Following the LASIK Procedure, There Will Be Follow-Up Care On procedure day, however, your doctor's most beneficial advice is to sleep. After LASIK, patients are given a sedative and instructed to sleep for a few hours. Most patients feel that it is the most effective approach to recuperate from the treatment. However, if you have large areas of the eye that have been treated, there may be some issues with light perception until the body has time to heal itself. In general, sleeping following LASIK is very important because it gives the body time to repair the eyes. If you do not sleep, the body will spend its time thinking about how it is missing out on some shut-eye. This is why most surgeons recommend that patients sleep for at least several hours on the day of their operation. In addition, many patients report feeling sleepy or groggy during the first few days after surgery. This is normal and does not mean that anything else is wrong. If you have any concerns about sleeping after LASIK, please contact us today so we can answer any questions you may have.