Can SMILE Pro be repeated if the result is not enough?
Enhancement is possible in selected cases, but it is a different situation from LASIK, where the original flap can often simply be lifted. After SMILE, options may include a surface ablation technique, or creating a flap in a second procedure, depending on your cornea and the residual prescription.
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Enhancement is possible in selected cases, but it is a different situation from LASIK, where the original flap can often simply be lifted. After SMILE, options may include a surface ablation technique, or creating a flap in a second procedure, depending on your cornea and the residual prescription.
A general answer about SMILE Pro, not advice about your own eyes. Only an ophthalmologist who has examined you can answer it for your case.
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This is a good reason to ask any clinic what their enhancement policy covers: whether a second procedure is included in the original price, discounted, charged in full, or requires returning to the same surgeon.
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Sources & further reading
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- Small Incision Lenticule Extraction (SMILE)
A continuously updated clinical reference chapter covering SMILE indications, technique, outcomes and complications, written for clinicians.
Used for How the lenticule is created and removed; Indications and contraindications; Complication categories; Corneal biomechanics compared with flap-based surgery.
Link checked 22 September 2026