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Can PRK be detected after you have had it done. Yes, No and why!!!!!!!!
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Can PRK be detected
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I thought that was the recline!
Rather than trying to hide your PRK, you should be making sure you have detailed and accurate records pertaining to it, specifically the Pre-operative eye exam, the records of the operation itself, and the post-op visits. If you've got all that, what's there to hide? A PRK waiver is no big deal, especially if you're stabilized 20/20 as a result.
--- and yes, even a precursory look at the corneal surface by a generic optometrist will reveal a laser procedure.
--- and yes, even a precursory look at the corneal surface by a generic optometrist will reveal a laser procedure.
I remember hearing anecdotal stories of someone getting booted for an integrity violation for using those contacts.
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First of all I am not trying to hide anything since I have not even had PRK done yet. And I have no idea what contacts you guys are talking about. I was just curious if PRK could be detected. I have a pre opp oppointment on the 28th of this month. So on the 28 of this month I will find out if they can do the surgery.
I talked to my eye surgeon today and he said that PRK can only be detected by "eye topography" (which all military branches do nowadays). He stated that if someone who had PRK done walked into some random eye doctor's office that the doctor would not know the difference. Just my $0.02....
Jeff29 said:So did your doctor get his degree online? If a doctor knows what he's looking for, he can usually tell by using a slit lamp (which all eye doctors use). You should get your $0.02 back
Wow...ouch. I didn't know that you were an eye doctor yourself. You may be right about "if a doctor knows what he's looking for", but once you are healed there should be no scarring. Like I said, if you walk into any random eye doctor's office (and he didn't know that you'd have PRK done), then he probably wouldn't be looking for it. The telltale sign is the flattening of the cornea (which is easily seen on an eye topography chart). I'm no eye doctor either, but I've done a lot of research on PRK and even had it done about a month ago...
Sorry, I just couldn't resist the online degree thing.
Not that any of this really matters, but pretty much everyone is going to have some indication of the surgery (scarring, trace haze, slight irregularities in the epithelium, etc). Over time, these will all dissipate, but c'mon this is a surgical precedure in which they literally vaporize corneal tissue (you smelled it, right?). A good doctor will be able to tell without a topo.
As for experience, you are right, I'm not a doctor. However, I'm pretty confident in saying that unless there is a refractive surgeon on the board, I am the resident expert.
Not that any of this really matters, but pretty much everyone is going to have some indication of the surgery (scarring, trace haze, slight irregularities in the epithelium, etc). Over time, these will all dissipate, but c'mon this is a surgical precedure in which they literally vaporize corneal tissue (you smelled it, right?). A good doctor will be able to tell without a topo.
As for experience, you are right, I'm not a doctor. However, I'm pretty confident in saying that unless there is a refractive surgeon on the board, I am the resident expert.
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