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As long as you follow normal precautions for anyone who has had recent surgery, cooking is generally fine after undergoing a Femto-LASIK procedure.
I am sorry, I may be late with this response. Cooking is usually not much of an issue unless you are going to have grease, steam, or other matter hit your eyes. You can also where some protection. Having said that I would avoid anything which could splatter in you eyes for at least a couple of days and if something does get in your eyes the worst thing you can do is rub them.As for the baby, most surgeons do not like you to be nursing when you have the surgery because of the hormone alteration which can affect your eyeglass or contact lens prescription. Not all mothers will have this prescription change. I would speak to your surgeon about nursing.
Dry eyes almost always resolve within six months after LASIK. The most superficial corneal nerves are cut during the formation of the flap, which then reduces the drive to produce tears. These nerves generally grow back in six months although cases of permanent dry eyes have been reported...
There are rare cases where even preservative free drops can be overused, but most of the time the answer is no.I applaud your dedication to the drops. If you are not feeling dry and they haven't noticed your eye being dry then you might consider slowly backing off under the supervision of your ...
If your vision is blurry even with your contact, you should have the scar addressed first before you consider refractive surgery. If it is superficial you may be able to treat it with PTK (surface laser) and then PRK with Mitomycin after it is healed and your prescription is stable.
The first thing to do is to have your surgeon examine your eyes make sure both eyes healing correctly and both of your flaps are in place! A week after LASIK, blurring can certainly occur with normal healing. One eye may be better than the other early on in the process, but most often they end...
The most accurate examination of your eyes is with leaving your contacts out for a few days to weeks so that the natural shape of the eye is measured. This is not as critical for glasses which can be changed relatively easily. For surgery, we want to know that we are getting the best...
Crying after surgery would lubricate the eye and lubrication with your own tears would generally be a good thing for your healing. However if crying caused you to rub your eyes, the rubbing action could cause damage.
