If you’ve ever tried finding a way out of using glasses or contact lenses, there’s a good chance you’ve heard of iLASIK. This is a new treatment that combines cutting-edge mapping and laser technologies to reshape your cornea and correct astigmatism, myopia, and hyperopia. It’s one of the safest and most effective eye treatments today.

But iLASIK does more than just reduce your dependence on your glasses or contacts. It has other benefits, too.

One of the most widely known side effects of conventional LASIK is dry eye syndrome, associated with the use of a microkeratome blade in creating the corneal flap. In creating the corneal incision, the blade may cause tiny button holes that leads to dry eyes. The condition is irritating and causes redness, eye fatigue, and even blurred vision.

iLASIK uses laser to create the corneal flap. This creates a highly precise incision without button holes, reducing the possibility of you developing dry eyes.

Once you schedule for iLASIK, it’s best to take the rest of the day off from work. This is so you can rest and not because the procedure takes that long. In fact, iLASIK takes about five to 10 minutes per eye only. The rest of the time will be so you can relax.

Moreover, downtime and recovery period are brief. Most patients are able to go back to work the next day. Almost all patients recover within several weeks. Before you know it, you can go back to doing the activities you like, such as swimming, going outdoors, working out, or even applying make-up.

Sure, iLASIK is more expensive than conventional LASIK. The surgery is also pricier than a new pair of glasses and a set of disposable contact lenses. But think of it this way. The effects of the surgery is permanent. After you have it, you won’t have to worry about getting new glasses. No need to buy new frames or lenses every so often. Contact lenses may seem cheap, but when you add up your expense from changing them regularly, you will easily have spent hundreds of dollars in a single year. Now make that 10 or 20 years.

Compared to conventional LASIK, iLASIK’s outcomes are tailored to your eyes’ unique characteristics. At the start of the procedure, you will undergo Wavefront mapping which will create an accurate map of your cornea. This helps doctors identify any unique irregularities which will then be corrected by laser. For this reason, iLASIK causes fewer starbursts, glare, and visual distortion than regular LASIK.

Have you ever had to change your clothes or make-up just because they didn’t suit your glasses? Have you ever had to reject a nice pair of sunglasses because they’d mess with your vision? Or have you ever had to say no to hiking or scuba diving because your glasses are a problem? And did you ever experience stopping your day because you tore your contacts or lost them by accident?

iLASIK allows you to say goodbye to these problems and others like them. It’s a solution that improves your vision and gives you greater freedom to do what you love, look how you want, and be more confident about who you are.