LASIK
Imagine life without glasses and contacts!
Custom LASIK – Right Here in Skagit Valley
Say goodbye to glasses and contacts with expert LASIK surgery at Cascadia Eye’s laser center in Mount Vernon. Conveniently located just off I-5 near College Way, our welcoming facility offers trusted care from board-certified cornea specialist Dr. Carlindo Pereira. Skip the long commute and enjoy the ease of full pre- and post-op care at any of our five nearby locations.
Worried about the cost? We’ve got you.
Ask about flexible payment plans—including 0% financing—that make LASIK easier on your budget.
What Do Patients Think About LASIK?
Who Will Perform My Surgery?
No worries–you are in experienced hands. Calm, caring, and meticulous, Carlindo Pereira, MD, is a favorite eye surgeon for thousands of patients. He has been practicing medicine since 1995, focusing on ophthalmology since 2004, and has been a fellowship-trained cornea specialist since 2009. He is Board Certified by the American Board of Ophthalmology and has performed over 20,000 eye surgeries with an outstanding overall patient satisfaction score of over 97%.
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How Much Would You Invest for a Lifetime Free of Glasses or Contacts?
People pay an average price of $200 to $600 for each pair of prescription glasses, including insurance, and most people purchase one to two pairs per year (think prescription sunglasses and “regular” glasses). This trend continues for their adult lifespan — 50 or more years! The total cost of this (at $400 per year) is an astounding $20,000! LASIK is an investment in a smoother lifestyle that pays off in a just few years — with the benefit of not spending years fussing with contacts and glasses.
Cascadia Eye makes LASIK’s clear vision attainable for our patients. Our cost is competitive and includes all pre- and post- care, as well as the surgery by a top-rated, experienced surgeon and caring medical professional team. No nickel-and-diming you with unexpected charges.
Cascadia Eye also offers simple, in-house financing with no credit check at 0% interest for 24 months. The only “to do” is to provide a debit or credit card for monthly payments. Be kind to both your eyes and wallet!
Is LASIK Painful?
Most patients experience little to no pain with LASIK surgery. Before surgery, Dr. Pereira’s medical team will administer a mild anesthesia drop on each cornea surface which will fully numb the eye during the procedure. He may also choose to instill other sources of mild anesthesia as needed so the patient will be awake and relaxed during their procedure.
Choose to Give Back – Donate Your Old Glasses!
Patients don’t need their glasses or contact lenses after LASIK, so many choose to help someone else by donating them to someone who does. Cascadia Eye makes it easy by partnering with both the Lions Club, an international service organization who organizes donations of gently used glasses, and Terracycle, who provides recycling services for contact lenses, lens solution bottles and other plastics. Bring old glasses and contacts to Cascadia Eye’s waiting rooms to donate or recycle them using these beneficial resources.
Find Your Best Option
Take our simple, one-minute self test now to see whether custom LASIK, Refractive Lens Exchange (RLE), or cataract surgery is the best option for your personal lifestyle and vision circumstances.
For Those Who Like to Read the Technical Stuff…
LASIK is an incredible advancement in treatment for nearsightedness, farsightedness, and astigmatism. Through the use of advanced laser technology, your eye’s ability to refract light can be significantly improved, making your vision more clear so that you can enjoy life.
Medical technology is constantly evolving, and Cascadia Eye always strives to provide the best advancements available in eye surgery. Since being approved by the FDA in 2001, the IntraLase™ method, also known as “bladeless LASIK,” has shown to be the safest way to create a flap in the cornea for LASIK. The traditional method of creating a flap used a blade called a microkeratome. Instead, IntraLase™ uses infrared laser energy to gently create a precisely positioned layer of bubbles just beneath the surface of your eye, making a smooth and uniform corneal flap. This method allows your surgeon to create a flap with a predictable thickness, thereby increasing the procedure’s safety and precision. Although the older, bladed surgery has been considered a safe method for LASIK in the past, IntraLase™ can increase the safety and predictability of your LASIK procedure.
Separate from IntraLase™, we use VISX CustomVue™ individualized laser vision correction (our doctors have found this to be the best technology for laser vision correction), to give you the most precise correction possible. Using a measurement tool called the “Wavescan”, CustomVue™ can measure unique imperfections of the cornea that could not otherwise be corrected with glasses or contact lenses. The VISX Star S4 Excimer Laser is the most widely used laser on the market today – it is highly calibrated and so precise that it can actually sculpt your name onto a human hair.
Aside from the most obvious benefit of reducing your reliance on glasses and contacts, LASIK also typically has a shorter recovery period than other refractive surgeries, often allowing you to return to your daily activities 1-2 days after surgery. And it can potentially improve your vision to 20/20 (or better!)
