I hear some Lasik surgeons talking up the fact that they do advanced Custom Lasik but they make no mention of the blades that they use in their Lasik surgery.  That’s right, “Custom Lasik” and “Blade-free Lasik” are two completely separate things.  Surgeons that continue to use the cheap bladed Lasik try to cover that fact by talking about their Custom Lasik but that is old news at Suson Eye Specialists in Wauwatosa.  I don’t think there’s a Lasik center in the USA that doesn’t use a Custom Lasik system and it’s been that way for years.  But the real technological difference has been in the advancement of the blade-free Lasik systems to make the Lasik flap.  That’s the technological advancement that these cheap chain centers neglect and that they always fail to mention.  So they cover it up by talking about Custom Lasik so you won’t know that they still use blades.

Some of these centers don’t even use what I would consider the top of the line bladed flap makers (microkeratomes).  Cheap blades and cheap microkeratomes of all kinds are on the market but the making of an excellent flap with a blade-free femtosecond laser system just can’t be beat for its precision and safety.  The cheap bladed systems may have a greater tendency for their mechanical parts to stick or fail, or for impurities and imperfections to be present on the blades themselves.  So don’t be fooled by the use of the word “Custom.”  Make sure that your Lasik surgeon specifically mentions a blade-free Lasik procedure like the one I use with the Intralase™FS Laser system.  If they talk about safety and precision, but they don’t say blade-free, you need to look further for a center that uses the newest, safest, most precise Lasik flap making technology.

I even heard one of these centers talk about how bad it is to put a contact lens or your finger into your eye and why their Custom Lasik technology is so much better than that.  But they made no mention of the fact that they are using a steel razor blade to cut across the surface of your eye.  Well, why not avoid the contact lens, your finger, AND the high speed vibrating razor blade of the old style Lasik systems?  With the blade-free iLasik systems, you get Custom Lasik and a blade-free Lasik experience.

Yeah, that’s right…we have Custom Lasik at Suson Eye Specialists…AND we’re blade-free.