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Technology
Freedom LASIK is committed to providing the latest, most advanced LASIK technology to our patients. You can be confident that our state-of-the-art technology provides the increased safety and accuracy that delivers amazing vision results.
Femtosecond Laser System
The LASIK procedure is a two-step process. Freedom LASIK has invested in technology that optimizes the precision of both of these steps.
In step one, a corneal flap is created on the surface of the cornea to allow access to the inner cornea. In traditional methods, this process is achieved using a microkeratome (surgical blade). In contrast, the femtosecond laser available at Freedom LASIK greatly increases accuracy by eliminating the need for a blade. Instead, your highly skilled Freedom LASIK surgeon will use the computer-controlled femtosecond laser to create your corneal flap.
Benefits of the femtosecond laser
- Eliminates most of the complications associated with the microkeratome
- Increased precision improves LASIK candidacy for those with thin corneas and astigmatism
- Remarkable consistency of corneal flap thickness improves vision results and reduces healing time
- Minimizes discomfort and maximizes safety
- Offers the best chance for you to obtain 20/20 vision or better
Advanced Laser Treatment
In the second step of the LASIK process, an excimer laser is used to reshape your cornea and correct your vision. All-laser LASIK improves the accuracy of this step by precisely pinpointing both higher order and lower order vision imperfections (known as aberrations).
Nearsightedness, farsightedness and astigmatism are all considered lower order aberrations. Before advanced LASIK procedures became available, only these types of imperfections could be corrected by LASIK. Now, higher order aberrations can be detected and corrected as well. Higher order aberrations are best defined as a series of imperfections within the eye’s optical system (for example the ocular lens), which are unaccounted for in traditional LASIK treatments. Higher order aberrations most often affect your vision at night, and cause halos, starbursts or glare to be visible around bright objects such as car headlights.