Post operative care after LASIK Surgery
After your LASIK surgery procedure, it’s important to be mindful of the post-operative care instructions provided be your surgeon. By following the surgeon’s instructions strictly, you will be able to speed up your recovery.
Keeping your eyes closed for a long time immediately after the LASIK surgery is important, as well as keeping your eyes lubricated by constantly applying the artificial tears prescribed by your surgeon. This will prevent your eyes from drying up and being irritated.
Your post operative care also includes follow-up consultations for your surgeon to monitor your recovery progress. How many times you’ll go back for a follow-up consultation will depend on your current condition. You can return to most of your normal daily routine in as early as after two days. But the follow-up consultations could last from a week to even months.
After only a day, you will immediately a drastic improvement with your eyesight. However, you will only have an idea about the full effect of the LASIK surgery roughly after three months. It’s about that time that the quality of vision you have is similar to the quality of vision you’ll be having after your eyes have completely healed.