HOW LONG BEFORE I CAN ENJOY SPORTS AGAIN AFTER LASER EYE SURGERY?? mp4

Keep your eye on the ball without the inconvenience of corrective lenses. Improve your golf game? These are very common reasons why patients opt to have laser eye surgery at the Wellington Eye Clinic. But how long can you expect to be out of action following a procedure? How long before I can enjoy sports again after laser eye surgery? The answer to this question depends on to a great degree on which type of laser eye surgery that you have. There are three types of laser eye surgery. LASIK, LASEK or PRK, and SMILE. LASIK is where the doctor creates a flap, and generally recovery is faster. If you have LASIK done then you can go back to things like golf and running and those sorts of things within a day or so. If you want to go swimming you would wait for a couple of weeks. Although it is advisable to wear goggles for two weeks after the initial two week period. In the event that you do contact sports like karate, boxing or rugby you should generally wait for six weeks. As a guide: Boxing - 6 weeks Bungee Jumping - 6 weeks Cycling - 1 day Soccer - 6 weeks Football GAA - 6 weeks Golf - 1 day Gym - 1 day Horse riding - 2 weeks Hurling - 6 weeks (if you always wear a helmet, 2 weeks is sufficient) Jogging - 1 day Karate - 6 weeks Parachute Jumping - 4 weeks Rugby - 6 weeks Sailing - 2 weeks SCUBA Diving - 3 months Skateboarding - 1 day Squash - 6 weeks Swimming / Surfing -2 weeks (and goggles for 2 weeks after) Tennis - 1 week If you have LASEK or PRK which is on the surface, there is nothing you cannot do within a week. The moment the surface is healed you can go back to enjoying sports. If you have SMILE, (or keyhole laser surgery), because you do not have the flap you can also go back to participating in any sport within a couple of days after the surgery. In fact for persons actively engaged in contact sports, SMILE might be an excellent option. The most appropriate surgery would be determined and recommended at the time of your consultation by one of the Eye Surgeons at the clinic. Mr Arthur Cummings, Medical Director, Consultant Eye Surgeon and Chair of the Department of Ophthalmology, Beacon Hospital, Dublin Ireland www.wellingtoneyeclinic.com / +353-1-2930470.