During application of the suction ring, you will feel a firm pressure on the eye-similar to that when one pushes on the eyeball. The fashioning of the flap and laser treatment are painless. Within 18 hours there is usually a dramatic improvement. The refraction is usually stable within 3 to 6 weeks. Patients typically administer antibiotics and steroid drops for 5 days after surgery.
Contact lenses mold the cornea.
The cornea resumes its shape in 3 days after discontinuance of soft lenses, but requires 3 weeks to resume its shape for hard or gas permeable lenses. That depends on your age. From 18 to 40, patients usually do not require readers. Those over 40 almost always require reading glasses. This can allow for good distance and near vision without glasses.