During pregnancy and lactation a lot of changes are observed in a woman’s body, which are caused by a so-called hormonal havoc. In this period, refractive errors may fluctuate in their severity, and ophthalmologic examinations may produce unreliable results. Therefore, an optimal amount of time you should wait before having a laser vision correction procedure is approximately 6 months, as this is the time required for the hormone levels to stabilise and for the whole body to restore its pre-pregnancy functional abilities.