What is the recovery like after LASIK surgery?
LASIK vision correction is designed to promote a quick and virtually painless healing period. Immediately following surgery at our Long Island practice, your vision will be blurry. At this point, a companion should drive you home from the surgery center and you should lie down and relax to let the corneal flap stabilize. Your vision should be quite clear the morning after surgery, and you may return to work at this time. For four days, you will use drops to promote healing and fight infection. You must not rub your eyes for two weeks, and you should avoid dusty or gritty areas (baseball fields, construction sites, etc.), swimming, and makeup, in order to aid flap healing. At three months after surgery, the final outcome is usually stable and at this point it can be determined whether a touch-up LASIK procedure is necessary. Only 5 percent of patients require a touch-up.
