LASIK and Allergies

Welcome to the unofficial start of summer. How are your allergies? If you wear contact lenses and suffer from allergies, you might feel miserable. Eye irritation, a feeling as if you constantly have something in your eyes, and blurry contacts, as well as runny eyes can plague contact wearers for the entire season. Surely, they think, there has to be a better way. Many LASIK patients actually decide on corrective surgery because of their allergies.

The good news for contact wearers is that they do not have to wait until the end of allergy season to get LASIK surgery. Many eye surgeons say that the steroid medication given to LASIK patients post-surgery will also help alleviate or keep allergies at bay. Prior to surgery, LASIK patients can continue to take any allergy medications they have been taking. However, these medications dry out your eyes, so limit your intake and use eye drops to lubricate your eyes more often.

Once you have recovered from your LASIK surgery, which may take a couple weeks, you may resume taking allergy medication as you have. However, you may notice that your eyes feel much better than they have due to the removal of the contacts you have been wearing.

If you would like more information on LASIK and allergies, please contact an experienced eye doctor in your area today.