Immediately after surgery: your eyes will be protected with dark glasses with an elastic band to prevent you from accidentally rubbing your eyes. You’ll be seated in a reclining chair with your eyes closed. Your eyes will be examined a little while later to ensure you have had an improvement in vision and that the corneal flaps are fine. It may seem like you’re looking through a fog at first, but this will clear over the next few hours. Before you leave, we’ll give you something to eat and a well-earned cup of tea or coffee!

You’ll need to arrange to have someone to take you home as you won’t be able to drive and you may also feel drowsy from being sedated.

Aftercare: We shall provide you with drops and clear verbal and written instructions on how to use them, along with a list of Dos and Don’ts. A day or two later we shall examine your eyes again and after that you will have a number of follow up appointments to check how your eyes are healing.