How long does the surgery take?
This might come as a surprise to you, but a normal LASIK surgery only takes about 15 to 40 seconds, depending on the extent of correction necessary. Of course the time will increase if you have a worse case, but it shouldn’t take longer than 3-5 minutes. It’s that easy and fast.
The recover time is also fast. The patient could even be driven home after about 30 minutes to an hour. Just remember to follow the doctor’s advice during the following days to further speed up your recovery.
The normal recovery time span is 3 days to about a week, also of course depending on the case and the degree of correction needed to be done on the patient. By then, you will have noticed improvement in your eyesight, and after a week, you will have felt completely fine, and you could go back to doing your usual activities.
During the recovery time however, you should keep in mind what the doctor says about washing your eyes and not being directly exposed to direct sunlight. Little things like these are sometimes ignored, but ignoring these could pose a problem or complication with your recovery. So if you want to be well faster, follow the instructions strictly.