How to Care for Your Eyes Post LASIK Surgery

Along with preoperative, post operative care is also important to ensure success of the surgery. You doctor will obviously provide you with all the instructions required, but it will only help if you know beforehand.

There is bound to be some discomfort and you will face the following symptoms:
• Mild pain, irritation and itching for a few days after operation
• Blurry or hazy vision and sensitivity to light for about a week after the operation
• Halos, glares, starburst are also quite normal for up to 4 weeks after surgery.
• Fluctuations in vision for up to six months after surgery.

In some cases your doctor might prescribe a pain reliever to give you some relief. It is important that you do not scratch or rub your eye as this will damage the flap and not allow it to heal. It is obvious that you might not be able to go to work and your routine will also get disrupted. During this time, it is advisable to have help at home and preferably get someone to drop and pick you up from the clinic.

If your symptoms get worse instead of better you need to visit your doctor immediately without waiting for the scheduled visit. Regardless of your symptoms, you must visit your doctor within 24 to 48 hours of the surgery.

Your eye will be quite sensitive for a few months after the surgery, and is susceptible to much damage by any strenuous activity. Hence it is imperative that you do not:

• Indulge in any kind of sport for 3 weeks after surgery
• Indulge in any strenuous or contact sports (sport that involves direct contact with face) for 4 weeks
• Indulge in swimming or use a whirlpool or hot tub for 8 weeks
• Use make-up, creams or lotions around the eye for about two weeks after surgery

It is important to realize that vision stabilization will take a few months, and during this period halos and glares will persist. Hence you need to wait for at least six months before going in for enhancement surgery. Also note that although enhancement surgery will improve vision, it is unlikely that symptoms of glares and halos will improve. Another point is that the FDA does not conclusively state the safety or guarantee of any enhancement surgery.

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