Things You Need to Know When Preparing for LASIK Eye Surgery

Aside from wearing eyeglasses or contact lenses, your vision can also be improved through LASIK or laser-assisted in situ keratomileusis. If you have just found out from your optometrist that you are a good candidate for this type of laser eye surgery, you must know that preparation is key to ensuring your recovery. Here are some of the things you need to know when preparing for a LASIK procedure.

Hydrate Before the Procedure

Unless otherwise instructed by your doctor, you must drink more water before any procedure, including LASIK. It is a great way to keep your eyes lubricated considering that temporary dry eye is a common side effect. Increase your water intake a few days before the scheduled LASIK surgery.

Stop Wearing Your Contacts

Before the procedure, your eye doctor will instruct you to discontinue the use of your contacts. If you wear soft contacts, don’t wear them for a week; if you have hard contacts, don’t wear them for a month. Wearing them can impact the results of the LASIK surgery. Consider using your spare eyeglasses for the time being.

Never Use Makeup, Perfumes, or Lotions

Before you visit the eye care center for the LASIK procedure, take a shower and make sure your face is clean of any contaminants. Wear comfortable clothing before you go to the appointment, but don’t put on makeup, apply lotion, or wear perfume. Hand or face lotions, in particular, can get in your eyes and make your skin greasy.

Tag a Friend or Family Member

You aren’t allowed to drive yourself home after the procedure. Get a friend or a family member to drive you to the doctor and back. Only after you’re done with the follow-up appointment with your doctor the next day that you are cleared to drive.
Six One Six Vision Center offers a wide selection of eye care services, including comprehensive eye exams and eyeglasses or contact lens prescriptions. Give our optometrist a call today at (208) 514-1858 or fill out our contact form to schedule an appointment. We serve residents of Eagle and Meridian, Idaho.

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To our Six One Six Vision Center Families,

Our office is fully open to serve your eye care needs. We cannot wait to see you in our office again! With the health and safety of our team and patients at the forefront of our minds, the following changes have taken place while we all do our part to fight this pandemic:

We ask that if you are experiencing a fever, shortness of breathe, or a cough that you reschedule your visit at this time.

We are asking our patients to complete as much of the typical intake paperwork and collecting of insurance information electronically to reduce the amount of team members they need to be exposed to at the office.

We have very strict cleanliness procedures for anyone who comes in to our office at every point of their visit to lower risk of potential infection.

Now more than ever, we need to take care of ourselves, our families, and our communities as best we can, while practicing safe social distancing recommendations. We will get through these difficult times together, and I promise you our office and our team will be here to support you as best we can during these changes, and will be even stronger once we can return to normal care.

Be well, stay strong, take care of each other.

– Six One Six Vision Center Team

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