The Ophthalmology department at Hamad Medical Corporation (HMC) has started a new refractive technique called Femto Smile, to treat patients with mild presbyopia by improving how light rays focus on the retina.
This technique is the most advanced, safe and smooth for vision correction, requires less recovery time and helps patients to stop using glasses or contact lenses in some cases.
Dr Adeya al-Harami, senior consultant in Ophthalmology at HMC stated that Femto Smile is one of the recent Lasik techniques to improve vision levels in patients.
“Femto Smile enables us to treat severe levels of presbyopia and astigmatism. It also maintains the thickness and cornea nerves and does not cause any pain during and post-procedure. This technique ensures no damage or dryness of the eyes and reduces the possibility of eye infections and helps in quick recovery.
“Femto Smile takes between 10-20 minutes, is performed under local anesthesia and considered one of the safest visual correction procedures. With this new technique, the cornea incision heals and returns to its normal condition without any stitching, which is soothing for patients and allows them to be side-effect free and have a remarkable improvement in their vision.”
Dr Adeya al-Harami
