Navy embracing PRK at Naval Academy for Mids

[TheBubba]

They don't grind your cornea... They just sand off the epethelium (sp?), the little protective layer of skin the covers your eye.

 

[AppleCello]

No grinding or sanding. its Scraping!

They soften it with an alcohol solution then scrape it off with miniature Spatula/Scraper insturments... Its weird. Yes Im recovering quite nicely from surgery 2 weeks ago :icon_smil

 

[ChunksJR]

UGH...I wince at the thought of griding, scraping OR sanding...

 

[AppleCello]

You can't wince... they use eyelid expanders (like A Clockwork Orange...!) to keep you from blinking.

 

[pennst8]

You can't wince... they use eyelid expanders (like A Clockwork Orange...!) to keep you from blinking.

Not to mention some seriously "good" drugs.

 

[AppleCello]

I declined the good stuff. I took some basic pain meds--Neurontin, and called it a day. They numbed my eyes, no xanex or valium, and went to work.

btw... WE ARE!