LASIK is a customized, blade-free procedure that involves the reshaping of your corneal tissue. The first step in the process is to create a corneal flap with a femtosecond laser so the underlying tissue can be treated with an excimer laser. The goal is to allow light entering the eyes to land directly on your retina (the back of your eye) so you’ll have clear vision.

SMILE is performed with a single laser. The VisuMax femtosecond laser is used to create a thin contact-lens-shape layer just beneath the surface of the eye and then a small opening through which that layer is removed, correcting your vision, providing LASIK-like outcomes in a minimally-invasive procedure.

PRK is very similar to LASIK. However, there is no corneal flap created so it is often recommended for people who have thin corneas. Instead, a thin layer of the cornea is removed so the underlying tissue can be treated with an excimer laser. This corneal layer regenerates naturally over the course of a few days.

The EVO Visian ICL is a thin lens made of flexible, biocompatible Collamer^® that is implanted into your eye, between your iris and natural eye lens. The lens allows light entering the eye to focus on the retina for clear vision. The lens will be invisible to others and you won’t feel it in your eye.

RLE (Refractive Lens Exchange) is similar to cataract surgery. It involves gently removing your natural eye lens and replacing it with an artificial Intraocular Lens (IOL) that is designed specifically to help you achieve the clear vision you want. One bonus of RLE is that your treated eye(s) will not get cataracts in the future.