DO YOU WANT MORE SAFETY AND BETTER RESULTS? Now you can have 100% BLADE-FREE LASIK available only here at the Alaska Lasik Center. We are delighted to let you know we now perform LASIK using the IntraLase Method - a highly advanced approach to treatment that enables your procedure to be performed 100% blade free. Dozens of clinical studies have demonstrated the IntraLase Method's safety, superior visual outcomes and patient satisfaction over traditional, bladed LASIK procedures. We installed the IntraLase® system at the Alaska Lasik Center on March 15th, 2007 and are already achieving excellent results! We are proud to offer Alaskans this exceptionally advanced and exceptionally safe method. Here at the Alaska Lasik Center we have always prided ourselves on excellent patient care, the best technology and the best results. We are the first and only clinic in Alaska offering all-laser LASIK. Get the facts and find out whether all-laser LASIK is right for you! Visit www.IntraLaseFACTS.com.
We are the ONLY clinic in Alaska that offers the most current technology which is proven to have better results. LASIK surgery consists of 2 steps. During step one, the surgeon creates a corneal flap. During step two, the surgeon gently folds back the flap to perform the vision correction procedure with the excimer laser. Traditionally, the corneal flap has been created using a thin metal blade. The IntraLase® method uses tiny ultra-precise pulses of laser light to create the corneal flap - a blade is not used. While LASIK is extremely safe, if complications do occur the flap created by the blade is most often the cause. The IntraLase® method has been safely used on over a million eyes and with the IntraLase® method, more people achieve vision that is 20/20 or better!
This page contains a variety of information including: internet resources for further information about laser vision correction, links to articles that have recently been in the news media, updates from the industry media, and a repository of Alaska Lasik Center’s news.
News at Alaska Lasik Center
Alaska Lasik Center believes in providing the latest advances in the field to Alaskans so you can rest assured you will be receiving the best standard of care.
Iris Registration is here! This technology acts as an upgrade to the StarS4 Excimer laser system to allow greater precision in treatment alignment. The technology maps certain landmarks of the iris which is then programmed into the laser. The surgeon and patient can then rest assured that the treatment is aligned properly because the treatment cannot begin until all of the landmarks from the iris map are aligned with the eye being treated. This technology is the first FDA-approved fully automated, non-contact method for surgeons to center the wavefrontTM-guided laser treatment.
Internet Resources
At Alaska Lasik Center, we feel it is important for you to make a decision that is right for you! If you have a desire to learn more about the procedures we offer, please visit the following websites:
Articles in the News
“To Read the Menu, Baby Boomers Turn to Eye Treatments," By Milt Freundheim, The New York Times, April 11th, 2004.
(excerpt) A few months ago, George Miller, 55, a computer sales manager in Lexington, S.C., had reading glasses scattered all over the house. Worse, he found it was impossible to read a menu at night in a dimly lighted restaurant or the many car magazines that came to his house. "It really bothered me a lot because I love to read," Mr. Miller said.
"The New Wave of Eye Surgery," by Rhonda L. Rundle, The Wall Street Journal, January 6th, 2004.
(excerpt) The introduction during the past year of wavefrontTM technology, often called "custom" lasik, has spurred even higher expectations for perfect vision. Developed by astronomers to correct atmospheric distortions in light waves, wavefrontTM technology has been adapted to map the human eye, and then to customize laser software before vision-correction surgery.
"Refractive Surgery," by Barbara Morgan, Alaska Business Monthly, September 2003.
(excerpt) Alaska Lasik Center, the only refractive surgery center in the state with WaveScanTM WavefrontTM-driven technology, now performs CustomVueTM Lasik.
"Tailored Treatment of an Individual Eye," by Connie Prater, Knight Ridder Newspaper, for Anchorage Daily News, August 5, 2003.
(excerpt) Bofill was one of 189 patients to participate in a nationwide clinical trial for a customized corneal ablation using laser eye surgery to correct severe nearsightedness and astigmatism. The new procedure allows doctors to take measurements of the eyes that are 25 times more accurate than those taken in most eye doctor's offices.
"Technology Adds Precision to Popular Eye Surgery," by Shari Roan, Anchorage Daily News, June 24, 2003.
(excerpt) WavefrontTM-guided Lasik, experts say, dramatically reduces night-vision problems, such as glare and halos, and the need for second surgeries. The first wavefront technology, from Alcon Laboratories Inc., was approved by the Food and Drug administration late last year. And last month, a second system, from VISX®, was approved. Other companies, such as Bausch & Lomb, are working furiously to bring their wavefront systems-often referred to as "custom Lasik" - to the marketplace.
"Botulism for Beauty," by Laurel Bill, The Anchorage Chronicle, June 12, 2003.
(excerpt) "BOTOX® cosmetic, a diluted, purified form of the toxin that causes food poisoning, is one of the hottest new weapons against wrinkles, according to the American Society of Aesthetic Plastic Surgery. Approved for cosmetic purposes by the Food and Drug Administration in April 2002, it's regarded by some as the ultimate fountain of youth ..."