No noise • No smell • No flap • Less dry eye • One laser only
- SMILE Pro is less invasive with no LASIK flap and therefore no 18 mm flap edge cutting anterior cornea.
- With no flap there is no risk of flap related LASIK complications
- With no 18 mm flap edge incision there is potentially better corneal strength and stability after SMILE Pro compared with LASIK
- With no 18 mm flap edge there is less corneal nerve damage reducing the risk of dry eye after vision correction.
- SMILE Pro offers better spherical aberration control and a larger optical zone which both may lead to better night driving vision compared with LASIK.
- SMILE Pro only uses one laser that you cannot see, feel, hear or smell. LASIK requires a second laser that usually lasts longer, and in contrast to SMILE Pro makes a low level buzzing noise and a strange “chlorine” type smell that can bother some patients, albeit temporary.