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Intacs

A new alternative

You'd like to get rid of your glasses or contacts, and you're thinking about vision correction surgery. But most current vision correction surgery alternatives permanently alter your eye by cutting or removing tissue from the central cornea, limiting your choices for the future. In today's high tech world, isn't there a better alternative?

Vision correction with options

Introducing Intacs micro-thin prescription inserts, a whole new type of technology that offers vision correction, without locking you into a permanent choice. Intacs provide maintenance-free vision for years, and yet they can be replaced or removed at any time to give you more options in the future.

Intacs work differently. They are clear, micro-thin prescription inserts placed in the cornea by an ophthalmologist during a brief, outpatient procedure. Intacs reshape the curvature of the cornea from within, working with the natural shape of your eye to correct mild nearsightedness. Intacs cannot be felt, are no more visible than a contact lens and require no maintenance. With Intacs, people are actually seeing better than 20/20. Plus, Intacs are FDA approved and are supported by 10 years of clinical studies.

In addition, because Intacs are prescription inserts, they can be removed or replaced if your vision needs change or if you're not completely satisfied with your Intacs. In U.S. clinical studies, all of the very few people who had their Intacs removed were able to be corrected to 20/20 or better.

Comparison of Vision Correction Technologies

Intacs Advantages:

Excellent results. In U.S. clinical studies, 97% of patients saw 20/40 or better with Intacs, 74% saw 20/20 or better, and 53% saw 20/16 or better.
Maintenance-free correction
Greater flexibility because Intacs can be replaced with a new prescription should your vision change
Greater peace of mind because, unlike LASIK, Intacs can be removed. In U.S. clinical studies, 100% of patients who had their Intacs removed were corrected to 20/20 vision or better
Greater confidence because, unlike LASIK, no tissue is removed from the central cornea; the region of the cornea most important for clear vision.

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