SMILE Pro compared with Femto LASIK: how do they differ?
They are two different techniques, not two versions of one. SMILE Pro removes a lenticule with no flap; Femto LASIK creates a laser flap and reshapes the cornea beneath it with a separate excimer laser.
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- SMILE Pro, Femto LASIK
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- 22 September 2026
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Both are modern platforms, and a clinic that presents one as simply better than the other is compressing a clinical decision into a marketing one. The relevant question is which technique your cornea is better suited to.
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