Femto-LASIK is the most frequently performed laser treatment and life-style surgery with the highest human satisfaction.

Under local anesthesia, a thin flap of about 0.1mm thickness is first prepared on the surface of the cornea with the Femto-LASER. This takes about 25 seconds. The eye is kept open by a lid retractor (you cannot close the eye).

After that, the flap is folded down, it is not possible to remove it completely, because a tissue bridge is left at the upper edge of the cornea (hindge) for safety.

The treatment is now performed without contact in the cornea. This gives the cornea its corrected shape (slightly thinner and flatter for myopia treatment). Duration depending on the correction between 2-20sec. During this procedure you fixate on a light. Smallest movements of the eye are compensated by the LASER (active eye tracker, 1050 times per second), so there is no treatment on an undesired spot of the cornea and an optimal result is achieved.
The flap is then folded back to its original position and wetting and antibiotic eye drops are administered.

You can expect much better vision right after LASER treatment than before and clear vision within the first day.

Duration procedure: 5 minutes / eye

Advantages:
- correction myopia, hyperopia, astigmatism, presbyopia (presbyopia)
- pain: only slight burning sensation in the first 2-4 hours
- inability to work: 1 day
- sports restriction: 1 week, contact and ball sports 1 month
- optical rehabilitation: in 4-12 hours
- treatment of both eyes on the same day

Disadvantages:
- Technically more complex
- More expensive, 2 LASER in use
- Dry eyes in the first months

Price: CHF 2'290 / eye
(preliminary examinations, follow-up examinations and medication, 24/7 accessibility for the first 3 months, 10 years follow-up is included if medically indicated)