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Is it safe to gently rub your eyes 3 days after LASIK?

kexin22Feb 2, 2018
80 hours day 3: I do not have blurred vision and redness of the eye. But just feeling abit weird or itchy like some nerve slight twitching on the right eye lid. Dunno it is cause by psychological anot. Can slight wrinkle or dislodge of the flap be happen even though I do not experience any blurred vision? Will it affect my healing and the eye power in the future?

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Answered on Feb 27, 2018
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