Can I ride a bike 1 week after lasik with sunglasses?

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I had lasik one week ago and I'm a serous bike rider, I train and race, can I ride my bike without any worry? Rode yesterday with sunglasses and worried all the way!

Joseph Dello Russo, MD · Answer

When bladeless LASIK is done well:  I allow my patients to resume full physical activity the day after LASIK. If the surgery has gone well there is no reason to restrict physical activity.  The only restriction is not to move the flap, which means not to rub your eyes for two weeks. This opinion. Is based on 24 years with over 150,000 surgeries.  So my opinion has a firm base. The physical activity restriction is a hold-over from the 70's when we were doing RK, was prior to laser surgery. The cornea was unstable for months. Rk was introduced by a Russian surgeon who did demonstrate that changing the shape of the cornea by placing radial cuts in the cornea. Dr. TROKEL in 1987 did prove that changing of the corneal shape by using a safe laser was the way to go. Congratulation Steven!

Michael K. Tracy, MD · Answer

A week after LASIK is probably too early to ride a bike at a racing level.  The epithelium has healed but it is fragile and minor trauma can displace your flap. After about a month the flap is pretty stable but you should always be careful.  Remember, the flap lasts forever.

Richard A. Norden, MD (in memoriam) · Answer

You can ride a bike one DAY after LASIK. Exertion at 100% is allowed from the first day on. The most important thing to know is that you must protect your eyes from trauma in the early post-LASIK period (not a bad idea to protect them forever!).

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