Wearing Contact Lenses for Short Time Before Lasik?

It is not possible to give a complete answer to this question because it depends on many factors. In general, soft lenses have a more limited effect on the stability of the baseline refraction before LASIK than hard or gas permeable lenses. If you are wearing the hard type, it may take longer for your eyes to stabilize. In addition, toric or astigmatism correcting soft lenses also can distort the eye shape for some period of time.
It may be possible to have your consult, but what we look for is several measurements separated in time with minimal change to the refraction or we might not give the best results possible for a particular patient. There are other things we can look at such as topography patterns and other technical information.
The basic concept is that we want the eyes to be at their baseline level without the influence of contacts since there will not be contacts influencing the eye after the LASIK procedure. Sometimes contacts can change the prescription, and hide some of the correction that is necessary and this could result in a higher chance of needing a second surgical procedure.

You are ready for your consultation. 72 hrs without the use of soft contacts is enough prior to the exam.

We recommend the holiday from contacts prior to consultation and surgery for your own good. We want to make absolutely sure your corneas are their true shape and not an altered shape from wearing the contact lenses. Saying that, your little dalliance in lenses is probably OK, but don't push the limits on that. I often say that leaving your contacts out prior to LASIK is the hardest part of the procedure!