how is your vision now? do you have any side efects?
How is your near sightedness?
Did your problems resolved??
My brain surgeon advised against these surgeries because he said i have a thin cornea. i went through the screening process for 3 Laser Eye Surgery companies and they all said i did qualify and my cornea was thick enough. I went back to my brain surgeon and he still advised against it. Seeing as he makes $0 from saying "you qualify" I went with his advice.
smart. The eyes are essentially part of the brain and when eyes are damaged by laser surgery, the brain never recovers and the person damaged permanetly.
So like what happened with your career? Update! Update!
Hi Elora, are your eyes still dry?
Hey Elora,
Hope all is well.. I am not experiencing dry eyes, but i noticed in my left eye its not as sharp as it used to be unfortunately. My right eye is perfect but notice theres issues.
I had on my left eye -7.5 and right eye -6.75 so its amazing that im able to see clearly although it is still a bit blurry from looking at a distance.
Let me know your thoughts?
How are you today? Please tell.
@@nehasaini4170 did you do prk? if so how are now?
I had PRK and crosslinking 8 weeks ago and still have very blurry vision. I can't use my cellphone nor computer well 😪 My doctor asked me to use fluorometholone 4 times per day, but I feel my vision has worsened even more since I started with that medication. Does anyone have experience with PRK and the use of fluorometholone? Thank you in advance for your support!! Please help me!
Why u done crosslinking after prk
8 weeks fuuuck that’s not normal 😳😳😳😳
@@sadafafzal6601 because she had keratoconus
My Favorite Part of PRK and LASIK, is Watching the Laser in Action
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I done my prk 7 months ago ...but I have still blurry ....how many months it will take to view clear vision
I'm on day 5 and i see 20/20 on left eye and right eye is just -0.5 it really depends on the person i think
Yr bhaiya mera abhi tk blurry nhi jaa rha 7month ho chuke hai
Aapka vision clear hua ab
I'm thinking about it .
I think PRK is one of the oldest method of eye operation. There is a Transprk and it doesn't have so many side effects.
I had TransPrk almost 6 months ago and I am using eye drops every 30 mins! They are so dry and my vision is still blurry due to dryness!
@@UO12345 how is it now
Thank you,
Today is 5th day of my PRK surgery 🤞🤞🤞
How has it been for you since then?
Do you still experience night problems like the halos, night glare, etc?
I got PRK 6 years ago and I still get halos. do you get them too?
@@TTR210 yeah it has been 6 months after surgery and still have little halos at night. It´s like if i have astigmatism still, but only at nights.
@@TTR210 me too i'm on day 5 however i see that its getting away slowly and i'm afraid if i keep getting them a long time
I know it's been a while since this video had been out, but can I ask if you had a double vision and ghosting in one eye for a while? It's more like my life eye has a hard time focusing so it's double and realy annoying because when I focus on something my eyes strain pretty bad and it feels like I'm crossing my eyes.
It started after about 2 weeks post surgery and still there and it's 30 days post.
Does it get better please or something is wrong cause I have the worst doctor he doesn't really tell me anything 🥺
6-8 weeks usually is what I’m seeing
@@danielthrockmorton3457 did it happen gradually or did it just improved suddenly?
Cause The unfocusing is getting better slowly specially because I'm studying for my midterms but the ghosting is not getting any better and it's more than 7 weeks now
@@giynm4222 I’m sorry I don’t have much more information than that what I read and mentioned. Sorry for your recovery
@@danielthrockmorton3457is double vision is common after 5,weeks of prk is it cured😢
@@danielthrockmorton3457please tel me I am having double vision after 5weeks of surgery is it cured😢😢😢
I had my prk surgery and it’s been turning a month this Thursday 7.11.24 but why my near visions seems affected. I can’t read on focus or use my phones neither.
How old are u ?
I was looking in tri care and it stated they do not offer LASIK. Did you pay out of pocket for it?
I did not pay anything to receive this procedure. Not sure if it's different for military members vs. dependents (idk which you are sorry), but all I had to do was ask my optometrist and they helped me put it into motion.
@@EloraJean I’m actually AD right now and on tri care it states it doesn’t cover it 😢
@@jasro07 I would still bring it up to your optometrist, there could be some weird clause that isn't easily found by people reading the general information.
@@jasro07 I don't believe that the military offers service members LASIK anymore. What is now offered is PRK. Still a corrective eye surgery, and the better of the two.
LASIK is not permanent so you have to go in after so many years to get it redone. Army(or any branch) don't wanna be paying that money 10 years after you got out.
Also, if you looked on the Tricare page then it will not say it's covered. This is because that page is primarily for dependents and not active duty service members.
Check with your optometry clinic, they know exactly what you need to do to get the ball rolling. Keep in mind that everything will still have to go through your unit as well.
Edit: Active duty service members can get corrective refractive surgery, dependents cannot.
Im at 4 months now after PRK , left eye feels a bit funny , heavy a little bit but vision is 100 %
Hi what do you mean by funny 😭 im having discomfort on my right side .and no problem on left .
@@sapnachanu916 aapka eye 6/6 after prk kitne dino me huaa
Same problem with me yar I am in 5month
I had PRK, almost 7 weeks ago. It's still a little blurry, with distance and night driving is a bit challenging. However, I'm looking forward to the continued healing and end result.
how is it now?
Tell me bro what is your vision now bullery or not
@@MrBlue-me9cd much better. Every now and then, I experience blurriness. Definitely dry eyes after having adult drinks, but I don't drink often so it's ok.
@@hiteshyadav7323 much better
@@MakedaRucker-wk7mj do u also feel like one eye is better than the other?
Thanks for the great info. I had PRK done a little over 1 week ago and I still see blurry and experiencing the same as you. I’m in front of a computer all day because of work and struggle to put the words together. Im hoping my vision starts to clear soon because it truly is frustrating 😔 thanks and keep up the great work 👌🏼
I had done my prk 6 days ago...i could see 50 percent..and i hope it is normal bcoz i wanna get a clear vision
@@noorhasimahsidek5855 same here . My vision feels slight blurry. hoping it would be fine soon
I had PRK done last week, give it a month then you should have clear vision
Was it bladeless bro
@@noorhasimahsidek5855 mcmna sis punya vision skrg ok x
Few people have told me that they will pay for any type of cosmetic surgery is that true or something you have heard of? Sorry if you mention it before I hip hop around your videos!
Cosmetic surgeries are usually not covered by tricare, but for some reason....this one was? All I had to do was bring it up to my optometrist and they helped me submit the paperwork, and it all was approved for a covered procedure. I don't know the rules of it, sorry haha.
@@EloraJean got it, I was told about if you get paperwork saying that it can effect you or potentially effect you that easy get sign off for them to pay for it!
Thanks for replying!
Elora Jean This is not considered cosmetic surgery... It is functional.
I got PRK done in 2018 I couldn’t see until 6 months
Now u see every thing..distent face
@@sebastiangomez2770 thats normal your eye sights gets worst then it slowly heals and gets better. dont lift anything heavy just relax and dont rub your eyes because its still healing. my eye sight was 20/15 and then after it became 20/20. i reassure you everything is going to be fine.
I had PRK 13 days ago, now I'm still in blurry but thank you for the info now I know what to expect!
How is it now
@@ygbodybuilder3023 My vision gets a bit better (left 20/50, right 20/30), but still a long way to go. My doc said it's gonna take 3 months
@@joyhou2866 what about now
@@drakeandjosh007 I'm fully recovered! Perfect vision on daytime, night time with halo, but I can live with it
@@joyhou2866 hell ya that’s awesome I am getting it next month before enlisting in military, halo at night would suck tho, hopefully I won’t get that🤞🏼
Mam When does your bluryness stops??
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Hi beauty, do you still use eyedrop right now?
Any moment of blurry vision right now?
Can you see near object clearly?
I just got mine done 5 days ago, best decision of my life! However I find myself rubbing them hard in the middle of the night but thankfully no pain 😂
So basically it takes around a month to have a clear vision isn't?. I just had my prk 2 weeks ago. N hopefully im gonna have the best vision within a month. Can't wait to see everything in crystals clear. Thank for your sharing.
you will not be happy. sorry.
Don’t listen to these evil people. You’ll be fine. Take fish oil and vitamin c. It will accelerate your recovery.
@@user-nv1iy5gn7b lmao what a hater cry about it.. prk is the best
For me it's been a month and a week and still can't see shit
@@mrGatoSniper Been over a year for me and vision is damaged beyond repair. Blurry shit vision. Stay away from PRK and Lasik surgeries. One of the biggest medical scams in the history of the world and fake laser doctors belong in prison.
I had lasik with Guy olorenshaw in 2007,I was left with .75 astigmatism,blurry vision,I asked for enhancement and said he will not treat such a little amount of astigmatism,they told me so many lies brushing me off,I kept going back for 15 years and finally he agreed for enhancement,got prk and still blurry vision,very disappointed how they lie to people!!!!!
Why the hell would you get surgery anyway for 0.75 diopters?
I have finally stabilized, and am at -5.5D for astigmatism... One of the worse the optometrist has ever seen in her entire career... And only now am i even considering getting my eyes zapped...
@@sheldoncooper0 because.75 isn’t clear vision
How is your vision brother
@@shivampahuja2865 still not the results I wanted 👍
@@sebastiangomez2770 same happend with me . Don.t go for any surgery . Just wear glasses . Stay happy
In addition to tears, buy a anti microbial face spray. It helps me.
Day 10 and its still quite blurry I can neither read no. plates nor recognise distant faces ..though I am not facing any halos or ghosting but this blur is so frustrating.. please tell how long would it take to atleast walk confidently :(
How are you today?
@@mozak007 It took me the 4th week that I could see 6/6 and after 6 weeks 6/5 😍
@@saurabhpathak4305 good for you 😍
@@mozak007 yeah✌️
How are you feeling now?
My eye sight is still 6/9 and little blurry after 2 weeks of PRK. Is it normal?
U may have it for next 3 to 4 months
Hi how r u now?
If I have a visual acuity of 0.5 and 0.7, 3.25 dioptres and 1.5 dioptres with a corneal thickness of 600-606, could prk give me back 100% vision?
Yes, absolutely
Having perfect vision is a lie !!!!!
You got prk through the military right?
Yes she did
I’m thinking about trying to get it my vision has been deteriorating for a while. Idk if it’s because of the army or not
@@tonydawg you should. I'm unfortunately not a candidate for lasik or prk bur I am for ICL. Waiting on the military to give me a decision. Hopefully. I'm so tired of wearing glasses and contacs.
@@tonydawg they won’t do it unless your prescription stays stable
im on 5 weeks and my vision is blurry i can see better than before but im still not comfortable its like my eyes are out of focus, anyone had the same problem and know how long it took to no longer have blurry vision ?
How are you now?
@@are2842 im better, but i see better in the day time and when im insidr buildings like at work my eyes get tired very quick
I think it's similar for me. I'm 2 weeks post surgery and I am at 20/20 which is great. But I still can like ”focus” and see noticeably better for like 1 second and then go back to like a blurry 20/20 vision. Before the surgery, I was way better than 20/20 with glasses tho. My eyes feel like there just slightly out of focus like a camera lens when the auto focus is nit working lol.
Also at night I still have bad halos and starburst. Hope that will fade away too.
@@luk303 how r u now
@@ahmeydoo2328 I am okay. Still at 20/20, my vision stabilized a bit. But I am still nowhere near my eye sight before the surgery with glasses. In Germany, we use percentage and 100% is like 20/20; it is considered the perfect standard (everyone tries to get that). Now, I don't want to sound ungrateful. Beeing at 100% is great, I don't need glasses for anything in my daily life including working, driving, reading etc.
However, knowing in the back of my mind that beforehand I was at 70% without glasses and 130-150% with glasses and now I am at "only" 100% without glasses, it feels weird. Knowing I could potentially see better if I got new prescription glasses.
I did the prk lasik and i can nomore wear eye contact please consider this in the coming video
Yes you should not. It's literally harming your cornea and causing dry eyes. Please stop
Please research this surgery some have had severe side effects constant pain so do your research.
You have to use reading glasses, though. Then, your vision gets blurred again and right, you get double vision.
I don’t know if you’ll see this because it’s from a long time ago but you look like Christina Aguilera in Burlesque (even your facial mannerisms and vocal inflections a bit) in this video to me and I just wanted you to know that bc I would love it if someone said that to me so 👍🏼
Yup I saw that 💯
I regretted having lasik on my eyes.
This video came out at the perfect time. I am currently 15 years old planning on joining the Air Force when I graduate high school at 17, and I wear contacts and wanted to learn more information about PRK and I couldn't find much information regarding this subject. Thank you!
@ThatOne I turn 18 right as soon as my tech school would end (theoretically). The Air Force pays for PRK right? And I would have to get it done through them?
Did you lose your, near sighted a bit. I hear you lose of bit of close sight to get better far sight.
That’s sucks
Indeed you do lose it.
You don’t lose it.
If you are young no. If you are older yes. Myopia does actually help with near vision loss as we age, so if you have surgery to flatten your cornea it will affect near vision when you are older.
@@user-me7pn6kl2z Good info. Salute.
In some people their is no fix they live in constant pain and have found it unbearable do your homework
Good s.
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I had PRK and it destroyed my vision. It was the worse decision I ever made and it destroyed my life and has destroyed the lives of so many others. I didn’t develop any vision issues until about a year after the surgery. You may be fine now but you can develop vision issues and/or severe eye pain years after the surgery. You are also more prone to all sorts of things like corneal ectasia, detached retinas, early onset cataracts, etc. Even if you don’t develop noticeable symptoms, your eyes are still damaged structurally. The cornea was never meant to be cut open. I wish every single day I could go back and not have it and be able to have perfect vison with glasses and soft contact lenses again. Unfortunately, I can’t go back in time but at least I can warn others about how dangerous these procedures are so maybe they won’t have to suffer like me. Please do not promote these horribly dangerous and completey unecessary procedures. All you’re doing is potentially hurting others by encouraging them to go through with it.
They don’t cut your cornea open with PRK. They do that with lasik. With PRK they remove the top layer of cells with alcohol and that’s what needs to heal. No incisions at all.
I just got PRK on Friday, and today is the first day I'm not in any pain.
Tell me about your night vision. Mine is slowly improving
@@bonkersdonkers7381 So I'm a few months out now. I had mine done in February. My vision isn't perfect but it's well enough to drive. They tell me my vision is 20/25. My right eye has become slightly more blurry like I'm looking through a thin piece of tissue....so I'm going next week to the eye dr. To see if there is something going on.
@@bonkersdonkers7381
When did you have yours done? My vision was so weird that first few weeks....it would get better then it would get worse.
I'm glad I'm past all that. It was so painful!!
@@bonkersdonkers7381 haha you can tell I'm newish to you tube commenting. I'm sorry I didn't realize you asked about night vision. It's not great. I have halos and Starbursts.....but I can still see just not great
@@sandersen5372 ok same. I guess this is my life now. At least I have great day vision. I had mine 1 month ago
You should have a friend from work drive you
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