Laura Washington DC PRK Testimonial
Since was about 18 I guess first started wearing contacts, and I actually had a unique situation where I only had one bad eye, so for me I wore one contact lens. And I think for most people it’s usually pretty hard to detect and just kind of flows into their day well, but because I only had it in one eye I could always kind of tell it was in. So I was eager to jump at the chance and have laser surgery. It wasn’t necessarily a huge pain beforehand but it’s just become so much easier afterwards. My job, especially those days I forgot my contact lens, I’d come home with a headache just from reading. Having one eye be really bad and one eye be good really gave me a headache, reading all day long at a computer.
I don’t own a car in D.C. so I ride my bike around a lot, and being able to see the gradations in the sidewalk and not be thrown by them if I’m not wearing contacts is very nice. I think I just had a pretty flawless and ideal experience here. Both Dr. Clinch and the other associates here did a really great job in answering my questions. I had a couple unique concerns about what’s the potential of having dry eye for example, I think that’s what a lot of people worry about. And I ended up opting to have PRK even though I was a candidate for both surgeries, and for me it was a great choice because I haven’t had any of the side effects I was concerned about. And they helped me make a really good decision about which kind of surgery was appropriate for me given the conditions of my eye, and I felt very reassured that it was the right choice.