Preparing for the Day of Your Procedure

Fasting:

• Do not eat or drink anything, including mints, gum, candy, coffee, and water, 8 hours before your surgery time.
• Prescribed medications may be taken with a small sip of water in the morning.
• If you are diabetic, do not take insulin and/or oral diabetic medications the morning of surgery.

Transportation:

• An adult driver must accompany you and remain available and onsite during the procedure.
• Please only bring one guest as your driver.
• You cannot take public transportation such as taxi, Uber, Lyft, etc. Your driver must be someone you know or a medical transportation service to ensure you get home safely.

Personal Items:

• Please leave all jewelry at home.
• Bring rescue inhalers with you the day of surgery.
• If you require portable oxygen, please bring a portable tank with you to surgery.

Smoking:

• No smoking the morning of your surgery.

Duration at the Center:

• The time spent at our center averages approximately 2 to 3 hours.

Other Important information:

• Please bring a list of all medications, including medication names and dosages.
• Glaucoma drops may be taken as usual.
• Bathe or shower prior to surgery. Remove any makeup the night before surgery, especially mascara. Do not wear facial products or scented products the day of surgery.
• Please ensure you have obtained your post-operative drops prior to your procedure.
• Report any health changes to us between now and your procedure date.

Failure to follow these guidelines may result in the cancellation of your surgery.