Can I Drive Home After LASIK?

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NO! After your LASIK eye surgery, you must have someone pick you up and bring you home to relax or take a nap.

Driving is not recommended immediately after surgery and until your vision is checked that you can legally drive without corrective lenses/glasses. For thesereasons, it is best and safest to leave the driving to someone else immediately after your surgery!

While some patients notice clearer vision immediately after LASIK surgery, the vision is not sharp. It is like looking through water. Additionally, the mild sedative we give before the LASIK surgery to help you relax will also make you feel a little drowsy.

When the effect of numbing drops starts to fade later (4-5 hours after surgery), you will have some blurriness and sensitivity to light causing your eyes to water which will also affect your vision for driving safely.

We will provide you with eyewear after your LASIK surgery, we recommend you wear these after your surgery until you are seen in the office the next morning. During this immediate post-surgery period, we recommend you sleep and rest your eyes as much as possible.

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