Lasik Eye Surgery FAQ:
When you go into surgery for lasik eye, how long does it take to see after words with out being blurry? Hours, Days?
When you go into surgery for lasik eye, how long does it take to see after words with out being blurry? Hours, Days?
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for most people…instantly. as soon as you sit up from the table
For me, hours. I was -8.5 and had lasik 3 months ago. Could see more clearly at distance immediately afterwards although it was very fuzzy, like looking through a lens smeared with vaseline. It was sharper by the following day and I was able to read and watch TV from the evening of the surgery, but wasn’t confident seeing sharply at distance for a couple of days (so didn’t try driving for a few days afterwards).
I’ve ended up slightly under-corrected and still need glasses for driving (-1.25 in my now worse eye) and may end up having an enhancement procedure later this year. But overall it’s been great being able to see!
You can generally see “something” right after you get up from the bed. You are actually quite comfortable for about 10 minutes after the procedure. Then it starts becoming uncomfortable with a foreign body sensation, grittiness, lots of watering, and an inability to keep the eye open. This starts lessening after 2-3 hours, and this discomfort goes away completely in 24 hours. All this while, your vision also starts improving (there is blur which starts clearly slowly). In about 12 hours, one should have pretty clear vision, and you should be able to begin driving and so on. In 24 hours, you should have as good, or only slightly inferior vision than what you had before LASIK with your spectacles.