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We advise patients to not apply eye make-up for 3 days after Lasik. You certainly want to be careful when removing eye make-up during the first few weeks, and be careful about keeping it off the eyeball itself.
If you rub your eyelids after Lasik you could dislodge or wrinkle the corneal flaps that were created during your surgery and possibly cause permanent visual difficulties. When you apply or particularly remove makeup you should not rub horizontally on your upper eyelids. I am conservative and recommend no horizontal rubbing for one month after Lasik and after the month do not be real aggressive.
As you are aware, you have an extreme level of farsightedness (hyperopia), well beyond what can be treated with corneal laser surgery. LASIK and PRK can comfortably treat up to +4D and some surgeons will treat up to +6D. At your level of hyperopia, the best surgical option would be a clear...
Lasik does not induce ambyopia, a developmental condition due to eye muscle imbalance or large prescription differences between the eyes. Your difficulties relate to irregularities in the cornea due to your enhancement procedure. These irregularities can create quality of vision issues such as...
Understand that if your eyes were dry before surgery, they will always be dry. I’m assuming they are now drier than they were. Although it can take a year or more for dryness to resolve following surgery (you don’t say whether you had LASIK or PRK), at 7 months typically it has resolved for...
