Custom LASIK is offered by Dr Slade at our state-of-the-art facility in Houston, Texas. In fact, we were the first US doctors to use the Bausch & Lomb custom laser. Yes the results are often even better. In Custom LASIK, we take more measurements and create a procedure that is more specific to your eye. This may be wavefront guided, wavefront optimized or a blend of our measurements.It's like having a suit custom made for you rather than off the rack. The fine points of vision are treated. This is one of the questions we can answer in a free consultation with one of our wavefront diagnostic devices.

The custom or wavefront exam covers thousands of points across the entire visual system of the eye.

Until recently, LASIK treated patients strictly based on their optical prescription despite the fact that their eyes each have a unique set of naturally occurring optical imperfections. This is known as conventional LASIK.

Today, with the advent of wavefront diagnostic technology, wavefront guided and wavefront optimized excimer lasers can now treat patients according to the uniqueness of their eyes, not just their prescription.

Wavefront technology compares distorted waves of light exiting the eye to flat waves of light that would have returned in a perfect optical system. This information is converted to a 3-D Map that then serves as a guide for the excimer laser while reshaping the cornea. Another technique Dr. Slade and Dr. Baker uses is wavefront optimized. This is the newest treatment pattern approved by the FDA and offers superb results for many patients.

One more new technology is LASIK guided by the actual topographical details of the cornea. Dr. Slade and Dr. Baker have the longest experience in the US with this technique as well and are currently performing topographical based LASIK in an FDA trial in the US.

Results have shown that different forms of LASIK, wavefront guided, topographical based, wavefront optimized and Planoscan can reduce some of the unwanted visual effects associated with conventional LASIK; especially those associated with night vision such as glare and halos. Custom LASIK has the potential to improve the quality of vision and make patients see even better than they could with glasses or contact lenses.We are pleased to be able to offer treatment on several lasers and with several different treatment plans to try to match the best treatment pattern to the individual patient.