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I've been considering PRK for quite some time, but am a little iffy on it due to the recovery time. I see some people saying it takes 3 weeks, others saying 7 weeks for a full recovery. Like many others here, I'm a developer so I have to look at a screen for a significant portion of the day for work. Do these recovery times mean no working at all, or just that it may be strained? I don't really get enough vacation time to be off work for that long :/

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For me, I was okay to code with larger fonts, frequent breaks, and lots of eye drops (good for healing anyway) after about 7 days. At one month I was 20/15, and no issues.

Omega 3 supplements help healing by helping tears coat better--can knock days off the re-epithelialization period. You should take those religiously.

I'm very happy I got PRK. Allergies, convenience, seeing my dirty shower; all better.

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