Smoking is not recommended for one week after full femtosecond surgery, and patients still need to minimize smoking once their condition has stabilized after surgery.
When smoking, the smoke tends to adversely irritate the cornea of the eye, causing discomfort such as tearing, dryness, and pain, which in turn may affect the healing of the corneal incision. This adverse irritation can be reduced after about a week as the patient recovers from the surgery. Therefore, it is recommended that patients avoid smoking for one week after full femtosecond surgery.
Patients may experience discomfort such as dry eyes and foreign body sensation after full femtosecond surgery. If excessive smoking occurs, the smoke may easily lead to rapid evaporation of tears from the ocular surface or instability of the tear film, which may aggravate the discomfort such as dry eyes, and the patient needs to minimize the use of tobacco.
It is recommended that patients follow the doctor’s instructions for care after full femtosecond surgery, have regular checkups, and consult a doctor promptly when discomfort occurs.