(I had the surgery at the end of March 2021! Since more than 3 years have passed, the exact diopter numbers might not be certain, but the difference is roughly only decimal points, so you don’t need to worry too much! For reference, I wore lenses from 9th grade until around age 23. Circle lenses. From my 20s, I wore daily disposables Otherwise my eyes hurt And fortunately my corneas were thick, so surgery was possible. My eyesight was so bad that they said I could only do it once If it had been a little less bad, apparently doing it twice might have been possible.)
Left myopia -6.5, right myopia -7 Including astigmatism, both were around -8
The operating room wasn’t like a room for general plastic surgery or, well,,, medical surgery. To me, it felt like a dental clinic somehow. It also felt a bit like a factory lol They put anesthetic eye drops or something like that in my eyes, and I waited for a bit. Then I went to see the doctor. They started with the right eye, and at that time you can keep the left eye closed. I felt uncomfortable winking, so I just kept both eyes open. When the surgery starts, I don’t remember what color it was, but you just keep looking at a green? dot or something. Later, that dot disappears. Even then, if you don’t move your eyeball and keep looking at the same spot, it’s over. They gave me short moments in between to blink. But when they were doing my left eye, I think I kind of lost focus and tried to move my eyeball So thankfully they told me not to move, and it didn’t turn into LASEK. During the surgery, there was a warning notice(?) saying that if I didn’t cooperate, it could switch to LASEK so I was really scared The surgery took about 10 minutes…? I don’t think it even took that long… But it was so scary I wondered if going blind would feel like this.. When the surgery was all done, I sat for a bit, saw the doctor again to check whether it went well, and went home. For reference, I went alone without a guardian. My eyes didn’t hurt, but my head hurt a lot And because I had ultra-high myopia, I was told that even after surgery, I had a higher chance than other people of my vision worsening, so I tried to be especially careful! First of all, on the day of surgery, I didn’t even watch Penthouse I went into a dark room, didn’t look at my phone, just lay down and then slept. The next day I went to the hospital and got my vision measured, and both eyes came out at 1.2, so it was really amazing. But at that time the world looked a little hazy, like cleansing oil had gotten into my eyes. This haziness completely disappears over time! If you mean for it to completely disappear, I think you should allow about a month? But roughly after about 3-7 days, it probably won’t matter much! And I regularly go to the ophthalmology clinic to get my vision and eye condition checked, like whether there are wounds, etc.! I recently went for a checkup too, and when I asked whether the chance of my vision worsening is high after this much time has passed (3 years), they said it’s lower than other people’s. So it seems that if you manage your vision well early after surgery so it doesn’t drop, then afterward there isn’t a major problem. Right now, my left eye is 1.5 and my right eye is 1.2.
As for care.. In the beginning, I didn’t look at my phone in the dark. I turned on the light to look. And I was studying for a certification exam, and while studying I sometimes rested by looking far outside the window. And rubbing my eyes!!! I don’t know when I’m asleep, but when I was awake and fully conscious, I ab!so!lutely did not rub my eyes. Of course this applies even to people who haven’t had eye surgery, but especially if you’ve had eye surgery, never rub your eyes The doctor said rubbing your eyes is the worst The skin around the eyes is weak, so it wrinkles easily, and it can also easily injure the eyeball If your eyes feel uncomfortable, it’s better to use artificial tears, close your eyes for a bit, sleep a little, or go to the hospital. And now I don’t turn on the light just to look at my phone, but I dim the screen and turn on that blue-light-blocking mode? when I use my phone! I watch TV that way too. Anyway, it’s not anything grand enough to call care, but depending on how you look at it, these are important things!
As a side note, my friend’s mother really views eyeball surgery negatively. She always says things like, why would rich chairmen wear glasses instead of getting eyeball surgery~ I don’t know those people’s real circumstances, but even SMILE LASIK isn’t something everyone can get; certain conditions have to be met, and in a way the most important thing is age, right? Around the time presbyopia comes, cataracts are also likely to come, so there are many cases where surgery can’t be done. She doesn’t think about things like that and just shouts, no eyeball surgery! So thanks to that, my friend is still living a contact-lens life. She herself wants surgery, so it’s really sad She’s so kind and timid that she almost always listens to her mom. Well, for me too, it hasn’t been 10 years or anything yet, so I may not know exactly, but I’ve spent 3 years and have now entered my 4th year, and just looking at this, I’m very satisfied. I really want to recommend it to people like me who lived almost as if they were blind!