Can I use phone after SMILE?

It is recommended to abstain from using gadgets including mobile phone, computer or even television until your eye doctor examines you after the procedure. For 24 hours after the operation, light sensitivity may occur which is why it is advised to avoid driving and operating any heavy appliances.
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Can I use my phone after smile surgery?

The pain usually resolves within 8 to 12 hours for LASIK, PCRI/AK, and SMILE. It may last up to 4 days with PRK. When after surgery can I use my computer, tablet, and cell phone? It will not harm your eyes or their recovery from surgery if you try to use your eyes immediately.
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Can you look at screens after smile?

Reading & Screen Time

Avoid heavy reading for a few days after ZEISS SMILE eye surgery to avoid eye strain. This especially includes reading on and looking at computer screens, smartphones, and other mobile devices. Unnecessary stress on your eyes can be uncomfortable and increase recovery time.
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How long after smile Can I rub my eyes?

❖ It is important that you do not rub your eyes for the first day following your procedure. If your eyes tear or drops roll down your cheeks, just dab gently underneath the eye. ❖ Please avoid any eye makeup or creams, for 1 day following your procedure. ❖ Avoid swimming, hot tubs and gardening for one week.
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Can I use computer after ReLEx SMILE?

No, absolutely not necessary. Routine home light is acceptable. Some may have light sensitivity for a few hours after the procedure, during which time they must shut and rest their eyes. In fact you can start watching TV, reading, and normal routine as soon as you are feeling comfortable.
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When will I start to see ReLEx SMILE results?



Do and don'ts after smile surgery?

Keep your eyes closed for at least 3-4 hours except to eat, use the restroom or get to and from your car. stomach, you will need to wear the shields for 4 weeks. The shields should rest against the bones of the brow and cheek and not the eyelids. Do not wear eye make-up (mascara, eyeliner) for 5 days.
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How many days rest after smile surgery?

SMILE laser surgery recovery is a fast process that gets you back on your feet in no time. You can get back to work within 24 hours and back to daily activities within a week. You should see full improvement within a week of your procedure.
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Can we cry after SMILE?

It's okay to cry after LASIK. Whether your eyes are watery or you happen to cry for an emotional reason, natural tears won't harm the corneal flaps or hinder the healing process. Crying can actually help keep your eyes lubricated.
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Is SMILE surgery painful?

During LASIK or SMILE, patients do not feel pain. There is a brief moment lasting 30-40 seconds when the LASIK flap or SMILE lenticule is being created where patients feel a sensation of pressure on the eye. Some describe this as feeling similar to wearing a tight pair of swimming goggles.
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Can I shower after SMILE surgery?

Showers and baths: Patients can wash with warm (not hot) water the day after their SMILE procedure. Avoid getting soap, shampoo, or other irritants in your eyes when taking a shower.
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How long after smile Can I see 20 20?

On the day of the SMILE procedure, as with LASIK, most patients experience a sensation that they have something in their eye, as well as tearing and burning for several hours afterward. Visual recovery is quite rapid, and after one to two days most patients have 20/20 vision.
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Can you fly after SMILE surgery?

Most LASIK patients are cleared to fly during their next-day follow-up appointment. This is good news for patients who traveled out of town for their surgery, as well as those who travel frequently for work or pleasure.
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Why do girls cry so much?

A study from 2012 found that women have 60 percent more prolactin, which is a reproductive hormone that stimulates the production of milk in women after childbirth, than the average male. Emotional tears are especially high in prolactin, which could explain why women cry more often than men.
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How good is vision after SMILE?

After a SMILE eye surgery, it is common and expected to have blurry vision for a few days. Typically, your vision will begin to progressively get clearer over a few weeks or months.
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Can I wash my face after ReLEx SMILE?

You can shower on the first day after the surgery but please avoid getting any soap or water in the eyes. After 3 days, you can shower and clean your face normally.
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Why is my vision blurry after SMILE?

Clouded Vision

Because SMILE is designed to treat nearsightedness, it has a higher probability of resulting in hazy vision symptoms. In fact, patients who undergo SMILE surgery tend to describe issues with blurry vision and light sensitivity at one month post-op more often than those who undergo LASIK.
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Do boys cry?

My conclusion: I think we care a lot less about boys crying than we used to, but more than we will admit. Or to put it another way: boys can cry, if they do it in just the right way. The academic research about boys and crying – or more accurately, vulnerability – shows that society is right now in a precarious place.
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Who is more sensitive male or female?

In numerous studies females score higher than males in standard tests of emotion recognition, social sensitivity and empathy. Neuroimaging studies have investigated these findings further and discovered that females utilise more areas of the brain containing mirror neurons than males when they process emotions.
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Do males or females cry more?

Several factors play a role in an individual's propensity to cry. Gender differences in crying, for example, have been explored for decades and across the world, and all of the studies reached the same conclusion: Women cry more than men. In the 1980s, biochemist William H.
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Can I swim after smile?

As long as you follow the eye-drop regimen, you can do football, tennis and jogging, immediately after SMILE. The only thing we recommend is that you don't swim for approximately one week after having SMILE surgery. To see if you're a good candidate for eye laser surgery, I'd encourage you to book an appointment now.
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Can I swim after smile surgery?

Four and Fifth weeks after surgery: You can swim in swimming pools and natural water bodies without goggles and engage in low-impact water sports. Six weeks: Once you reach six weeks, you can enter the water without worries.
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Can I go home alone after LASIK?

Once you've booked a date for your laser eye correction treatment, you'll need to arrange a lift to drop you off at the hospital or travel in by public transport. After the surgery, we do not recommend going back alone or using the underground.
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Is SMILE safer than LASIK?

The risk of scarring is higher in LASIK than in SMILE. LASIK is not ideal in those with thin corneas. SMILE can be done in those with thin corneas. Both the procedures have good patient satisfaction, but the patient satisfaction of SMILE is slightly better.
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Can you do SMILE surgery twice?

A second procedure is necessary if refractive errors were not corrected during LASIK. If a second procedure has been deemed necessary, another flap will be created. Most surgeons won't perform a second LASIK procedure unless it's 5-10 years after LASIK.
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Is SMILE better than PRK?

Kling. LASIK involves cutting a flap in the anterior cornea, the strongest part of the cornea. Therefore, it is no surprise that we found post-SMILE human corneas to be 47% stronger than post-LASIK human corneas. But we also know that post-PRK corneas are stronger than post-LASIK corneas.
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