Wearing Contact Lenses After LASIK

Whenever you have surgery on your eyes, it is extremely important to take care of them afterward. Contact lenses have been recommended to wear after LASIK surgery, but there are a few facts and figures to be aware of when choosing the right contact lenses to wear. Since there are several different reasons for wearing lenses after LASIK surgery, your doctor will need to prescribe the appropriate contact lens for you.

About LASIK

• LASIK eye surgery corrects your vision by reshaping its front surface. It does this by removing minuscule amounts of microscopic sized tissues from your corneas. A potential downfall to LASIK is that the procedure may change the shape of your cornea, which would in turn disrupt your vision potentially more so than it was when you were wearing glasses before surgery.

Post-Surgery Lenses

• It is extremely important after LASIK surgery to wear contact lenses that will not harm your eyes, and that will protect them as well. Gas permeable lenses are the ones most often prescribed since they can improve your eyesight after you have had LASIK eye surgery and maintain their shape in while in your eyes. Because these contact lenses are smooth with a rigid surface, they can help correct any other issues better than eyeglasses could. Between your corneas and the gas permeable lenses are tears that have built up to flush away any impurities in your eyes. The tears cover the irregularities caused by LASIK surgery and the smooth lens replaces the irregular corneal surfaces. That in turn enhances your vision and diminishes any blurriness that has begun to occur.

New Contact Lens Technology

• A hybrid version of the contact lens is now being used after LASIK eye surgery. This lens has a gas permeable center, highly recommended for continuously correcting your vision after surgery. The lens also has a soft outer rim that aids in the comfort of the lens on your eyes. When both are combined, the hybrid lens corrects vision and forms to the shape of your eye while the soft outer rim allows for comfort and easy movement whenever your eyes move.