Lasek has taken away dry eyes?

[abakiz]

I know this is going to sound strange.

About 2 weeks ago I had Lasek eye correction (not Lasik!) you find out about my jouney on my blog: http://lasekblog.forwardsites.com/

Anyhow, I've heard that Lasek is suppose to cause dry eyes?

What I've found at work is that my eyes no longer get heavy (working at a computer 8 hours) & that they no longer get dry! I don't know if this is only temporary but it's a strange thing. I always though I'd suffer the opposite. Maybe because there not straining as much?

I don't know.

[Rebecca Petris]

Not strange really... After any laser refractive surgery (including LASEK) your corneal sensitivity is reduced. This can take six months or more to return to pre-operative level according to the medical studies. If your eyes are feeling better than they did before surgery I would guess that's why. (The eyestrain factor may be part too though.) - For the same reason it's important to use artificial tears for as long as you're told to even if you don't feel like you need them.

[abakiz]

Ah thanks for the insight, I'm using lots of eye drops. In fact I've already used 2 bottles (they only gave me one to last for a month!?). Why is it my eyes are getting less heavy at work? I don't even feel the need to close them at all now - same reason maybe?