Quick Answer: SMILE (Small Incision Lenticule Extraction) is a flapless laser vision correction technique. A femtosecond laser removes a thin lenticule of corneal tissue through a tiny incision, without ever cutting or lifting a corneal flap — the same broad approach used by SmartSight and SILK.

How is SMILE different from LASIK?

Conventional LASIK, including blade-free Femto-LASIK, creates and lifts a corneal flap before reshaping the tissue underneath. SMILE, SILK and Schwind ATOS SmartSight skip the flap entirely, which removes an entire category of flap-related risk and is generally associated with less post-operative dry eye.

Does Trivision offer SMILE?

Trivision offers Schwind ATOS SmartSight, which sits in the same flapless, lenticule-extraction category as SMILE, using the Schwind ATOS laser platform with intelligent eye tracking. Read the full SmartSight vs SMILE vs LASIK vs Contoura comparison for how they stack up.