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Lasik and Eye Allergy. Can I Get Lasik While I'm On Eyedrops?
i've been wearing lenses for 10 years( that never hurt me) and i got allergic conjunctivitis for 7 days i'm now on patanol and steroid and my doctor advised me to have lasik and told me that all the work is on the cornea and its ok to do while i'm on treatment. can i do it while i'm on the drops or should i wait till the allergy subsides and i stop the drops??
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maroo1011
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Lasik and Eye Allergy
It is not uncommon to see a spike of interest in Lasik during allergy season, because wearing contact lenses can be so irritating during this time of the year. There is no reason to postpone Lasik because it is allergy season. In fact, the steroid eyedrop we will put you on for about two weeks post Lasik will keep allergy symptoms at bay. Once you stop the steroid eye drops then you can resume an antihistamine eyedrop for allergy symptoms. I usually prefer if you can avoid oral...
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Allergy season and LASIK, Laser vision
Allergy season is actually a very common time of the year that patients are interested in Laser Vision Correction due to their problems with itching and irritation from contact lenses. It is no problem whatsoever to have Laser eye surgery during this season, and you can continue on your current medications. A few key points to remember: 1) the medicated eye drops we give you post operatively after surgery will take full care of your allergic symptoms, so for those first few...
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Mc Lean Ophthalmologist
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Allergies and LASIK
Those with eye allergies commonly want LASIK because contact lenses can make the allergies worse. There is no concern of the use of Patanol during the time of LASIK. Patanol has now been superceded with a once daily formulation called Pataday. Ask your LASIK surgeon for a prescription. Other drops used during this time may also be helpful.
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LASIK Lasek and allergic conjunctivitis
You can get refractive surgery while you have allergies
actually you'll be on steroid drops postop
so you'll have zero allergies this year because it's impossible to mount an allergic response on steroids
so this year will be your best season for allergies
and all future years will also be better because you won't be in contacts
Also don't forget there are now newer noncutting alternatives to lasik
These are called Lasek and epiLASEK
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