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I am assuming that you are worried about possible windy conditions aboard a ship. The flap will be secure enough after 2 weeks that wind would not be a concern although dust or other airborne debris might irritate your eyes. If the wind on the deck is strong enough at night that it would bother your eyes, you should stay indoors. If your eyes feel comfortable, you would be fine. Enjoy the cruise.
LASIK flaps generally do not move without substantial trauma after one week. I discourage patients from riding a motorcycle without goggles for the first week. I suggest to avoid swimming for two weeks to prevent infection. By the end of two weeks, there are few other restrictions other than limiting UV exposure by wearing sunglasses during the day.
your flap should be pretty much secure after 2 weeks, most flap dislocations happen before 2 weeks, you should not play any contact sports, however, as then the flap may come back up and you will be on a cruise ship, or if you do so i would wear sports goggles, like the kind james worthy used to wear in the NBA also don't swim in the ocean with your eyes open, that's not so great for your cornea also wear sunglasses when in the bright sun as excessive UV rays in the immediate postop period can be harmful other than that, you should be fine i just am curious: i don't mind answering complicated questions that a person's surgeon cannot understand, as i own a tertiary-care, referral practice exclusively devoted to refractive surgery, and i did do a fellowship in corneal transplantation and refractive surgery however, this is a question any surgeon can answer, so did your surgeon not answer fully, or did you just not ask him/her directly?:)
You sound like a great candidate! If your corneas are thick enough and you have normal corneal scans. So long as you are free of other serious diseases or high risk medications, you should be perfect. It sounds like you are a perfect candidate for LASIK and can correct your vision to...
You can't get LASIK if you have thin corneas you can only get a surface ablation which doesn't cut a flap so is safer for thin corneas the old method of this was PRK, which i stopped performing in 1999 the new method is called Advanced Surface Ablation, or ASA this means LASEK or...
It is not uncommon to see a spike of interest in Lasik during allergy season, because wearing contact lenses can be so irritating during this time of the year. There is no reason to postpone Lasik because it is allergy season. In fact, the steroid eyedrop we will put you on for about two...
After Lasik, one eye can heal differently than the other. They usually get to the same great endpoint but at different speeds.The causes can be many: dryness (unfrozen autologous serum drops work quickly), corneal toxicity from drops or the generic versions, left over prescription ( it's too ea...
The LASIK procedure itself lasts about 10 minutes. Less than a minute of that time involve the actual laser treatment. You will be watching a blinking light and be under topical anaesthetic for the duration of the treatment. You should discuss with your neurologist if any...
The risk of corneal thinning (ectasia) after LASIK is extremely low if the proper precautions are taken and the correct procedure is performed. Even in the few cases where corneal thinning does occur, it's unusual for this to progress to the point where a corneal transplant (PK) is required.
