subject: Tips For Lasik Care- Pre And Post Surgery [print this page] For many people wearing glasses may not bother but for a lot of others it is a seemingly unfashionable and annoying thing to carry the whole time. Reasons may be both, they dont want to have the look with glasses or losing and breaking pairs of glasses is what they are sick of. The social perception towards wearing glasses changes right from the first pair of glasses.
There have been constant efforts for treatment methods and ideas of being able to do without glasses. Eye treatments and surgeries as Lasik have become increasingly popular with its affordable price of treatment. Some foundations do it for people who cant afford as an act of charity. It has been proved as to completely harmless and most beneficial procedures as far as corrective eye surgeries are concerned. So if you are planning to have a laser eye surgery, you ought to know ifs and buts related to it with tips to take care for postoperative recovery.
* The first determining factor for you to have LASIK eye surgery is your age.
* Teens are not referred for such procedures. So if you are not eighteen years of age you are not the right candidate for such procedure and would be advised against it.
* Preferably dont wear 2 to 3 days colour contacts before consultation for surgery as this may interfere to the radius of your cornea. Dont push the doctor to do it on your time schedule, do what the doctor recommends and let him decide about the state of your eye to undertake surgery.
Just like any other surgeries even Lasik is not exception to side effects. But the potential benefits to its side effects that can well treated, has to be balanced to decide for such surgery. Medication which is prescribed by surgeons lessens or nullifies many of the side effects. It is also not at all risky to wear cosmetic contact lenses after the surgery provided it is done under doctors supervision and only after your eyes are completely healed.
The days following surgery your eyes get prone to blurred vision or tearing often or suffer dry eye so best way to avoid such complications to occur is to follow the aftercare tips such as:
* Use of sunglasses and protection from UV exposure is very much required after surgery.
* Eye strain and stressful activities for eyes has to be avoided and allow as much rest as possible.
*Strong deodorants, perfumes, smoke and dust have to be avoided.
Proper knowledge and recovery tips can get you better eye sight for life time.
