LASIK Surgery - How the IntraLase Method Works

With the IntraLase method, pulses of laser light create your corneal flap, which is then lifted so the next step of LASIK - the reshaping of your cornea - can be performed. When your LASIK treatment is over, the flap is securely repositioned into place. This bladeless, computer-guided technology is 100% more accurate than most of the mechanical microkeratomes (hand-held devices with a thin metal blade) that surgeons may also use to create a corneal flap.

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Unlike mechanical instruments, IntraLase technology is uniquely able to program the dimensions of your flap based on what’s best for your eye. Then the IntraLase laser creates your flap from below the surface of the cornea - without ever cutting it. How?

1. Ultra–fast pulses of laser light position microscopic bubbles at a precise depth determined by your doctor.

2. The laser light passes harmlessly through your cornea.  Then the laser creates rows of these bubbles just beneath your corneal surface as it moves back and forth across your eye in a uniform plane.

3. Next, the IntraLase laser stacks bubbles around your corneal diameter to create the edges of your flap. These bubbles are stacked at an angle that is determined by your doctor and is individualized to the way your eye is shaped.

4. The process takes only about 30 seconds from start to finish— it’s quiet and it’s comfortable.

5. Your doctor then gently lifts the flap to allow for the second step of your LASIK treatment. When treatment is complete, the flap easily “locks” back into position and rapidly begins to heal.

Because of the superior accuracy of the IntraLase method, certain patients who were ineligible for LASIK may now be able to have treatment. Ask your doctor today if you are a candidate.

	DR. SIBLEY uses the ALL-LASER LASIK (INTRALASE)   for the crucial  1st step of your LASIK..   Two lasers are used in our bladeless Intralase LASIK procedure.  The 1st laser is a femtosecond laser (0.000000000000001 second), different from the 2nd  Excimer cold laser type used to resurface the eye.  The Intralase (cold) directs its laser beam into a tiny 3 micron (0.003 mm) spot, which is focused to a precise depth within the cornea.
	In less than one minute, using computer precision and extremely high speed of delivery, approximately 1 million pulses are delivered to the exact location desired by the surgeon.  Discrete laser bursts create a million tiny CO2 bubbles which result in simple,safe, and successful separation of the cornea and creation of the protective flap without the need of any blade.
	The surgeon lifts the flap and uses another type of cold laser ( EXCIMER) to correct the vision.  Dr. SIBLEY performs an excimer laser treatment to resurface the eye, allowing you to see without glasses.  After the excimer laser treatment, the flap is placed back into its original position. No stitches are needed.

Florida Eye Center is your best choice for LASIK Surgery because of our experience, convenience, technology, superior service, price, and the TLC Lifetime Commitment.  Call our office at 727-895-2020 today to schedule your LASIK consultation.