Wrinkles in eyes after Lasik surgery are a common side effect that develops after performing LASIK surgery. The reason why the eyes might develop wrinkles after LASIK surgery is because the surgeon may have wrongly manipulated the flaps and in addition, the condition can also arise because of internal stress to the flap. In fact, the problem may even arise because of trauma to the flap as well as because the flap has become unstable.
In case of severe wrinkles in eyes after Lasik surgery, the patient may start to suffer from ghosting and their overall vision will also become poor. In most cases, these wrinkles form because of needing to correct myopia (near sightedness) but it can also occur on account of correcting problems such as farsightedness.
There are two different kinds of wrinkles that might form after LASIK surgery and these are known as macrostriae and microstriae. The former take the form of large sized folds in the LASIK flap and to get rid of them requires some form of further treatment. The latter kind is also known as Bowmans Crinkles and is usually caused due to internal stress in the flap. This kind of wrinkling will generally heal on its own and so does not require any treatment to remove the wrinkles.
In case treatment is required to remove the wrinkles, then the solution is to either smoothen the flaps or to lift the flaps and reposition them. On the other hand, if you wish to minimize the risk of developing wrinkles in eyes after Lasik surgery, then you should carefully follow your surgeons advice regarding what to do after the surgery has been completed.
This in turn requires that you protect the eyes and also keep them moist with the help of artificial tears that do not contain any artificial preservatives. Be sure that you completely abstain from rubbing the eyes and you should also avoid blinking your eyes too frequently as these will exacerbate the condition.
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