Do I Want Bladeless IntraLase® LASIK?
The question should be: Why wouldn’t you want Bladeless IntraLase LASIK? Welcome to the new generation of LASIK flap creation! This femtosecond laser technology also known as IntraLase is the latest, most technologically advanced method of flap creation available in ophthalmology today. If you are familiar with the steps of the LASIK procedure, you know that before the VISX STAR S4 laser reshapes the myopic, hyperopic, or astigmatic cornea, a thin corneal flap must be created and lifted back to allow the surgeon access to the internal cornea. Before the incredible bladeless method was invented, the LASIK eye surgeon had to use a handheld instrument called a microkeratome to create the corneal flap. Because a cutting process was needed to make the flap, there were additional potential complications that patients using the bladeless method don’t face. A highly sophisticated femtosecond laser technology, is used in place of the microkeratome blade. This all-laser, bladeless method allows
