Transforming Your Look With the Latest Advancements in LASIK Technology: What You Need to Know About This Life-changing Procedure!

Transforming Your Look With the Latest Advancements in LASIK Technology: What You Need to Know About This Life-changing Procedure!

Technological advancements find their way into most medical procedures. In LASIK, for example, surgeons initially used a mechanized device with a blade to perform it. Innovations in LASIK make it so far removed from its humble beginnings. Here are some of the advancements moving this treatment forward.

IntraLase

Marking the first departure is the replacement of the microkeratome blade with a laser in severing the corneal flap. IntraLase is a femtosecond laser that is more precise than the surgical blade. Surgeons can treat every patient, even those with precisely thin corneas. Such patients were unable to undergo LASIK in the past.

Topography-guided LASIK

Topography-guided laser vision correction is ideal for treating people with astigmatism and nearsightedness. The procedure involves the use of an excimer laser. Your surgeon customizes the treatment to fit the unique curvatures of your eyes. After evaluation, they thoroughly assess the equivalent visual effect using innovative topography technology.

After your surgeon collects the resulting data, they can prepare a treatment plan. The procedure is custom to the vision issues in each eye.

Wavefront Optimized LASIK

Wavefront technology is among the most recent forms of LASIK surgery. It is a custom procedure that corrects your vision according to your needs. Wavefront-optimized surgery employs three-dimensional measurements of your cornea to customize an ablation profile. The method is ideal for treating high-order aberrations like astigmatism, hyperopia, and myopia.

A different form of this kind of procedure is the wavefront-guided LASIK. It involves using light waves to measure precise optical anomalies across several points. The treatment offsets current aberrations while reducing the chances of developing new ones.

ReLEx® SMILE LASIK

In brief, ReLEx is Refractive Lenticule Extraction, while SMILE is Small Incision Lenticule Extraction. It uses a femtosecond laser to correct nearsightedness and astigmatism. The process involves making a microincision of 2 millimeters to adjust the power of your cornea. Among the advantages of this procedure is that it is the least invasive form of LASIK. Doctors recommend it because it can correct up to -10.00 diopters of nearsightedness.

The steps in the procedure are as follows:
 

• Administration of anesthetic eye drops to ensure the process is as painless as possible

• The surgeon precisely places several pulses in the center of the cornea

• Minute bubbles resulting from the procedure create an outline of the target tissue

• A tiny tunnel that the laser creates allows the surgeon to remove the tissue.

• Eyesight is improved by reshaping your cornea

Femto LASIK

Femto LASIK is among the first eye correction procedures. It uses laser technology instead of mechanical surgical tools. It involves using minute energy pulses to create a corneal cut. This means it does not affect the surrounding tissue. Some of its advantages include:
 

• Less likelihood of post-procedure issues like irregular cuts and buttonholes

• Start-stop control of the operation

• Fewer possibilities of side effects like infections and inflammations

• Low recurrent problems in people above 40

• Can treat small corneal diameters despite the size constraints

• Minimal chances of post-procedure infections

• Fewer chances of repeat procedures

To transform your look with the latest advancements in LASIK, visit Justice Vision Clinic. Our office is in Duluth, Georgia. Call (770) 626-7883 to schedule an appointment today.