Contact lenses and glasses can be cumbersome. Along with the time to maintain and clean your glasses or contacts, you also have to consider the annual cost. Contact lenses or prescription glasses are less expensive upfront, but consider over a lifetime. The estimated lifetime cost of wearing contacts is 3 to 5 times the cost of the iLASIK procedure. After the procedure, most patients are independent of glasses or contact lenses completely.

The iLASIK procedure is for patients with myopia, hyperopia, and/or astigmatism. With LASIK and iLASIK, a laser is used to reshape the surface of your cornea, permanently improving your vision. Want to reduce or eliminate your dependence on glasses or contact lenses? With the revolutionary technology offered by the Eye Center of Texas, you can do so with the iLASIK procedure. Find out if you are a candidate with a FREE LASIK consultation. There are also financing options available.

The iLASIK Procedure

Before the surgery, the Eye Center of Texas uses the VISX WaveScan to create a 3D map of your eye. This unique vision assessment allows for your eye surgeon to perform custom treatment for your eyes. This 3D image of your eye measures the aberrations in the eye, no matter how minuscule. The WaveScan technology then interprets the data to produce a set of instruction treatment with the Advanced CustomVue Laser. Your fingerprint is unique to you as your visual system is and the laser creates a custom fingerprint of your visual system. The treatment is personalized to fit you.

When your doctor has decided you are a candidate for iLASIK, the next step is surgery. Traditional LASIK uses a special instrument known as a microkeratome blade to create a flap on the outside layer of your eye. However with iLASIK, the corneal flap is created with the Intralase (bladeless) Laser. This method is 25 more times precise than traditional LASIK, and very safe and effective.  The laser takes about 30 seconds to create the corneal flap, with no pain involved. By using the Intralase Laser, complications are drastically lowered than with the microkeratome blade.

The next step to improving your vision with iLASIK is reshaping your cornea. To do this, the VISX CustomVue laser uses the instructions from the WaveScan to precisely correct your vision. The laser sends pulses of laser light in order to reshape the underlying cornea. Using iris registration, the CustomVue laser is able to track the eye’s movement and adjust accordingly. This process only takes about 60 seconds per each eye.

The last step is to place the corneal flap to its original position. The flap adheres to your cornea and heals naturally.  The entire procedure takes about 4 to 5 minutes per eye. Most patients achieve 20/40 or better. With iLASIK, 74% of patients see 20/20 or better.

iLASIK is virtually painless and highly effective and most people are eligible for the procedure. According to Dr. Wade, “The Advanced CustomVue laser vision correction procedure stands in a class of its own with the broadest range of FDA-approved indications.  When combined with the power and precision of the Intralase Method, the Advanced CustomVue procedure represents the most advanced LASIK procedure available to patients today”.

So what are you waiting for? If you want immediate improvement in your vision and to eliminate the need for glasses or contact lenses, consider the latest technology in laser eye surgery. With the two most advanced LASIK technologies – the Intralase laser and VISX CustomVue laser, you can be rest assured that your vision will improve radically, achieving near-perfect vision. This is why both NASA and the US Armed Forces have approved iLasik for astronauts and fighter pilots.