After your corneal graft

The first few weeks you may notice:

• a gritty feeling, as if there is something in your eye. Some patients call this slight discomfort.
• some redness of the white of the eye
• a little tearing
• poor vision: as time goes on vision may get sharper, but occasionally it may become slightly more blurry.This has to do with wound healing, which may vary in different patients

• read normally
• look at the television normally
• use your old glasses if they are comfortable to you
• leave your glasses off if that is more comfortable
• wash your face and hair, without putting pressure on the operated eye and making sure you keep your eye closed, so water cannot enter it

Take great care when bending over.

Go out normally. Sunglasses or an eyeshield are recommended for the first month.

• put the eye drops in as instructed
• cover your eye during the night with the shield provided (this prevents you from accidentally rubbing or knocking your eye whilst asleep)

• pain in the eye, that does not go
• any discharge from the eye that is new

under no circumstances rub your eye, or press on it.

Most people need glasses for both distance or near, to get the best possible vision after the operation.

Following the operation, we will inform you when it is the best time to go and visit your optician this will be between 3-12 months following surgery and wil be after some of the stitches have been taken out.