When Is The Best Time to Get New Glasses After Eye Surgery?

You may wish to update your glasses prescription after having eye surgery. This may be the case after cataract surgery, retinal detachment surgery (scleral buckling and/or vitrectomy), plaque brachytherapy surgery, and even during a course of getting eye injections. The accuracy of the prescription is determined mostly by the smoothness of the external surface of your eye. The stability of the inside parts of the eye - your retina and macula - have less effect on the prescription. Therefore, the best time to get the prescription is when: 1) you are off all post-operative eye drops; 2) your eye looks and feels back to normal without any swelling, without redness or discomfort; 3) your vision has stopped noticeably improving. Depending on the procedure, this can be as soon as about 2 weeks (after a straightforward injection) or as long as 2-3 months if you still have some redness or discomfort. It is completely OK to get glasses sooner than this time, but know that you may benefit from more fine-tuning of the prescription later.  Welcome to Finding Your Way with Ocular Melanoma, a guide to understanding everything there is to know about your experience with this rare cancer. Learn through the lens of my knowledge and clinical experience as a physician expert and passionate patient advocate. The more you know about ocular melanoma, the better you will do, and the better you will live. Let's go! Click here for my one-page Ocular Melanoma: Start Here guide to help you take the next steps wherever you are at. For Tara McCannel's resources (including webinar links and link to my book!), visit my website: https://seyhart.com/ocularmelanoma The content shared on the Finding Your Way with Ocular Melanoma podcast is for informational and educational purposes only and does not constitute medical advice. The information provided must not be used as a substitute for professional medical advice, diagnosis, or treatment. As a listener, you are responsible for your own health-related decisions and must consider consulting with a healthcare professional for personalized medical advice.  Tara McCannel MD PhD is a an ocular oncologist, vitreoretinal surgeon and co-founder of Seyhart Wellness. She is also the host of the Mind Body MD podcast where she shares her passion for holistic health and wellness.