Patients should not smoke in the early days after myopia correction surgery, usually within a month.
Myopia corrective surgery is currently the common means of treatment of myopia, there are two main types of laser surgery and crystalline eye posterior chamber IOL implantation surgery, no matter which type of surgery, in the early postoperative recovery, generally within one month, is prohibited to patients smoking.
This is because the smoke irritation from smoking can cause dry eyes and conjunctival congestion, which is not conducive to post-surgical recovery.
Generally, after one month or more after the surgery, when the patient has reviewed the surgical incision and recovered well, the patient can return to the original lifestyle, at this time, although you can smoke, but it is still recommended that the patient quit smoking, quitting smoking will help the health of the body.
After the myopia correction surgery, patients must be regular review, the doctor according to the patient’s recovery situation to formulate a treatment plan and make life advice.