# Enter the New Year Without Glasses, Give Your Eyes Freedom!

Source page: https://www.kudretgozistanbul.com/en/blog/eye-laser-treatments/enter-the-new-year-without-glasses-give-your-eyes-freedom

**Author:** Kudret Eye İstanbul | **Medical Approval:** Op. Dr. Mehmet Ali Özdil | **Date:** 2026-09-15

> **Summary:** Laser eye treatment reshapes the cornea to eliminate myopia, hyperopia and astigmatism and end dependence on glasses or contact lenses. Kudret Eye İstanbul Chief Physician Op. Dr. Nail Sönmez explains who can benefit and why each treatment plan must be personalised, since every eye is as unique as DNA or a fingerprint.

## Quick Facts
- **Treatment duration:** 5-10 minutes in total
- **Pain:** none felt during the procedure; no bandage afterwards
- **Return to work:** most patients the day after treatment
- **In use worldwide:** for more than 30 years

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## What Is Excimer Laser Treatment?
The public calls all methods "excimer laser" or laser eye correction, but the excimer laser is the name of a device. Methods used:
- **iLASIK (femto-LASIK, bladeless):** uses the excimer laser.
- **PRK / No Touch:** uses the excimer laser.
- **ReLEx SMILE PRO:** uses a femtosecond laser.

The specialist chooses the method from examination and test results. Eye structure and the form and degree of the refractive error are examined in detail, and treatment should be done by experienced physicians in a well-equipped centre.

## Benefits
- Treats refractive errors and removes the need for glasses for daily life.
- Solves aesthetic concerns about wearing glasses.
- Quick, painless, no bandage, fast return to daily life.

## Who Can Benefit?
- Over the age of 18.
- Astigmatism, hyperopia or myopia not progressing for at least one year.

**Not applied to:**
- Eye diseases such as keratoconus or glaucoma
- Systemic diseases such as diabetes and rheumatism
- Pregnant or breastfeeding women

Not every eye is suitable. For very high prescriptions, a phakic intraocular lens or lensectomy can be used instead.

## References
- LASIK: Laser Eye Surgery, AAO
- Photorefractive (laser) surgery for the correction of refractive errors (IPG164), NICE