In this post, Dr. Judy Ku discusses your recovery following treatment, when you can expect to return to work and how the healing process differs after pterygium surgery
If you’re wondering, how long does it take to recover from pterygium surgery?, we can answer that for you now.
If you work outdoors, it’s important to take the least two weeks off work because of the risk of further irritation or infection. If you work indoors, or mostly in the office, it’s okay to return to work after about seven to ten days, as long as you’re able to continue to take your eye drops and maintain good hand hygiene.
In terms of preventing recurrences, it’s important to maintain good sun protection, such as sunglasses and sun hats, especially when you are outdoors or driving.
For some patients, their vision and refraction may change after surgery, hopefully, improving the level of astigmatism. It’s important that you see an optometrist to update your glasses.
If your pathology shows some pre-cancerous or cancerous cells then you may require other treatment and you need to speak to your specialist about it.
We have many patients as how long does it take to recover from pterygium surgery. We’d like to invite you to book a consultation with us where we can discuss this and your vision goals in more depth.
It’s the only way that we can really assess the health of your eye and understand your condition and what we may need to do to get your eye health back to where it should be.
We look forward to meeting you so we can talk in person about your condition. As well as any queries you may have such as, how long does it take to recover from pterygium surgery. We will strive to get your eye health back on track.
