After the surgery
Following your LASIK procedure
After the procedure, you will be escorted to a waiting area where you will relax. We will then verify your cornea and ensure the flap has begun to heal.
Make sure to wear the provided sunglasses (in your LASIK MD bag). Regular sunglasses do not provide adequate protection. Please follow the eye drop regimen recommended.
Please also refer to our post-surgery Recommended Activity Schedule.
To allow adequate time for your eyes to recover, we recommend that you anticipate taking the following number of days off work after your laser eye surgery. Please note that these are recommended guidelines and that it is possible to return to work earlier if your vision is good enough; some patients return as early as the next day!
Eye dryness is a condition that some patients may experience after having undergone laser vision correction. While this condition is temporary – lasting from a few weeks to a few months depending on the patient – there is a new treatment that can help alleviate dry eye symptoms, called comfort plugs. Read more.
At LASIK MD, our doctors have established many post-operative measures for our patients to reduce the risk of complications and to increase the ability for a successful recovery. However, it is important that you attend the recommended post-operative examinations to ensure the proper healing process and to be able to monitor the health of your eyes.
LOW RISK | MEDIUM RISK | HIGH RISK |
0-2 days | Four (4) days | One (1) week |
You may also have a LASIK MD co-managing optometrist or your own eye care professional to perform these post-operative examinations. However, this may entail additional costs that are not covered by LASIK MD.
If you choose to use your own eye care professional, your optometrist will be required to complete a post-operative form. After your 24-hour post-operative appointment, you will receive, via fax, mail or in person, your refractive surgical report and post-operative form that you should bring with you to your appointment with your optometrist.
Follow-up care is as important as the actual procedure. Find out more about the required post-operative care.
Following your IOL procedure
- Wear the sunglasses LASIK MD has provided you with. Regular sunglasses do not provide adequate protection. We also ask that you follow the eye drop regimen as recommended by your surgeon.
- Your initial post-operative appointment is mandatory, and will take place at LASIK MD in the 24 hours following your surgery. You will receive your appointment time immediately after your surgery.
- Following your 24-hour visit, you will be required to attend two additional post-operative appointments. Post-operative examinations are required at one to two weeks, and one month after the surgery date for IOL procedures. Please note that additional appointments may be required, depending on the recommendations given by the eye care professional or according to the eye’s healing process. Post-operative examinations are included in the price of surgery.
- If you choose to consult with your own eye care professional following your procedure, they will require post-operative forms. After your 24-hour post-operative appointment, you will receive, via fax or mail or in person, your refractive surgical report and post-op form for your own eye care doctor.
- Post-operative appointments at LASIK MD typically last only 15 minutes and are vital in helping LASIK MD staff guard your eyes against infection as well as to determine how the healing process is going.
- Please also refer to our post-surgery Recommended Activity Schedule.