{"id":1292,"date":"2012-06-29T16:10:49","date_gmt":"2012-06-29T16:10:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ecopa.ldm.cc\/?page_id=460"},"modified":"2020-01-23T07:37:44","modified_gmt":"2020-01-23T12:37:44","slug":"bladeless-lasik","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.eyeconsultantsofpa.com\/lasik-eye-center\/bladeless-lasik\/","title":{"rendered":"Bladeless LASIK"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>What is \u201cBladeless\u201d or \u201cAll Laser\u201d Custom LASIK?<\/h2>\n<p>This state-of-the-art procedure is our preferred technique of laser vision correction for the majority of patients. Two lasers are used to perform Bladeless LASIK.<\/p>\n<p>The first is a<strong> Femtosecond Laser<\/strong> which safely and painlessly creates a LASIK flap without the use of a metal blade. It does this by accurately focusing infrared laser energy onto the cornea. This technology has two important advantages over the older LASIK technique that used blades:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>It reduces the inherent risks associated with a blade passing through the surface of the eye.<\/li>\n<li>The precisely produced flap is thinner and allows for greater corneal stability and the treatment of higher levels of correction.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The second laser is the <strong>Excimer Laser<\/strong> which reshapes the cornea to correct the refractive error (glasses \/ contact lenses prescription).<\/p>\n<p>Drs. Altman, Primack,\u00a0and Shah\u00a0are the only refractive surgeons in Berks County to perform Bladeless LASIK on site in the convenience of their fully-licensed outpatient surgical facility.<\/p>\n<p>The Ziemer Femtosecond Laser (below) represents the most advanced LASIK Flap technology available today.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>What is \u201cBladeless\u201d or \u201cAll Laser\u201d Custom LASIK? This state-of-the-art procedure is our preferred technique of laser vision correction for the majority of patients. Two lasers are used to perform Bladeless LASIK. The first is a Femtosecond Laser which safely and painlessly creates a LASIK flap without the use of a metal blade. It does &hellip;<\/p>\n<p class=\"read-more\"> <a class=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/www.eyeconsultantsofpa.com\/lasik-eye-center\/bladeless-lasik\/\"> <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Bladeless LASIK<\/span> Read More \u00bb<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"parent":80,"menu_order":15,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"default","ast-site-content-layout":"","site-content-style":"default","site-sidebar-style":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-banner-title-visibility":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"default","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","astra-migrate-meta-layouts":"default","ast-page-background-enabled":"default","ast-page-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"ast-content-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"footnotes":""},"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v21.8 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Bladeless LASIK in Reading PA, Pottstown and Pottsville | Eye Consultants of Pennsylvania<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Bladeless LASIK is one of our preferred techniques of laser vision correction. 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