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text_direction=&#8221;default&#8221;]\n<ol>\n<li id=\"E436\" class=\"qowt-li-3_0 qowt-list x-scope qowt-word-para-0\" role=\"listitem\"><span id=\"E437\" class=\"qowt-font7-HelveticaNeueLight\"><strong>Epithelial removal:<\/strong> Instead of manually or mechanically removing the thin outer layer of the cornea (the epithelium),\u00a0Trans-PRK uses an excimer laser to remove it <strong>in a single step<\/strong>\u2014hence the term &#8220;transepithelial&#8221;.<\/span><\/li>\n<li id=\"E438\" class=\"qowt-li-3_0 qowt-list x-scope qowt-word-para-0\" role=\"listitem\"><span id=\"E439\" class=\"qowt-font7-HelveticaNeueLight\"><strong>Corneal reshaping<\/strong>: Once the epithelium is removed, the same laser reshapes the underlying corneal tissue to correct the refractive error.<\/span><\/li>\n<li id=\"E440\" class=\"qowt-li-3_0 qowt-list x-scope qowt-word-para-0\" role=\"listitem\"><span id=\"E441\" class=\"qowt-font7-HelveticaNeueLight\"><strong>Healing<\/strong>: A bandage contact lens is placed to protect the eye while the epithelium naturally <strong>regenerates over several days<\/strong>.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column_inner][\/vc_row_inner][\/tab][tab icon_family=&#8221;iconsmind&#8221; 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