Long Term Effects of Thc Induced Vasodilation During Lasek Healing Period?

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I have damaged my eye with smoking weed after surgery - this is what i have found on the internet "Vasodilation is a symptom from THC in the blood stream. every cell in your eye is altered in location, shape, or pressure. While healing, this can cause your cornea to heal differently than expected, the cells in your eyes may receive to much, or not enough of what they need to survive and heal " - i know this is what i have done and i have massive headaches ever since, what are long term effects ?

Emil William Chynn, MD, FACS, MBA · Answer

i don't know why people think that what they read on the internet is remotely reliable;)

	you didn't damage your eyes permanently by smoking pot post-LASIK or LASEK

	the reason you're not supposed to do this is that the smoke irritates the cornea, and can actually cause a relative anesthetic cornea, so you don't feel your cornea normally, don't blink normally, and dry out the surface, which delays healing

	all you have to do is not smoke for a month and take lots of preservative free artificial tears in vials, like one drop every hour, and get more sleep than normal

	once you're 20/20, then i guess you can go back to weed, which is pretty much what i tell my pot-head patients;)

	the thing about the pressure in your eye or whatever is totally wack (and i don't mean like crack!) pot can cause the pressure in your eye to go down, which is why some pot-heads ask me to prescribe it for glaucoma, but i always refuse, as there are many great glaucoma drops out there now, so i haven't seen a single case when a patient's IOP cannot be controlled with modern meds but can be controlled with pot. once i find that unique patient, then i'll be happy to prescribe for medical marijuana!:)

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