| All the benefits without the blade. We offer truly 100% laser LASIK, for blade-free safety and comfort. Before you decide to undergo the LASIK procedure, ask your doctor, “Will you be using a metal blade to cut my eye open during the beginning of the procedure?” If the answer is yes, you may want to think twice about your choice of a Laser Vision Center. The LASIK procedure is known as “laser” vision correction because the actual work of correction is done with a laser, instead of with a blade, as in some older treatments. Unfortunately, until recently LASIK was not a fully laser procedure, because the microkeratome (a handheld device with an oscillating metal razor blade) was needed to cut the corneal flap necessary for the procedure. Often patients think their LASIK procedure will be blade free because they do not even know this first step exists. The idea of a metal blade cutting your eye open may deter you from having the procedure performed. In fact, it is an understandable apprehension, since many LASIK related complaints come from the use of this blade. You need not be deterred any longer. At Precision Laser Eye Center, we will never use a blade during any part of your laser vision correction. We offer truly 100% laser vision correction, for blade-free safety and comfort. Every LASIK procedure we perform features IntraLase, a computer-guided laser which creates the corneal flap using light instead of metal. IntraLase is over 100% more accurate than the metal blade, giving Dr. Keenan the ability to create a corneal flap of exact dimensions not possible before. IntraLase virtually eliminates the severe sight-threatening complications that have been seen with the blade, and also reduces post-procedure dry eye, glare, and halo problems. In addition, IntraLase has been shown to help provide better visual outcomes. IntraLase Benefits:
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