If I am not suitable for PRK then is there an alternative?
Yes. If you are advised against PRK then this will be for a very good reason. It may be that you fall outside the recommended treatment ranges (prescription measurements), have an eye condition or a medical condition which would make it unsafe for you to do so.
If so then there is an alternative: implantable contact lenses, known as ICL are used on those patients who are unable to have laser vision surgery.
These lenses are similar to the ones you may have been wearing but the difference is that they are placed inside the eye, behind the cornea, rather than on the surface.
Visit our ICL section for further information.
Implantable contact lenses form part of a system of non-laser or ‘Intra-ocular lens’ treatments.
PRK Laser Eye Surgery Guide:
- Intro to PRK laser eye surgery
- Who should consider PRK?
- Is there an alternative to PRK ?
- What are the risks of PRK?
- What are the benefits of PRK?
- How much does PRK Laser eye surgery cost?
- What is the PRK procedure?
- How long do the effects of PRK last for?
- What does recovery from PRK involve?
LASER EYE SURGRY GUIDE
- Laser Eye Surgery
- LASIK Eye Surgery
- Wavefront LASIK Eye Surgery
- EPI LASIK Eye Surgery
- IntraLase LASIK Eye Surgery
- Z-LASIK Eye Surgery
- PRK Eye Surgery
- LASEK Eye Surgery
- LTK Laser Eye Surgery
- PTK Eye Surgery
OTHER EYE SURGERY
- RK Eye Surgery
- AK Eye Surgery
- CK Eye Surgery
- CLE/RLE Eye Surgery
- INTACS Eye Surgery
- Cross Linking Eye Surgery
- Blended Vision Eye Surgery
- Lens Implants
- IOL Eye Surgery