About PostOp Eyes

The night after eye surgery is full of questions that feel too small to call the office about and too worrying to ignore. Is this much blurriness normal? Can I shower tomorrow? When am I allowed to drive again? Most answers online come from individual clinic blogs written to market a practice, not to set expectations.

PostOp Eyes collects what the American Academy of Ophthalmology, the National Eye Institute, specialty societies, and peer-reviewed sources actually publish about typical recovery, and lays it out day by day, activity by activity, symptom by symptom. Every claim links to its source, and every page carries the warning signs that mean you should call your surgeon instead of reading further.

What this site is not: medical advice, a diagnosis, or a substitute for the instructions your own surgeon gave you. Recovery guidance varies between surgeons for good reasons. When their instructions differ from anything here, follow your surgeon. See our medical disclaimer and sourcing policy.

Questions, corrections, or a source we should look at? Email jude@everydaysoftware.ai. Corrections are reviewed and applied against the primary sources.