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A member asked:
After slt laser treatment for glaucoma can you still wear contact lenses?
6 doctors weighed in across 2 answers
Yes: Slt helps create a better outflow system inside the eye which helps decrease eye pressure. Contact lenses can be worn after as long as your eyemd knows (since a short course of steroid is given for the usual short term inflammation that can occur after slt).
Answered 7/9/2020
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Yes: The laser for glaucoma does not affect the surface of the eye, where contact lenses are placed.
Answered 1/7/2019
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