You can commence work as soon as you can provided this is not heavy duty manual work or risks exposure to trauma or dust.
Do not:
- Drive until your vision has cleared and you feel comfortable to do so
- Do any heavy lifting or vigorous activity for two weeks.
- Squeeze your eyes for 2 days after surgery
- Wear eye make-up for one week.
- Swim until your next review
- Wet your eyes for one week
- shower on the day of surgery. Do keep your eyes closed when showering for one week following surgery
- Travel by air for one week following surgery
- Can I wear glasses my old glasses after surgery?
Most of the visual recovery in the operated eye can take 24-72 hours. You can wear your glasses, especially if you need them for the unoperated eye, whilst awaiting for the vision for the operated eye to clear. Remember the prescription will be different and don’t judge your vision in the operated eye with your old glasses. Wearing the old prescription will not however cause any harm to the operated eye, but obviously not offer the clearest vision. Alternatively, you can remove the lens from the frame of the operated eye.