All About Lasik Surgery

PRK Eligibility

PRK, Photorefractive Keratectomy, is a Vision Correction surgery you can probably have if you are not a good LASIK candidate. About 80% of the adult U.S. population qualifies as potential PRK candidates.

There are fewer criteria for PRK eligibility than there are for LASIK. If you have thin corneas, large pupils and/or severe nearsightedness (as opposed to mild or moderate nearsightedness), you would probably not qualify for LASIK. But you could probably have PRK.

LASIK can treat nearsightedness up to about -10 D so if you are more severely myopic than that, you could … Continue Reading