Tracy has prescribed, as you will begin using them right after your surgery. You may want to eat a light meal no caffeine a couple of hours before coming to the surgery center. Do not wear any makeup, perfume, or jewelry. Question: I am led to believe that these are currently the most advanced laser eye surgery techniques to date. Numerous studies have proven this, which is a good thing.
Answer: Yes, we believe that a personal relationship with your ophthalmologist is essential to your care. Tracy will be there throughout the whole process, from your first appointment, to your surgery, to your last post-op visit. He will perform your tests at your consultation, and he will discuss your surgical options with you. He will also be the one performing the actual procedure, and he will examine your eyes at your post-op visits.
Answer: The actual treatment itself is painless, but you will feel a lot of pressure on your eyes when the laser is creating the corneal flap. You will be given anesthetic drops to completely numb the eye. After the procedure is finished, you will feel a sensation some patients describe as gritty, as if a lash is in your eye for a few hours.
Most people experience very little pain and need nothing more than Tylenol or Advil and a little rest time. However, you will be given pain medication just in case. Question: Should I have someone drive me to my appointment? Answer: Yes. You will not be able to drive the day of your surgery. Please arrange for a ride to and from the surgery center, as well as to and from Dr. Answer: LASIK involves using either a blade microkeratome or a laser femtosecond laser to cut a flap in the cornea, then placing it back at the end of the procedure.
In PRK, no flap is created. Instead, an Amoils brush is used to remove the epithelium the thin, outermost layer covering the cornea. This method removes the epithelium without alcohol and makes a perfectly round epithelial defect that heals fairly quickly. I opted for Monovision. My distance vision is fine but my reading vision is useless for reading. Is this correct? Is Restasis cyclosporin a good option? Answer: Ten days is far too early to judge if you will need a touch-up.
I agree that it will be three months before you can be certain of your outcome or even longer depending on how large a treatment how much of a prescription you had before the surgery you have had. There are lots of great treatments for dry eyes. Restasis has been shown to be effective in numerous clinical studies. Other good options are punctual plugs, doxycycline, and Intense Pulsed Light therapy.
Is sleeping in my contacts bad? Answer: The debris that gets caught between your cornea and the contact lens can cause dryness and scarring. Removing the lenses at night allows your eyes a chance to heal from hours contact use. Sleeping in contact lenses increases your chance of developing infections. For LASIK, the important thing is to leave the contacts out long enough both before your evaluation and before the procedure — 2 weeks for soft contacts and 6 weeks for hard contacts.
People who have early undiagnosed keratoconus often seek out LASIK because they do not see well with their glasses. Surgeons need to be very,very careful not to perform LASIK on this group no matter how motivated they are. Most surgeons including myself now believe that patients who develop keratoconus after LASIK always had keratoconus, but it was unfortunately not diagnosed prior to the laser surgery. It is a solid laser with a respectable record of safety for ten years.
I have heard good things about the Schwind Amaris, but it is a newer laser and has not yet received FDA approval, although it is very popular outside of the US. I went to see a specialist and he said that my left eye is just taking time to heal and the redness is fine. Is this normal and will it be okay soon? Answer: Painless redness that does not effect vision after LASIK is generally due to a sub-conjunctival hemorrhage from the suction ring and is completely harmless and resolves in about two weeks without treatment.
It is really just a bruise that looks bright red against the white of your eye and it will resolve over the next two weeks. If you begin to develop pain, blurred vision, or any other symptoms you should be seen right away. The blurred vision may be due to any number of things including normal healing. You are quiet early in the healing process and have already seen your surgeon.
If you are unsure about his diagnosis, you can always obtain second opinion. If it does not improve or gets worse or any other symptoms develop you should be seen right away. Today most refractive surgeons prefer to enhance with surface laser PRK which spares even more cornea since the tissue ablated is the flap. As a result, it is very likely that you can have further laser if you need it.
The one key issue is to be certain that your loss of clarity is due to regression and not to some other eye disease such a cataracts or keratoconus, which your surgeon should be able to determine by examining your eyes. There is a large degree of variability and even top surgeons are sometimes able to give discounts under some circumstances so the best policy is to judge based on the experience, training and reputation of the surgeon rather than the price.
I have noticed when I work on the computer I can read fine, but when I look up at a distant object my dominant eye is extremely blurry, non-dominant eye has fine vision. Blurriness goes away after minutes, but eye feels strained. I can still read small print fine. The dominant eye has been really dry since surgery. Cause of this? Answer: This sounds like accommodative spasm.
It is not caused by LASIK but people who formerly took off their glasses to read and wore them for distance sometimes only discover that they have it after refractive surgery. The most common treatment is reading glasses to relax the eyes during close work.
Your surgeon can test you for this and write you a prescription for reading glasses if you need them. One eye is still blurry at just about all distances - the blurriness does not fluctuate. The blurriness will go away temporarily with drops 30 seconds.
At two weeks I was told that I have dryness and inflammation, to continue using the regular drops, and that over time it would improve. How long for the inflammation to go away? Answer: Blurred vision that clears with use of artificial tears is generally caused by dry eyes.
If your surgeon has already found that you have no other issues such as flap striae, the first thing to try would be frequent every hour use of artificial tears to see if you can make your vision clearer while you are healing.
Another option might be punctal plugs. The eyes are still changing at that age and the risk of complications such as Keratoectasia are higher. My advice is to wait. The technology improves every year and time is on your side. Is it possible that the impact from running might affect my recovery or the healing? Or is there no risk involved? Your surgeon will see you one week post-op and at that time he should be able to you for certain, but be careful even a week after surgery.
It is best to approach exercise with caution for at least a month after surgery. I am considering LASIK surgery and have an upcoming vacation that will keep me away from too much eye strain for at least a week, which I hear is helpful. The only catch is I have to fly. Will the change in altitude or pressure changes affect my results or cause any discomfort?
Answer: It is best to avoid high altitudes immediately after LASIK surgery as low oxygen conditions can cause corneal edema swelling. Once the surface is healed usually one day airplanes are generally fine, but to be on the safe side it is best to wait a week to fly or go skiing and see your doctor for your one week post op visit before you go up in a plane or participate in other high altitude activities to be certain you are healed. Question: I had laser surgery done 4 years ago and still have starbursts, halos, and glares.
Is there any help for me? Answer: Most glares and halos appear to be caused by residual astigmatism after laser surgery. Your surgeon can do a careful cycloplegic refraction and if you have significant astigmatism may be able to repair it with further laser treatment. Alphagan-P Brimonidine eye-drops have also proven effective in treating glare and halos at night with most patients taking them daily at sunset. Dry eyes can also cause glare and halos. Finally, it is possible that your symptoms are unrelated to your surgery and are caused by an unrelated eye disease such as cataracts.
The first step is to have a thorough eye exam and cycloplegic refraction to determine the cause of your symptoms. Is there any different cure for curing myopia except for laser surgery and wearing glasses?
I have heard of Bates method therapy but I have not practiced it yet. Is this method effective and does it have any side effects? What about laser surgery? Will I be better off if I have the surgery done instead? I am 22 years old and have Answer: The Bates Method has never been shown to improve vision. Given your age and refraction, you may be a good candidate for laser surgery depending the shape and thickness of your cornea and any related medical conditions you may have.
If you have no medical problems and your corneas are of normal thickness, laser surgery may be the best option for you. Answer: Nothing has changed. Contacts work by changing the shape of your cornea, so your eyes need time to return to normal in order for your testing to be accurate.
Some surgeons only require patients to be out of soft contact lenses for three days but this is a small minority. Answer: Far sighted people do take longer to stabilize after LASIK surgery and the outcomes are slightly less predictable, but still excellent.
If the vision is still not clear after that time most likely the patient still has some residual refractive error and may require an enhancement or something else is going on dry eyes, cataracts, etc. The best course is to have a thorough exam by your surgeon. Answer: Past the age of patients lose the ability to accommodate. About half of these patients are candidates for LASIK with mono-vision, in which case no reading glasses are needed. Past the age of about 70, patients sometimes develop cataracts in which case they are not a candidate for LASIK.
Answer: The answer really depends on a lot of factors. If your vision was clear after LASIK and is now blurry that is not normal and you should be seen right away by your surgeon. If your vision is normal and you have no pain you are almost certainly fine. Having said that, it is always best to avoid eye rubbing if possible whether you have had LASIK or not. Since the surgery, I have not had any periods of sharp, clear vision. I cannot read signs while I am driving, I have to get closer to things to read, and I feel like I am in a fog most of the time.
I really did not expect it to be this way. Was I just not informed properly? I am a surgical resident, and I am very concerned because I will be returning back to performing surgeries in a few days. Is there anything that can be done to help me? Is the post-op course longer, and harder for people with higher prescriptions? Answer: High prescriptions DO take longer to clear up, as do far-sighted treatments.
Six days after surgery is far too soon to start worrying. Most likely your vision will continue to improve. See your surgeon if you have not already to make certain that there is nothing wrong, but please know that what you are experiencing is entirely consistent with normal healing. Will Visine be fine?
How long afterwards will I need them? Answer: You will use a steroid drop, and antibiotic drop, and a non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drop for about a week after your LASIK.
After that it is best to use artificial tears for up to six months to avoid dry eyes. Please do not use Visine! It is toxic to the cornea. Visine brand artificial tears are fine. Is it a one time procedure? Am I too young to get it? A 24 year old with corneas thicker than microns, a prescription of Wavefront also significantly reduces the chance of glare and halos at night. Answer: Numerous factors can effect how long your vision takes to improve after LASIK including your prescription far sighted prescriptions or large treatments take much longer to clear up , so your healing time may not be similar to your friends.
A week after surgery is still very early. Having said that, most people are noticing improvement by this time, so your surgeon will want to make sure that your intra-ocular pressure is normal and nothing else is affecting your vision.
In some rare cases, patients experience flap complications following surgery. When a procedure such as LASIK is carried out, which involves a flap being created in the cornea, complications can occasionally occur if the flap does not heal properly. Here at Optegra, we offer the very latest bladeless treatments to help keep the chances of these complications to an absolute minimum, and in the event that complications do take place, our ophthalmic surgeons are on hand to provide further treatment.
Experiencing some side-effects after laser eye surgery is normal, but if you find that you have any symptoms which are concerning, please get in touch with us. The sooner you speak to us, the sooner we can check to ensure that your recovery is progressing well and carry out any further treatment that may be required. We offer a hour helpline, so you can get in touch at any time. To help you get the best results from your treatment, we also provide comprehensive laser eye surgery aftercare to track how your recovery is progressing.
Read our blog about laser eye surgery aftercare explained for more information. Not ready for a consultation? Learn more about our range of treatments, doctors and hospitals. It takes under a minute to book your virtual consultation with UK's top rated vision correction clinic. How long does it take for vision to stabilise after laser eye surgery? Sensitivity to light In the period immediately after surgery, you may find that you are more light-sensitive, which may be disorientating as you switch between high-light and low-light environments.
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