If you are scheduled to have Lasik eye surgery, there are a few simple things you can do that will greatly increase the success of your surgery. If you wear soft contact lenses, you ought to stop wearing them preferably 21 days before surgery. If you just started to wear hard contact lenses you should stop wearing them for a minimum of 6 weeks prior to you surgery. However, if you have been wearing hard contact lenses for several years, you should add an additional 6 weeks of not using them for every 3 years you have been wearing hard contacts. So for instance if you have been wearing hard contact lenses for 6 years then you need to stop wearing them 12 weeks before your surgery, if you have been wearing them for 9 years, you need to stop using them 18 weeks before your surgery. Also take the antibiotics prescribed to you prior to your surgery. The antibiotics will minimize the risk of you developing an infection in your eye after the procedure.