Hi, I just underwent Lasik 10 days ago. My opthamologist told me I can use as much artificial tears as I want. I read some articles say it's OK and others say your eyes won't produce tears on its own with too much use. Currently, I'm using the Refresh lubricant eye drops every 1.5-2 hours everyday, and at night apply the Refresh Celluvisc gel eye drops. So am just wondering if there's a downfall in overusing the artificial tears. If so, when I should start reducing the amount I apply.
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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...
