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SMILE (Small Incision Lenticule Extraction), is a form of \u2018keyhole’ laser eye surgery that helps to correct short-sightedness and astigmatism. <\/span><\/p>\n

Instead of creating a flap or reshaping the surface, the laser cuts a thin lenticule underneath within the cornea that is then removed by the surgeon.<\/span><\/p>\n

CLEAR (corneal lenticule extraction for advanced refractive correction) is an advanced version of the SMILE procedure which addresses short-sightedness and astigmatism, as well as long-sightedness. It is done using the Ziemer Z8 femtosecond laser, the worlds fastest, lowest energy femtosecond laser. Similar to SMILE, this procedure creates a \u2018lenticule\u2019, a disc-shaped piece of tissue within the cornea, that is extracted by the surgeon through two small (2mm) incisions. By extracting this piece of tissue we can permanently improve the curvature of the cornea, and restore clarity of vision.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":3077,"parent":0,"menu_order":6,"template":"","class_list":["post-2991","treatment","type-treatment","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\nSMILE \/ CLEAR by Nick Maycock | Best Eye Surgeon Portsmouth<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"SMILE (Small Incision Lenticule Extraction), is a form of \u2018keyhole' laser eye surgery that helps to correct short-sightedness and astigmatism\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/nickmaycock.co.uk\/treatments\/smile-clear\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_GB\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"SMILE \/ CLEAR by Nick Maycock | Best Eye Surgeon Portsmouth\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"SMILE (Small Incision Lenticule Extraction), is a form of \u2018keyhole' laser eye surgery that helps to correct short-sightedness and astigmatism\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/nickmaycock.co.uk\/treatments\/smile-clear\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Nick Maycock\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2024-01-04T10:57:47+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/nickmaycock.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/47\/2023\/10\/shutterstock_1181841544-1.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"910\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"650\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Estimated reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/nickmaycock.co.uk\/treatments\/smile-clear\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/nickmaycock.co.uk\/treatments\/smile-clear\",\"name\":\"SMILE \/ CLEAR by Nick Maycock | Best Eye Surgeon Portsmouth\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/nickmaycock.co.uk\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/nickmaycock.co.uk\/treatments\/smile-clear#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/nickmaycock.co.uk\/treatments\/smile-clear#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/nickmaycock.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/47\/2023\/10\/shutterstock_1181841544-1.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2023-10-26T12:19:20+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2024-01-04T10:57:47+00:00\",\"description\":\"SMILE (Small Incision Lenticule Extraction), is a form of \u2018keyhole' laser eye surgery that helps to correct short-sightedness and astigmatism\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/nickmaycock.co.uk\/treatments\/smile-clear#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-GB\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/nickmaycock.co.uk\/treatments\/smile-clear\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-GB\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/nickmaycock.co.uk\/treatments\/smile-clear#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/nickmaycock.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/47\/2023\/10\/shutterstock_1181841544-1.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/nickmaycock.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/47\/2023\/10\/shutterstock_1181841544-1.jpg\",\"width\":910,\"height\":650,\"caption\":\"Mr Nick Maycock - 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