Yes. Ibuprofen is generally safe after LASIK for mild pain, as long as you have no medical reason to avoid it and your surgeon hasn’t
Yes, about 1 mg of melatonin is usually fine after LASIK, as long as your surgeon confirms it suits your other medicines. It won’t speed
No — you don’t need to stay in a dark room after LASIK. Your rod photoreceptors fully dark-adapt within about 40 minutes and become dramatically
No — LASIK does not fix binocular vision dysfunction (BVD). LASIK corrects how your cornea bends light, not how your eye muscles work together, which
No — laser eye surgery itself does not cause seizures. The excimer laser used in LASIK pulses up to 1,050 times a second — so
No — it isn’t true hallucination. It’s dysphotopsia: real light scattered by your healing cornea. A true hallucination has no physical cause at all —
Yes — most patients can drink coffee again within 24 hours of LASIK. Full caffeine tolerance returns within days, and almost no guide mentions what’s
No — LASIK is not cosmetic surgery. It’s classified as an elective, functional procedure that corrects a diagnosed refractive error — with its own diagnosis
Yes — blepharitis doesn’t disqualify you from LASIK. Your surgeon will want it treated and under control first — but most pages stop right there.
You’re not imagining it: about 1 in 4 LASIK and PRK patients in one study still had eye pain at six months, so it’s worth
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