The modality is chosen for your cornea — not the schedule. One in four candidates are turned away.
LASIK suits most healthy corneas with adequate thickness. SMILE is preferred for thinner corneas and dry-eye-prone patients — a smaller incision and quicker tear-film recovery. LASEK is reserved for the thinnest corneas, where flap creation isn't safe. The decision follows topography, pachymetry, and tear-film testing — not a quoted price.
LASIK and SMILE patients see clearly the next morning, with a week of lubricating drops and night shields. LASEK is slower — five to seven days of blurred vision before the epithelium heals. Sports and swimming wait two weeks. Night-time halos can persist for a few months and almost always settle.
Numbing drops, no injections. You lie still, look at a light, and the laser does its work in under 30 seconds per eye. You walk out with both eyes treated, mild irritation for a few hours, and the surgeon's direct WhatsApp for the night.
If your cornea is too thin, your prescription too high, or your dry eye too active, we say so — and recommend a different path. One in four candidates leave the consultation without a date for surgery.
Your first message reaches a coordinator who speaks your language. Every clinical question is taken to Op. Dr. Alper Aras and returned to you in his words.
