Posted by: Manhattan LASIK Center
Are you ready to say goodbye to your contacts and glasses this summer? Then the first step is to consider a vision correction procedure! What you may not be aware of is that LASIK isn’t your only option.
SMILE eye surgery is a newer, more advanced, and less invasive procedure than LASIK. With SMILE, you can achieve incredible vision and freedom from traditional visual aids. Keep reading to learn how to get summer ready by getting SMILE eye surgery in Manhattan!
What is SMILE?
SMILE stands for Small Incision Lenticule Extraction. Like other refractive laser eye procedures, it changes the shape of the cornea (the clear front part of the eye) to correct a refractive error.
SMILE can only correct nearsightedness and astigmatism by removing some corneal tissue from the eye. It does this by creating a lenticule.
A lenticule is a disc-like shape of tissue under the cornea’s surface using a femtosecond laser. A femtosecond laser can break apart tissue without penetrating the eye’s surface, allowing SMILE to be as minimally invasive as possible.
After creating the lenticule, your surgeon will make a tiny incision in the cornea. They will then pull the lenticule through the incision, which completes the procedure. Because the incision is so small, it can heal on its own without any stitches or sutures.
The recovery process from SMILE is easy and fast, so you can enjoy your summer with your brand-new vision! Here are just a few things you can look forward to this summer after you have SMILE eye surgery:
Spend More Time Outdoors with Better Vision
Going outside can feel less fun when you’re forced to rely on contact lenses and glasses, especially when it’s warm and sunny out. Sweat and glasses don’t mix well, and your contact lenses can get too dry, leading to irritation if you’re not careful.
But after you have SMILE, you can see without contacts or glasses. You’ll be able to see better than ever!
SMILE corrects your vision beyond your original prescription. The vision correction procedure corrects your refractive error, allowing you to see better than you ever could, even when wearing contact lenses or glasses!
Summer is the perfect time to try out your incredible new sharp vision to appreciate all the greenery and sunny views wherever you go outside.
Enjoy Summer BBQs
Summer isn’t just an excellent time to go outdoors; it’s also a great time to eat outdoors! A summer BBQ is a great excuse to have a social gathering with delicious food.
After you choose SMILE eye surgery, you’ll be able to appreciate tasty food more than ever before. When your eyesight is enhanced, all your senses feel sharper, especially your taste and smell!
After all, you eat with your eyes first. You’ll appreciate summer gatherings, classic BBQ, and picnic food like never before while luxuriating in the warm weather!
Have More Time for Lazy Summer Days
Speaking of luxuriating, there’s nothing quite like a lazy summer day. You can spend more time hanging out on the porch or indoors to cool off in the air conditioning after you have SMILE.
Why? Because you’ll be saving time.
You probably don’t think about how much time your visual aids take up in your busy day. But if you wear contact lenses, you have to put them in and then take them out daily.
It may feel like it only takes a few minutes, but those minutes add up. If you only spend 8 minutes daily dealing with your contact lenses, that’s almost an hour every week!
When you have SMILE, you can get that time back this summer and give yourself more time to sit back, chill, and relax. Having a few extra minutes to yourself can really add up!
Don’t Worry About Losing Your Contacts or Glasses!
When you rely on traditional visual aids, there’s always the risk that you may lose your glasses or contact lenses. Summer activities, in particular, can be especially egregious regarding the possibility of losing your visual aids.
Going out on a boat or walking along the pier can ruin your day when you accidentally have your glasses swept away by the wind! If you’ve ever lost your glasses or contacts doing a certain activity, you know how nerve-wracking it can be to do it again.
But when you get SMILE eye surgery, you never have to worry about losing your only way to see! You only have to rely on your own two eyes to enjoy your summer without all the anxiety that comes from depending on visual aids.
Get in the Water
It takes almost no time at all to recover from SMILE. You’ll need to stay out of hot tubs and pools for a few weeks and keep water out of your eyes, but you’ll be able to do other activities as you normally would.
But two weeks after SMILE, you can return to the water and swim! Cooling off in the water is so much easier when you don’t have to worry about losing your glasses or your eyes getting irritated and dry because you forgot to take your contacts out before jumping in the pool.
You can even see better underwater with goggles, so you can swim laps to stay fit in your neighborhood pool! Or you can have more fun with the whole family on a pool day or on a beach trip. After SMILE eye surgery, you can do all the summer activities you love, but the added bonus is that you’ll be doing it with the best vision of your life!
Soak up the rest of the summer with your dream vision by getting SMILE! Find out if you could be a good SMILE eye surgery candidate by requesting your free SMILE consultation at Manhattan LASIK Center in Manhattan, NY, today! If you’re ready to make a splash, start by achieving better vision!
