Is SMILE surgery painful?

In most cases, laser eye surgery is painless, and you'll stay awake during the procedure. During your recovery, you may only experience mild discomfort. Severe pain is a symptom of a rare complication such as an infection.

Does SMILE eye surgery hurt?

You will be awake during the entire procedure. However, we use anesthetic eye drops and you will feel numbness or little heaviness in your eyes with NO pain sensation during the procedure.

How long does SMILE surgery take?

The Benefits of SMILE Eye Surgery

The SMILE procedure takes ten minutes or less. In some cases, SMILE can be used to correct higher levels of nearsightedness as compared to LASIK Eye surgery. Quick recovery: patients are allowed to wear makeup, exercise, and drive the day following the SMILE procedure.

Are you awake during SMILE surgery?

With SMILE, both eyes are done on the same day, just like LASIK. The SMILE procedure involves using a femtosecond laser to very precisely remove a small piece of corneal tissue to reshape the cornea. The procedure is also performed while you are awake, using a local eye drop anesthesia and relaxing medication.

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.

Is the SMILE laser painful?

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.

Can you watch TV after SMILE?

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.

Can you rub eyes after SMILE?

Unlike with LASIK where we recommend three weeks down time. We advise you against rubbing your eyes after any sort of laser eye surgery. But if you accidentally rubbed your eye a couple of days after SMILE surgery you really could not do yourself any harm. This is because there is no flap to get disturbed.

How do I prepare for a SMILE surgery?

Bring layers as the treatment area will be cold. Do not wear any perfume, cologne, hairspray or after-shave on the day of your procedure. ABSOLUTELY NO EYE MAKEUP OR FOUNDATION ON SURGERY DAY. The evening before the procedure, soak the eye with a warm wash cloth to remove all eye make-up.

When can I shower after SMILE?

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.

Can you see after SMILE surgery?

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.

Can I drive after SMILE surgery?

Within a couple of days after SMILE, you should be back to your routine life. You may notice improvements in your vision immediately following your procedure, as well. Although, your eyesight will continue to improve for the next few weeks. Immediately following SMILE, you will need someone to drive you home.

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.

Can I use my phone after SMILE eye surgery?

Since your eyes are still healing, they will be especially sensitive in the first 24 hours after the LASIK procedure. Because of this, it's recommended to wait at least 24 hours before using your phone, computer, tablet or watching TV.

Is LASIK better than SMILE?

LASIK is not a good choice for people who have thin corneas. SMILE can still benefit nearsighted people who have thin corneas. LASIK has better recovery from side effects at a seven-day follow-up point compared to SMILE, although there was no difference in recovery rates at one month after the operation.

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.

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.

Can you swim after SMILE eye surgery?

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.

What happens if you flinch during LASIK?

This is a common concern, but rest assured that blinking and moving during LASIK surgery usually is not a problem. Numbing drops are applied to your eyes prior to surgery to make your LASIK procedure comfortable and decrease your natural urge to blink.

How long does ReLEx SMILE take?

So, typically to treat both eyes, the actual treatment time, maximum of four to six, maybe seven minutes occasionally. So, it can be as little as six minutes, three minutes an eye, but the whole procedure takes 15 to 20 minutes to make sure we get those safety checks absolutely perfect.

Is LASIK painful?

Fortunately, LASIK eye surgery is not painful. Right before your procedure, your surgeon will place numbing eye drops into both of your eyes. While you may still feel a little bit of pressure during the procedure, you should not feel any pain.

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.

Can I watch TV after eye surgery?

Since your eyes are still healing, they will be especially sensitive in the first 24 hours after the LASIK procedure. Because of this, it's recommended to wait at least 24 hours before watching TV.

Can I play games after LASIK?

In the first day after LASIK surgery, it's important that patients avoid using their computer. The same hold true for using a smart phone or tablet, playing video games, and watching television. All of these activities can cause eyestrain to occur and can seriously affect the healing process.

Why is vision blurry after LASIK?

LASIK's Most Common After-Effects

In the two to three hours immediately after surgery, your vision will be blurry. Although your eyesight will greatly improve within 24 hours, you may still experience intermittent blurriness and fluctuations in your vision for some time as your eyes adjust to the reshaped cornea.