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What makes you a good candidate for prk (photorefractive keratectomy) eye surgery?
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A number of things: Refractive error that is not amenable to lasik, complete understanding the of results and limitations of the surgery, healthy eyes. Discuss this with your eye surgeon.
Answered 1/23/2014
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