How it works.
What to expect, start to finish.
Your surgeon checks eye health, prescription stability and the criteria for each procedure at your assessment.
Your visit, step by step
- Before
We send a short health questionnaire with your confirmation. Arrive ten minutes early and bring a list of medications and any previous records.
- During
Your clinician listens first, examines what is needed and explains every option, including doing nothing, with its price.
- After
You leave with a written plan, the price of every step and time to decide. Nothing is booked until you are ready.
Know the names.
The makers, products and standards we reference at a small-incision procedure review.
A small incision, a different method
SMILE pro uses a femtosecond laser to create a corneal lenticule that a surgeon removes through a small incision. Suitability and local indication determine who can consider this pathway.
- Compare the method with flap-based LASIK.
- Ask about corneal shape, thickness and prescription stability.
- Discuss visual recovery, dryness and follow-up.
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Good to know.
Does it hurt?
Most of this visit is conversation. If a test or an examination would help, your clinician explains what it involves and what you may feel before it begins, and nothing happens without your agreement.
How soon will I see results?
You leave with a written plan and a timeline for each step, so you know what to expect before you commit to anything.
How do I prepare?
Bring your questions and anything you would like us to see, such as previous results or photographs. If a visit needs any preparation, we tell you when you book and again in your confirmation.
Questions worth bringing.
- What should an individual assessment clarify before I consider small-incision procedure review?
- Which eye-health findings, prescription history and corneal measurements determine eligibility?
- How will dry eye, night-vision symptoms, near-vision tradeoffs and follow-up be discussed?
Before you book.
New to Vista Vision Center? We start with a conversation, write your plan down with the price of every step and let you decide at your own pace. Suitability, risks and alternatives are decided with your clinician at your consultation.