Laser eye surgery is a popular and effective way to improve vision, but it's important to follow the aftercare instructions to ensure a successful recovery. After laser eye surgery, you should avoid swimming pools, hot tubs, saunas, and other bodies of water for at least two weeks. You should also avoid watching TV, reading, or using the computer for the first 24 hours. Even after this waiting period, you may need to use lubricating eye drops for a short time until your eyes are fully healed.
It's also important to rest your eyes and give them time to heal. At the first postoperative visit, the doctor will remove your eye protector, check your vision, and examine your eye. If you can, for the first week after surgery, try to avoid getting water in your eyes, and you are not allowed to wear eye makeup for the first 7 days. You should also wear sunglasses when you are outside and use the eye protectors provided when sleeping.
If your eye doctor prescribed medications or eye drops, take them as recommended and do not stop using them unless directed by your surgeon. It is important that you use this protector to prevent rubbing your eye and putting pressure on your eye while you sleep, and to prevent accidental bumps or punctures of the eye until the flap has healed. The level of discomfort during the recovery time from laser eye surgery varies from patient to patient and also depends on the type of laser eye surgery that was performed. The surgeon will give you specific aftercare instructions along with other restrictions after laser eye surgery.
After LASIK and LASEK laser eye surgery, you'll initially feel some discomfort as your eyes begin to heal. Make sure to follow all of these instructions carefully in order to ensure a successful recovery from laser eye surgery. If you take care of your eyes after laser eye surgery and follow the recommended aftercare and restrictions during the recovery period from LASIK surgery or another recovery period from laser surgery, you'll get the best results.
