Blade-Free LASIK

Wilmington, Southport, Myrtle Beach, New Bern, and Jacksonville — Eastern North and South Carolina Blade-Free LASIK Treatment

As the only provider of blade-free LASIK in eastern North Carolina, our team of eye care professionals provides patients with the safety and assurance that comes only with extensive experience and the utmost dedication. At our office in Wilmington serving residents of Jacksonville, New Bern, and Myrtle Beach in eastern North and South Carolina, blade-free LASIK treatment is performed with IntraLase® laser technology. With exceptional precision and skill, each of our patients’ individual refractive errors is then corrected with the use of wavefront technology for a truly customized LASIK treatment.

• Blade-Free LASIK Treatment
• VISX® Advanced CustomVue® for Your Custom LASIK procedure
• A Free Consultation at Our Office in Wilmington

Blade-Free LASIK Treatment

At our office, an IntraLase® femtosecond laser is used to provide blade-free LASIK treatment to patients who wish to achieve increased independence from glasses and contact lenses. IntraLase® is the first laser technology designed to perform blade-free LASIK treatment and has become the benchmark for the industry.

All LASIK procedures involve the creation of a thin flap in the cornea. Traditional LASIK uses a device called a microkeratome to create the flap with the use of an oscillating metal blade whereas blade-free LASIK uses IntraLase® laser technology. After the flap is created, the curvature of the cornea is subtly enhanced through the use of another technology: an excimer laser. Its new shape allows light to be focused more directly onto the retina for greatly improved vision. Before an excimer laser is used, the physicians at Eye Associates of Wilmington are able to customize the creation of the flap by precisely adjusting the IntraLase® laser. These adjustments allow the LASIK flap to be made at the optimal depth for your specific vision requirements.

Our surgeons use this revolutionary LASIK treatment because of the superior precision of the IntraLase® Method. With the use of rapid pulses of light instead of the blade of a microkeratome, this laser technology represents the most precise means available to create the flap during the LASIK procedure.

If you would like to speak with a member of our staff about the blade-free LASIK procedure, contact our office today for a complimentary consultation.

VISX® Advanced CustomVue® for Your Custom LASIK Procedure

Because it measures and corrects for patients’ “higher order aberrations” (imperfections unique to each person’s eyes), LASIK with VISX® Advanced CustomVue® technology at Eye Associates of Wilmington provides superior vision correction. Our staff serving patients from Wilmington, Myrtle Beach, Jacksonville, New Bern, and other areas of eastern North and South Carolina is highly experienced in taking full advantage of this powerful technology.

During LASIK treatment at Eye Associates of Wilmington, a state-of-the-art VISX Star S4 excimer laser is used to precisely remove tissue and reshape the cornea, improving its ability to focus light. In this way, clearer vision can be achieved, since light is directed more efficiently onto the retina. VISX® Advanced CustomVue® provides patients of Eye Associates of Wilmington with excellent refractive correction. Using wavefront technology with the help of the WaveScan WaveFront™ System by VISX, our skilled LASIK surgeons use a precise map of the imperfections of the cornea to make adjustments that would go unnoticed during a traditional refractive procedure.

A Consultation at Our Office in Wilmington

Each member of our practice is highly experienced and knowledgeable about caring for the diverse needs of our patients. If you would like to learn more about refractive surgery at our office located in Wilmington and serving residents of Myrtle Beach, Jacksonville, and other areas of eastern North and South Carolina, contact Eye Associates of Wilmington today for a LASIK treatment consultation.