Sensitive Profile Patient Program

Laser Eye surgery can apply to patients aged 18 years and older with suitable eye structure under normal conditions.

Absolutely LASIK! LASIK Eye Surgery is the right choice for the comfort of the patient. Especially No-Touch T-PRK, is the last choice for patients whose eyes are not suitable for LASIK surgery. In the No-Touch method, the patient spends 4 days with severe pain, stinging and burning sensation. Vision improves slowly after 1 week and it may take 3 months to achieve a good vision. The patient may not be able to continue his normal life for 1 week. Therefore, LASIK is the most accurate and reliable laser surgery method for the comfort of the patient.

Medically, No-Touch can be eligible for patients with corneas below the medical limits or who have had previous retinal detachment surgery and patients with glaucoma or patients with special conditions.

You will be ask to rest or sleep for 5-6 hours after LASIK Laser Eye Surgery. Then you can return to your normal life at home. You can go to work and drive the next day. After 2 days, you can have a shower. You can not do make-up and enter the pool and do any sweaty sports activity 2 weeks after LASIK Laser Eye Surgery.

If your corneal thickness does not meet the medical thickness, your doctor may prefer PRK, LASEK, or No-Touch T-PRK method.

Keratoconus

Keratoconus is a slowly progressive degenerative eye disease that causes the cornea to become thinner and outward cone than normal. Significant vision problems, such as vision loss, may also result. You can stop this disturbing disease with Cross-Linking Surgery.  Patients must use Prescription glasses. For our patients who have reached a certain age older than 35 years old and whose cornea is suitable, Laser Eye Surgeries can be apply together with Cross-Linking treatment to get rid of eye defects and prescription glasses. Also Intraocular Phakic ICL lens application can be a solution for our patients who have Keratoconus. And also who cannot have Laser Eye Surgery because of thin cornea or have a very high prescription.

Laser Eye Surgery

In Laser Eye Surgery, there are a number of complications that can be dealt with, though rarely. As such, it is important to choose an expert eye surgeon who often deals with eye complications.

The list of Surgery Risks and rare complications:

• Eye infections that may occur when people do not take their medication properly.
• Epithelial ingrowth.
• Flap slippage due to unconscious contact after the surgery
• “Haze” blurry eye.

These problems can be compensated with medical intervention.

Do I need to have surgery again?

There is a possibility of re-operation, especially in patients who use high prescription glasses. That’s why Sensitive Profile Patient Program available for high prescription patients.

Is Laser Eye Surgery 100% guaranteed for life?

One of the most frequently mentioned issues among patients is the increase in eye dioptries after surgery. Basically, laser eye surgery is a correction surgery. No doctor can guarantee that your eyes will not deteriorate in the future. Although doctors will only comment on your eye condition in future. Your eye is an important organ of your body and it ages with you just like your other organs. It is possible for your eyes to deteriorate again for any medical reason after this surgery. However, under normal conditions, the eye of a healthy individuals will not deteriorate.

However, if you have some cronical diseases that cause deterioration of our eyes (such as diabetes, hypertension, heart and kidney diseases, etc. ). It is important to be under strict control. Visit your eye doctor regularly. A lifetime guarantee cannot be offer to the patients in all refractive eye treatments. In case your eyes deteriorate again in the future, your doctor will try to correct your eyes with possible treatments.

What should you expect after laser eye surgery?

• Temporary flashes of light in your night vision after surgery.
• The sun is very bright during the day.
• Temporary dry eye syndrome.

In order to avoid these, you must follow the actions your doctor tells you to take.

Especially for Presbyopia patients, your doctor will give you specific advice. The duration of treatment satisfaction will vary according to the age of each patient. Patients over the age of 50 may be more satisfy with Presbyopia LASIK Smart Laser Eye Surgery. This is because their reading vision problem will progress slowly. Your doctor will definitely inform you about this. Do not forget that since everyone’s eye structure is different, no patient is exactly like another patient.

What are the important complications for No-Touch (T-PRK) or PRK Laser Eye Surgery?

Especially in this technique, A long-term laser beam or by manual surgical procedure removes the epithelial top layer of cornea. For this reason, the patient spends 3-4 days in severe pain and discomfort after the surgery.

In this technique vision capability restore back in 1 week. Accordingly for a good vision, patients needs to wait about 1-2 months. This method uses more laser beams and heat on the cornea than the LASIK technique.

In order to prevent the risk of “Haze” blurry eye complications due to thermal impact. Some medications and procedures need to applies during the surgery. However, these medications and procedures are not 100% guaranteed to eliminate the risk of “Haze”. No-Touch or PRK method is not eligible for hyperopia patients because of the risk of “Haze” depending on the condition of the eye. There is no “Haze” Risk in LASIK Laser Eye Surgery.

How can this risk be minimized?

We use the new Excimer Laser Technology “Dynamic Spot Technique” to minimize the risk of “Haze”. This is a technique which minimizes risk of thermal impact “Haze” complication. It is widely use in Smart Laser Eye Centers.

Can Laser Eye Surgery cause a permanent problem?

Especially Laser Eye Surgery will not cause permanent damage to the eyes of patients. Unless if there is any technical, medical and / or doctor’s fault. Especially in Smart Laser Eye Centers, all surgeries are recording and storing in our cloud system for training and quality assurance purposes.

Laser Eye Surgery

In Laser Eye Surgery, there are a number of complications that can be dealt with, though rarely. As such, it is important to choose an expert eye surgeon who often deals with eye complications.

The list of Surgery Risks and rare complications:

• Eye infections that may occur when people do not take their medication properly.
• Epithelial ingrowth.
• Flap slippage due to unconscious contact after the surgery
• “Haze” blurry eye.

These problems can be compensated with medical intervention.

Do I need to have surgery again?

There is a possibility of re-operation, especially in patients who use high prescription glasses. That’s why Sensitive Profile Patient Program available for high prescription patients.

Is Laser Eye Surgery 100% guaranteed for life?

One of the most frequently mentioned issues among patients is the increase in eye dioptries after surgery. Basically, laser eye surgery is a correction surgery. No doctor can guarantee that your eyes will not deteriorate in the future. Although doctors will only comment on your eye condition in future. Your eye is an important organ of your body and it ages with you just like your other organs. It is possible for your eyes to deteriorate again for any medical reason after this surgery. However, under normal conditions, the eye of a healthy individuals will not deteriorate.

However, if you have some cronical diseases that cause deterioration of our eyes (such as diabetes, hypertension, heart and kidney diseases, etc. ). It is important to be under strict control. Visit your eye doctor regularly. A lifetime guarantee cannot be offer to the patients in all refractive eye treatments. In case your eyes deteriorate again in the future, your doctor will try to correct your eyes with possible treatments.

What should you expect after laser eye surgery?

• Temporary flashes of light in your night vision after surgery.
• The sun is very bright during the day.
• Temporary dry eye syndrome.

In order to avoid these, you must follow the actions your doctor tells you to take.

Especially for Presbyopia patients, your doctor will give you specific advice. The duration of treatment satisfaction will vary according to the age of each patient. Patients over the age of 50 may be more satisfy with Presbyopia LASIK Smart Laser Eye Surgery. This is because their reading vision problem will progress slowly. Your doctor will definitely inform you about this. Do not forget that since everyone’s eye structure is different, no patient is exactly like another patient.

What are the important complications for No-Touch (T-PRK) or PRK Laser Eye Surgery?

Especially in this technique, A long-term laser beam or by manual surgical procedure removes the epithelial top layer of cornea. For this reason, the patient spends 3-4 days in severe pain and discomfort after the surgery.

In this technique vision capability restore back in 1 week. Accordingly for a good vision, patients needs to wait about 1-2 months. This method uses more laser beams and heat on the cornea than the LASIK technique.

In order to prevent the risk of “Haze” blurry eye complications due to thermal impact. Some medications and procedures need to applies during the surgery. However, these medications and procedures are not 100% guaranteed to eliminate the risk of “Haze”. No-Touch or PRK method is not eligible for hyperopia patients because of the risk of “Haze” depending on the condition of the eye. There is no “Haze” Risk in LASIK Laser Eye Surgery.

How can this risk be minimized?

We use the new Excimer Laser Technology “Dynamic Spot Technique” to minimize the risk of “Haze”. This is a technique which minimizes risk of thermal impact “Haze” complication. It is widely use in Smart Laser Eye Centers.

Can Laser Eye Surgery cause a permanent problem?

Especially Laser Eye Surgery will not cause permanent damage to the eyes of patients. Unless if there is any technical, medical and / or doctor’s fault. Especially in Smart Laser Eye Centers, all surgeries are recording and storing in our cloud system for training and quality assurance purposes.

Laser Eye Surgery Pricing

The procedure does to treat refractive errors more effectively. Laser Eye Surgery is usually performing on two eyes. Sometimes patients would need correction for only one eye. Therefore price can give for single eye surgeries.

We give laser eye surgery pricing as includes all on the cost.

Laser Eye Surgery outcomes include the performance of the following actions:

• Laser eye surgery eligibility checks (free of charge).
• Surgery Examination.
• 2 eye drops they use for the first month.
• Protective Glasses.

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Frequently asked questions

Who needs the sensitive profile programme?

Patients with thin corneas, borderline topography, keratoconus risk, dry eye, high correction or previous eye surgery.

Does the programme guarantee that surgery is possible?

No. It establishes whether surgery is safe for that eye, and states the alternatives when it is not.

Why are two corneal examinations required?

A single scan can be distorted by tear film instability or contact lens wear. Two concordant examinations are needed before planning.

What if laser surgery is not suitable?

Lens-based options such as a phakic intraocular lens, or no surgery, are discussed with the reasoning explained.

Medically reviewed by

Op. Dr. Alim Hüseynov — Ophthalmologist — refractive laser surgery, cornea and oculoplastic surgery, Nişantaşı Hastanesi Göz Merkezi. Our doctors

This page is for general information and does not replace an examination by a doctor. Treatment decisions are made after examination and diagnostic tests.