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By Dr. Eric Donnenfeld
Parents who are thinking about LASIK for themselves have a different set of concerns about the laser eye surgical treatment than single people as well as couples without children.
Two of the top concerns parents ask me are: ““When will I be able to return to taking care of my kids?”and “Can I bring my kids to watch the surgery?”
While the answers will depend upon the surgeon, this is what I tell my patients:
When Can I return to Taking care of My Kids?
The patient needs to plan on being at the laser center for a minimum of two hours. The very first six hours after surgical treatment are the most important as well as the patient’s number one task is to go house as well as close their eyes. This means that your spouse, family member or a household buddy needs to take obligation for the kids on the day of surgery. After the very first day, the patient can resume full parenting duties, although they requirement to be additional cautious – my biggest concern is infants or young youngsters accidentally poking mom or dad in the eye.
Can I Bring My kids to watch the Surgery?
I enable parents with kids aged three as well as older to bring them along to watch the surgical treatment as it reassures them that nothing frightening is happening to their parent as well as everything’s going to be okay. I will very first explain to the whole household what is going to take location as well as then the kids watch the procedure from the waiting space with a personnel member supervising them as well as answering any type of questions. Afterwards, I let the kids go to their parent in post-op as well as “help” take care of them.
Parents thinking about LASIK may want to compile a listing of concerns as well as have a conversation with their surgeon about exactly how they can minimize the effect of their surgical treatment on their family. For more info about LASIK, one site to go to is www.americanrefractivesurgerycouncil.org.
Author’s Bio:
Dr. Eric Donnenfeldis one of the leading refractive surgeons in the united states as well as a member of the American Refractive surgical treatment Council. He is a Trustee of Dartmouth medical institution as well as clinical professor of Ophthalmology at NYU institution of Medicine. Dr. Donnenfeld participates in the latest research study as well as clinical studies on laser eye surgery.
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