Although the majority of patients do not usually feel any pain in the postoperative period, they may experience discomfort and sensitivity to light for the first two or three days, plus varied vision due to the re-epithelialisation. This may make work uncomfortable for those days. The recommendation is usually to take a week off work for relative rest and recovery. The week following the operation, in general, vision is good enough to do normal activities although full recovery will not be reached until a few weeks later.