Blade free LASIK is a breakthrough laser technology used for improved safety with LASIK eye surgery in Atlanta and elsewhere. Listed below you can see the Femtosecond LASIK advantages:
When LASIK first appeared as a laser vision correction procedure, a microkeratome was used to create the corneal flap. Over the years, ophthalmologists have found, when complications arise from LASIK, they are typically from a poorly created corneal flap. Unlike mechanical instruments, the Femtosecond blade free LASIK technology is uniquely able to program the dimensions of your flap based on what’s best for your eyes. While the standard method of flap production has been reliable and very effective, the use of the Femtosecond laser gives our surgeons the ability to make a thinner, precise flap, leaving more corneal tissue for the correction of higher degrees of refractive errors.
The Femtosecond laser creates your flap from below the surface of the cornea without ever cutting it. This process is done in a series of steps:
Although the complication rate for LASIK eye surgery is low, 1% or less, most complications are flap-related rather than laser-related. These flaps are often too thin, irregular, and incomplete.
