1.   Contact lenses change the shape of your cornea and it is necessary to allow your corneas to return to their baseline readings to insure accurate measurements and to avoid negative consequences.

If you wear contact lenses you should discontinue wearing them prior to your surgery so that your corneas can stabilize:

• Soft contact lenses: discontinue wear 1-2 weeks prior to surgery                                            
• Rigid gas permeable lenses (RGP): discontinue wear 3-4 weeks prior to surgery
• PMMA hard contact lenses: discontinue wear 4 weeks or more prior to surgery

2.   Arrange for a driver to take you to and from the laser center.  It will not be safe for you to drive.  Your vision will be very blurred following the laser treatment and you will have been given some medication to help you relax which will make you drowsy.

3.   Avoid using eye make-up, creams, lotions, perfumes and aerosol sprays on the day of your surgery.