When normal LASIK eye surgery is performed, a mechanical device known as a microkeratome is used to create the flap in the cornea. This flap is then lifted, allowing the laser vision correction to be performed.
When your surgeon performs bladeless LASIK (all-laser vision correction), this flap is not created. Rather than use a mechanical blade [...]
LASIK (laser assisted in-situ keratomileusis) is a surgical procedure which corrects your vision, allowing you to live life without the need for glasses or contact lenses. LASIK Surgery changes the way that the cornea refracts light, enabling it to focus more accurately on the retina, resulting in clearer, sharper vision.
After being given a light anesthetic, [...]
Intralase is the blade free alternative to normal (microkeratome) LASIK surgery. Intralase uses a laser to create the corneal flap required for LASIK surgery, rather than a blade.
Using rapid pulses of laser light, Intralase creates the flap in the eye by moving the laser over the eye in a back-and-forth-motion, creating tiny bubbles at a [...]
