Usually, surgery does not change the need for glasses or patching after the surgery. If your child was wearing glasses before the surgery, there is a high probability of wearing glasses after surgery. Sometimes surgery forms only part of your child’s eye condition treatment. Yes, You may require patching after the surgery too. It depends on how good the vision is in each eye and whether your child has amblyopia. What the squint surgery has done for you is only to align the eyes.