Wearing contact lenses should be avoided prior to laser surgery

Posted in Contact Lenses on September 15, 2009

Patients who look forward to correcting their eyesight with the help of laser eye surgery should avoid wearing their contact lenses prior to their evaluation for treatment. Reported in Chicago times, the advice is given by American Academy of Ophthalmologys, Marguerite McDonald.

According to the authority, people wearing soft contact lenses need to leave them out a fortnight prior to their initial evaluation for the operation. On the other hand, hard contact lens wearers need to switch to glasses at least four weeks before. Also, the ones who wear Toric soft contact lenses for correcting astigmatism should stop wearing them for at least three weeks before the evaluation.

Ms McDonald also said that the contact lenses can alter the shape of cornea and hence they need to be kept aside to help surgeons determine the eye problems appropriately. Recently, Roger Bliss shared his experience about Lipshitz Macular Implant in his eye to battle his age linked macular degeneration.

Mr Biss, the very first patient in America or Europe, said that the implant produced by Isaac Lipshitz, an Israeli doctor eradicated the blind spot from his left eye and enhanced his ability to observe in detail. So, if you are opting for a laser eye surgery, you need to make sure that you stop using the contact lenses prior to the diagnosis.