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| After LASIK |
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After surgery
You should return straight home and have a good night rest for the first night.
Do not let the eye come into contact with water. Nevertheless, the patient can still bathe and brush their teeth, but must do so with extra care.
On the morning after operation, most of patients' vision has much improved and symptoms are gone but someone may still feel some irritation and stinging in one eye or both. |
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Follow up at Eye & LASIK Center |
The patient could remove the eye shields and turn up at the appointed time. Staff will clean arround the eyes then examined by surgeon.
You can resume your normal activities with a few restrictions. |
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You will be mildly sensitive to light and have the feeling that something is in your eye for 1 to 2 days. Sunglasses may make you comfortable during this time. |
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| You will need to schedule a 1week follow-up. This can be somewhat flexible (from 5-7 days after surgery).This 1 week visit is important for checking wound healing. |
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| Another 1 month, 3 months and 1 year follow ups are for observe stability of your eyesight after laser vision correction. |
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| Symptoms |
After your LASIK surgery, you may notice some of the following normal and usually temporary observations. |
During the first several weeks after LASIK you may experience: |
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Fluctuating Vision - Vision may fluctuate from day to day and sometimes from morning to evening as your eyes heal from the surgery. These fluctuations become less noticeable and eventually disappear as the healing process becomes complete. |
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Halos or Glare at Night - Some patients experience halos around headlights or street lights for the first few weeks to few months after surgery, particularly if they had astigmatism prior to surgery. These halos and glares will improve with time. |
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Dry-Eye Sensation - You may experience a "dry eye" sensation for the first month or more, especially if your eyes were normally more dry prior to surgery. You may experience mild burning, or a temporary blurring of vision as part of the dry-eye sensation. This temporary effect can easily be corrected by using preservative-free tears as needed for comfort. |
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| While it's possible you may experience some or all of these symptoms, many patients do not experience any negative side effect from their LASIK laser vision correction. |
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| Activity Schedule following uncomplicated bilateral LASIK Surgery |
Day of LASIK Surgery |
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The day of Lasik surgery should be a day of rest |
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Always be very careful about activities where the eye may be poked, rubbed or touched. Always avoid rubbing eyes for 1 month. |
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When showering ,do not let water hit your eyes directly. No soap or shampoo in the eyes. |
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Alcohol consumption is not be restricted |
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24 Hours After LASIK Surgery After having eye examination |
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Start using antibiotic eye drop as directed. |
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Apply face makeup (but not eye makeup or eye cream). No Sun-tanning cream on the face. |
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Driving is acceptable if adequate vision is confirmed at the post-operative evaluation. |
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Reading and watching TV is acceptable as long as adequate eye lubrication is maintained. |
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Do office work. Use computers (but it is very important to keep eyes well-lubricated). Avoid gardening, grass cutting and dirty/dusty environments for a week. |
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Restrict activities to light activities. With light exercise, keep sweat out of your eyes. A sweat band should be worn for the next 7 days. |
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Flying in airplanes is acceptable but keep eyes generously lubricated (every 30 minutes) - airplanes have very dry air. |
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1 Week (5 days) After LASIK Surgery |
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Water permitted to your eyes |
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Stop using antibiotics |
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Use lubricant if necessary or as doctor's suggestion |
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Jogging outdoors. Playing golf |
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Swimming (wear goggles), Snorkeling |
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2 weeks After LASIK Surgery |
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Eye makeup |
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Racquet sports - tennis, squash, racquetball, badminton |
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1 Month after LASIK Surgery |
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Scuba diving |
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Parachuting. Skiing. Sailing |
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Contact sports : Baseball; basketball; football; soccer, boxing |
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