jump how soon after lasik?

[cam 0]

there was a thread on lasik a few months ago but no-one mentioned how long after u can jump. i went 4 consultation recntly and dr said wait **3 months** .aaggh. but he also said he didn really have a clue so 3 months was just his 'safe' advice.
any advance on 3 months??
i dun wan to believe this....

[Scratch 0]

3 Months is excessive IMHO. Go get a second opinion.
I wish the real world
would just stop hassling me~~~matchbox20

[drenaline 0]

Dunno if it's the same but I got excimer laser (bye bye glasses) and 4 days later (1-operation day, 2-resting day and a lil outdoor party at night, 3-outdoor party day and night, 4-jump day) I made 3 jumps. Make sure you have your dark glasses EVERYTIME. Jump with black lens goggles and please be very carefull with your eyes. Oh yeah remember your eye drops and have your fake tears at hand.
Explain to your doctor about the goggles and how they "don't" seal your eyes like a scuba diving mask (or show it to him) and that it gives your eyes protection to the wind, dust blah blah blah and they are tinted or black.
The doc did told me 3 months but for scuba diving.
"Life is full of danger, so why be afraid?"
drenaline

[rgoper 0]

i had it done, and i'd wait the 3 months, unless you want to do some hop-n-pops.
Richard
"Gravity Is My Friend"

[SkydiveMonkey 0]

What about using a full face helmet? Any ideas?
There's no tomorrow - you ain't gonna live it for me - The Offspring

[weid14 0]

I know poeple (at least three) that jumped two days later (surgery thrusday -- big ways &/or fast 4way Saturday). They wore full faces. Dr Joel did their surgury and he's a skydiver, also. I'm making no recommendations either way

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[faulknerwn 38]

I waited a month after mine. I deliberately did it in January where I expected a lot more bad weather than normal. I definitely wouldn't have done it 4 days later, because your flaps are still healing.
W

[Topcat 0]

Had mine done last December and I was jumping again in a week and a half. I wear a Z1. I had no problems whatsoever.
-Sandy (20-20! Woo-hoo!)

[SkymonkeyONE 4]

My wife was skydiving two weeks after Lasik; no problems.
My webpage HERE

[jceman 1]

Before I had mine done, I asked Dr. Joel -- he said he asks skydivers to wait two weeks, but begs for one week!
I waited a month because I had needed so much correction I needed extra time for things to settle out.

[weid14 0]

thats interesting, cause the three folks I know personally had their eyes done by him on a Thursday, and were jumping on the next Saturday -- he was there and was jumping with one of them, too!

[jceman 1]

Like I said, he asks and begs, but he doesn't insist. Guess he figures we rely on our own sense of responsibility.

[drenaline 0]

Full face is good, but wear a pair of sun glasses (its a must), the light (sun, artificial) is a bitch at first.
Doctors concern are: no indoor parties (cause of the cigarrete smokes and black ligths), protect your eyes at all cost, don't touch your eyes, wear sun glasses at day, try to stay home at night and use your medicine including the refreshers (fake tears).
"Life is full of danger, so why be afraid?"
drenaline

[cam 0]

thanks for all comments... looks like between 3 days and 3 months. guess i'll toss a coin or throw darts or something.
btw, i thought the main issue would be pressure changes (taking goggles or a full face helmet as a given) - that's what the doc here seemed to be talkin about. but then again, he admitted he just didn't know.