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A member asked:
Do cornea nerves that are severed during lasik regrow back to baseline? if so how longs does that take?
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Mostly Yes!: Depends on the method used. With the blade microkeratome lasik surgery, the regeneration of the nerves is much more delayed and virtually never complete. With the femtosecond laser like intralase, the recovery is virtually near complete.
Answered 5/6/2016
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May be months: Research has shown that it may take 6-9 months for nerves to reconnect, with any lasik flap. Prk or epilasik do not cut through these nerves.
Answered 3/10/2019
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Corneal nerves: Corneal nerves regrow after surgery and get back to very close to baseline over a period of months after surgery.
Answered 12/31/2012
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