With LASIK, the most important thing to remember following the surgery is to not rub your eyes! Patients will be given eye shields to wear at bedtime, and advised they must refrain from rubbing their eyes during the day. Patients should avoid being in a dirty or dusty environment for a few days, as this might cause irritation. In addition, we do not recommend scuba diving or swimming for the first two weeks. In general, there is minimal discomfort with LASIK. This discomfort is usually controlled with simple topical drops. Vision typically recovers within the first day, and most patients report a full recovery within the first week.

With LASEK, we recommend that patients avoid being in a dirty or dusty enviroment until the epithelium is completely healed, approximately four to five days, or until given clearance by Dr. Snyder. We do not recommend swimming for at least two weeks.