Hey all, I know some of you has been asking me how much did I spend on my recent LASIK surgery, so I scanned a picture of the flyer that I gotten from VISTA.
The one I did was iLASIK2 and the price above is for the procedure, not inclusive of the pre-surgery eye test. As mentioned in my first blog post on LASIK, VISTA is not doing the Aspheric lasik anymore as they do not have the machine here. You would have to travel to JB if you are keen for it as that's the only branch with the machine available.
And of course, the famous question..
"IS IT PAINFUL?"
Answer: NO.
It's not painful at all, just slight discomfort here and there as they put on the suction piece and also the metal eye opener piece, other than that, it's all good. Except the 5-6 hours stinging sensation after the procedure but it's bearable, just a little like shampoo entered your eyes. Of course, you can read all about my experience on the surgery day here.
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Now, back to my post's title, Post-Surgery Care for LASIK.
I would like to share some tips and dos-and-don'ts from my experience.
1. Do drop the eye drops on time and per prescribed by the nurse as it is crucial for the recovery of the cornea flap.
2. Wear your sunvisor at all time when there's bright light or else you might suffer a headache afterwards.
3. If you are using a shower head, do consider wearing your sunvisor when taking your shower. I am personally doing this everyday. You might think this is funny, wearing sunvisor in the showers but after your shower, check the surface and you'll notice how much tap water would have been in your eyes if you didn't protect them.
4. Some said not to wash your face and hair for a week. Eww! Definitely a NO-NO for me! My tips for both..
Face: Gently pat water on your face, avoiding the eye areas. Bubble up your facial wash on your palm and slowly apply them on your face, again avoiding eye areas. You may want to do this in front of a mirror as it'll be easier. Then, wet a piece of cotton and slowly clean off the facial wash. As for the eyes, wet a piece of cotton and dab gently to clean. You might find some sticky residue when you are cleaning, these are from the dried up eye drops. Just gently dab on them to clean.
Hair: I used a water pipe connecting to the tap instead of the shower head as the water spray from the shower head is wider and therefore higher chance of getting tap water into your eyes. Control the level of water flow and tilt your head to the back to slowly wet the hair. I find tilting back is much easier and cleaner than tilting forwards plus it can reduce the strangles.
5. Wear the pair of transparent eye shields to sleep! They are really useful for people like me who loves to sleep sideways. If you love sleeping face up, do still wear them as it can protect you from rubbing or scratching them while you are in Dreamland.
6. NO MAKEUP. No eye shadow for a week and no eyeliner + mascara for a month.
7. Go for your follow-up checkups; 1 day, 1 week, 1 month and 12 months after the procedure.
I guess those are some of the tips I can think of for now. Shall update if I can think of any.
Hope it helps! (:
Much loves, xoxo.
