Most patients are driving standard the next day, 98% of our patients at London Vision Clinic are within driving standard or better on day 1. Having said that of course the surgeon will do your first consult for you the day after your treatment and will be able to advise you on the suitability of you being able to drive that day or whether it is important to hang on a day or two before you are allowed to do so.
Generally we do the surgery and we advice people to keep their eyes shut not that if you kept them open it would be a problem but we advice them to keep their eyes shut for a few hours. So two three hours eyes shut and then rest for the rest of the day and most people can go back to work the next morning.
Mr Glenn Carp – “A prescription is essentially the patient’s refractive error. When the light enters the eye through the cornea and through the lens to reach the retina it needs to be focused on the retina. So any little refractive error in the pathway, whether it be in the lens or in the cornea in the front of the eye, will result in some de-focus in terms of the light reaching the retina. So your prescription essentially is just the correction factor to sharpen the light rays so that they do reach to the target.”
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The main difference between LASIK and PRK or LASEK is in the healing time. The refractive results are the same at about three months, may be even earlier by a week or two but in general terms it is the early phase where the big difference comes into play.
Most patients after the treatment will experience a little bit of discomfort for the first two to three hours. Patients traditionally will experience either a small gritty sensation almost like there is an eyelash in the eye or alternatively it is sometimes as though they have been chopping onions.
Need to have 24/7 access to the surgeon. We provide your laser eye surgeon’s mobile phone number to patients, as an emergency contact number.
Blurry vision is a common symptom to have immediately after treatment. As long as you are following all of the post-operative instructions provided in your aftercare package, the blurriness should diminish over time.
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