restasis before lasik

My eye dr. wanted me to do restasis eye drops prior to me having lasik eye surgery done. She gave me trial ones until I got the rx filled so I've been using them for 10 days now, twice a day. I finally took the rx in to get filled and before I signed and paid there was a "don't take if pregnant or trying to becoming pregnant" I was like...."Woo~" So I talked to the pharmacist and she said that my eye dr.

I was wondering if anyone has had dry eye syndrome before they lasik surgery and how their eyes were after the surgery. I've been reading up a lot on dry eyes and lasik, even came across this cool article about it: http://www.allaboutvision.com/visionsurgery/lasik-dry-eyes.htm However i'm looking more towards someones actual experience than reading an article explaining it. Thanks in advance.

I'm 26 years and my problem is light sensitivity. My eyes are burning when I try to watch TV, computer or when is strong sunlight. In 2004 I had a lasik surgery for medium myopia and before that I had contact lenses. Now I wear glasses for small myopia and astigmatism. I had this problem before the lasik surgery but it was rarely, after the lasik it became permanent. I've seen many doctors and the only cause they could find was dry eye.

8 to 10 years ago had LASIK...slowly vision has diminished, but can still drive without glasses - but prefer to wear them. 3 months ago, developed conjunctivitis. Treated...right eye remained red most of the time..saw eye doctor...who saw no problem. Using eye drops for dry eyes. Over the past 2 weeks, eyes so dry, they wake me up, burning, very blurry vision...put in drops once or twice per night and throughout the day. Last week, noted vision much more diminished bilaterally.

IT is very very rare for someone to have their vision after lasik worse than before. If you are not better next visit then consider asking for the second opinion.

My right eye has more prominent red. I haven’t worn contacts for two months but I wore them for 17 years before then. I just got lasik about a month ago. My optomologist said I have a bunch of bumps under my eyes and most likely developed allergies over time and will take time for it to get better. My question is, will the redness go away or at least be reduced at some point?

I had Lasik sugery about 4 years ago and had dry eye for a couple of years, but then that improved with the help of using Restasis. About a week ago I woke up with redness and mat in my left eye. My first thought was I had the pink eye. I went to my doctor and he gave me Tobramycin Ophthalmic Solution. That didn't help, so then he gave me Sulfacetamide Sodium Ophthalmic Solution.

When I went to my eye doctor today, she said my eye was still dry and to keep on using Restasis for another month. I have been on Restasis a month now. If my vision doesn't improve, she is going to do lasik on the posterior capsular membrane. At that time my cataract surgery will be around 90 days old. Is it unusual to have that type of lasik so soon after the cataract sugery and will this improve my vision? My vision is much clearer in my right eye with my contact lens.

My eye doctor just Rx'd Lotemax (4 weeks) & Restasis (for life) for my extremely dry eyes. They feel like sand is in them. I am concerned because from what I can understand Restasis works through the auto immune system. I am in week 38 of standard treatment and since week 16 of treatment have had a hypothyroid. Any advice? I also was told this morning to increase Procrit from 20,000 to 40,000 a week because Hgb was only 8.5 on this weeks lab.

You can't blame everything that happens the rest of your life on lasik because "I didn't have it before I had lasik" (examples gray hair, weight gain, bifocals, high cholesterol, etc). The lasik in no way would cause bags under your eyes. The dry eyes maybe, maybe not. If you are a female over 40 then that the hormonal changes you body is experieincing is more likely cause than the surgery. A young male then lasik would be more likely.

After taking restasis for over a year and my dry eyes was not getting better the Dr. gave me lotemax but said only use that. Now after using it for 2 months only, he said I shouldn't have stopped the restasis. Now I am really annoyed.....have I lost what improvement I may have gained with the restasis having stopped it for two months? Should I be seeing a opthomologist rather than a Dr. of Optometry???

Can you have LASIK performed if you have SLK and dry eyes? I am currently on Restasis to help with dry eyes, along with OTC drops as needed. I have been unable to wear my contacts for almost 2 years now due to irritation from EKC prior to my SLK diagnosis. I am aware that my eyes must be "quiet" for at least a year before I can even think about LASIK, but will my dry eyes prevent me from getting the LASIK performed?

Before doing anything that is permanent, have you considered using Restasis for your dry eyes? I had no luck at first with Restasis, but it turned out I had not used it long eneough. Now, after using it for 2 months, I am noticing a dramatic improvement. I now do not need any eye drops or eye ointments. My bottom ducts are plugged.

If you do switch as I told you ask for the droppertte form of restasis and not the multi-drop bottle. My wife and I use up one dropperette completely before opening another. One used both eyes twice/day lasts 2-3 days and reduces your cost by 400-600% In severe dry eyes we leave plugs in. Neither restasis nor xiidra generate new tears. they reduce inflammation on the surface of the eye by inhibiting mast cells and promote a higher quality tear.

I have been taking fish oil supplements and then switched to flaxseed oil supplements to help my dry eyes after having iol surgery and later, lasik touchup on one of my eyes....Now i found that both were VERY effective in giving me a nice tear layer and worked great...but the problem for me is it seems i have either a hypersensitivity in taking either one and develop side effects after a while where i seem to get headaches and an uncomfortable feeling in my throat...

HELLO! i am 47 years old and I had a lasik eye surgery to improve my vision on october 13, 2008 and 3 weeks later i began to have severe headaches(many times on my temples and cranium), i refuse to listen to noise because this pounds my head!(all i want is quiet) i get dizzy sometimes and i always get these hotflashes on my back and the heat rushes down and up my spine towards my head!)! today is january 28, 2009 and its just getting worse!

However, my opthalmologist thought that I would do well and that I should not have anymore trouble with my dry eyes after the surgery than before, as long as I keep putting tears and Restasis in my eyes. I had gone about 2 years ago to the Rand Eye Institute where they also told me I was a candidate for Lasik, but I just didn't feel that Lasik was right with my dry eyes. I did go ahead with it and as I mentioned in my previous email, have not regained full vision.

I have an exploded blood vessel in my left eye that developed last year so now my left eye is red and I have a small dot in my red eye. I had lasik almost 7 years ago and never had a problem. I do work on the computer at work. I did go to the eye dr. who performed my lasik and he did all kinds of tests and send there was no problem and it was probably strain. He put me on Restasis. I went back about 2 months later and still had the blood vessel there but he said the dryness had improved.

I have the same problem. I found that for me the 1-day Acuvue was a better choice than the Acuvue Oasis (all the solutions dried out my eyes). I then used Restasis and had all four puncti permanently plugged. After 3 months of faithful Restasis use and allowing my eye to get used to having the punctal plugs, I've had significant improvement and can successfully wear contacts. I also take 2 mg of fish oil per day (good for dry eye).

Is this a practice that you have seen before in your clinic? the lotemax combo? can i wear contacts if I wait 30 minutes before putting them in (I only wear for a few hours or so) I know you said it exacerbate sthem but they dont seem to be red or irritated.. sometimes i feel them and then i take them out...** My update - If I dont see too many noticable changes in zaditor, optivar or patanol.

It does not seem I will ever be able to wear them because after I treat my eye issue with steroids, it gets better after weeks and weeks, but then comes back once I resume contacts. Both the Drs did not recommend lasik but I want to be able to see without wearing glasses my whole life.

I too have red veins in my Sclera. I wore contacts for 35 years and the Dr. Said it was due to that. So I had Lasik done 4 yrs. Ago and love it, however still have the red..and my eyes feel tired all the time. I drink a lot of water and sleep good. My Dr. Said there is nothing I can do?

Thank you both for responding! It was actually pointed out to me that I had dry eye issues at a Lasik consult. That confused me because I had 2 eye exams at 2 different places within about the past year & a half before the Lasik consult – neither place mentioned dry eye, but they did try to help me with contacts.

I'm 35-year-old male in otherwise good health (I did have Lasik 10 years ago with no problems other than some dryness). 9 weeks ago after the birth of my second daughter, I started having some discomfort from dryness in my eyes, and then one day after a panic attack (my wife had complications post delivery and we had to rush her to ER), my vision went blurred and it has not returned to normal since then.

I had lasik back in 02 & never had a problem--had white eyes & never dry. Just used OTC generic artificial tears here & there. Then in 5/08, I develop. red eyes & had a prominent vessel in my left eye. Eye dr. said it was strain from studying for my MBA and should go away on its own. He took eye tests and put me on restasis. The redness went away but the prominent vessel stayed. It's still there to this day & the eye dr.

Surgery was done in the fall and now 5 months later one eye is giving me extreme light sensitivity and watering. Tfhe dr. put me on Restasis and drops. Tried temporary plugs and when they melted my condition got worse. Now one dr. wants to put pemanent plugs in, went to a world reknown hospital and head of eye dept. said they are a foreign body, don't do it.

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