I had PRK when I was 19 (almost 10 years ago) so I can say with confidence you'll want to go the LASIK route if you can. With PRK, they scrape away the outer la

I had PRK when I was 19 (almost 10 years ago) so I can say with confidence you'll want to go the LASIK route if you can. With PRK, they scrape away the outer layer of your cornea so a laser can reshape its surface. With LASIK, they cut open your cornea and operate on the lens itself. While cutting may sound traumatic, it doesn't affect your vision (they put a protective contact lens over it afterwards, it heals very quickly) and you come out of the operation seeing 20/20. With PRK, your cornea has to re-grow the cells that were scraped away during the operation which causes your vision to be cloudy for around a week. During this time your eyes will be painfully sensitive to light and you likely wouldn't be able to use a computer for 4-7 days. Another downside to PRK - you don't know how well the operation went until your eyes have fully recovered 2-3 weeks after surgery.