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> I found out I couldn't use contacts because my eyes were always too dry How are they, post surgery?
by outworlder 10y ago
> I found out I couldn't use contacts because my eyes were always too dry
How are they, post surgery?
- rabboRubble 10y agoSame question... I already have a minor case of dry eye. I've heard LASIK makes for dry eye and both my ophthalmologist and I are in agreement LASIK is a bad idea.
- jmartinpetersen 10y agoThe first SMILE procedure seemed much easier on my eyes, at least for the first days. Then it was horribly ruined by an antibacterial eye drop that we later found out that I'm allergic to. The LASIK procedure gave me a dry eye but they, sensible enough, switched me onto another eye drop, so it's hard to compare. A couple of months after, the LASIK eye is slightly more dry than the other. </anecdata>
- jmartinpetersen 10y agoIt's about the same as before the surgery - on the dry side. Right after it was rather brutal, I kept dripping my eyes every hour for weeks. It seems, though, that having air and wind move onto my eye actually helps as I blink more when I'm outside. But it still requires conscious effort to blink often enough, especially when I stare at a monitor most of my day.