Recovery Timeline
Monitoring the symptoms and giving rest to your eyes is crucial in the first 24 hours after having LASIK surgery. After someone drives you home, your eye specialist will most likely advise you to relax or take a nap and avoid watching television, reading, or using mobile phones, which might strain the eyes.
Symptoms you might face immediately right after the LASIK surgery consists of:
- Eye dryness
- Foggy or blurry vision
- Light sensitivity
- Seeing glares, streaks, starbursts, and halos while driving at night
- Eye discomfort, particularly after putting numbing drops
- Eye itching
- Burning sensation in eyes
- Eye irritation
- Bleeding in the eye on the white surface