The Actual Surgery - ICL Part 3
What went down for the actual ICL surgery!
You'll receive instructions to prepare for your operation. You have to stop wearing contact lens about 3 days before the operation, but I just did it for the whole week.
Updated Tip! (Thanks J!) : You can get 7 day hospitalisation leave for this surgery; ask your nurse for more details.
You'll have to use an eye drop (Zymar) one day before. The staff called me to remind me to do so! I was also advised to wear thicker clothing or a jacket as the operation room can get cold.
The surgery room is opposite the main consultation room. By now you should be pretty used to all the stinging eyedrops for dilation and numbing. Markings on your eyeballs will be made by the doctor before the surgery.
You'll get dressed in the surgical gown again, then lie down on the surgery bed.
Staff members will start preparing for the surgery by cleaning your eye area. Everything smells sterile and the room is bright, just like on TV.
As the operation starts, your eyes will be held open by a metal eye speculum, which looks kinda scary so here's an illustration instead.
Your face will also be covered with some sort of surgical sheet. There was lots of liquid gushing around my eye during the operation. You'll be told to look straight at the light and hold still.
There wasn't much pain, just some pressure and bright lights all around, like in movies. I was tense as I expected, and even though it was the second time the doctor has touched my eyeball, I still flinched even though she would instruct me firmly not to move.
During the operation I think my tears intermingled with the liberal liquid in my eyes, and I was seriously doubting my decision because it was quite scary and uncomfortable. Not painful, just discomfort. I don't even know the exact moment the slit in my eyes were made because there was no pain.
You gotta stay strong mentally, okay?! Be brave!!!
The doctor and her assistants are professional and things progress quickly though you will be itching to get out ASAP.
The surgery is about 15min only, but overall maybe we spent about 30min inside, what with the prep and cleaning after! I think I also lay there for a while after the operation to rest before I could get off the bed and leave.
I had slightly blurry eyesight when I got to leave the operation room, but I could pretty much see immediately.
Was offered a light snack if I was hungry, then coughed up the $$$ to pay and I got to go home! What a strange thing to enter with glasses and leave without wearing them. Was mostly reeling emotionally from having completed the surgery.
The clinic recommends that you bring someone to accompany you home, but if that is not possible a staff will help you call a taxi to get home.
All the staff were nice and helpful. Some are more gentle and friendlier than others~ and I really appreciated that. They must see so many patients every day but their little gestures help put me at ease, because it's still the first time for me after all! Thank you!
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Disclaimer:
I'm not affiliated to the clinic, and this is not a sponsored post. Just sharing my experience and two cents.
I'm also not a medical professional so questions of that nature should be directed to your doctor instead! :)
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