Why Do You Need to Remove Your Contact Lenses Before Your LASIK Screening?
Contact lenses sit on the surface of your eyes and can temporarily change the shape of your cornea. This can affect the measurements we take during your screening and potentially impact the accuracy of your results.
Soft and hard contact lenses can affect the cornea differently. Soft lenses tend to cause less corneal shape change, while hard (rigid) lenses can have a more prolonged effect. This is why we recommend different periods without contact lenses before your screening.
By allowing your corneas time to return to their natural shape, we can obtain more reliable measurements to help assess your suitability for refractive surgery.
A few things to remember:
🔹 Stop wearing soft contact lenses for at least 1 week before your screening.
🔹 Stop wearing hard (rigid) contact lenses for at least 2 weeks before your screening.
🔹 Wear your glasses during this time instead.
🔹 Let us know if you have any concerns about managing without your contacts.
Accurate measurements are an important part of assessing your suitability and helping determine which vision correction options may be right for you.
Ready to take the first step towards life with less reliance on glasses or contact lenses?
📅 Book your FREE, one-hour LASIK screening through the Nexus Eyecare website.
Please note: Your screening is focused on assessing suitability for refractive surgery and is not a general eye health screening.
