{"id":1966,"date":"2026-10-20T08:54:36","date_gmt":"2026-10-20T08:54:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/laseristanbulclinic.com\/eye-health\/laser-eye-surgery\/no-touch-laser-vs-lasik-vs-smile-pros-cons-recovery\/"},"modified":"2026-10-20T12:59:21","modified_gmt":"2026-10-20T12:59:21","slug":"no-touch-laser-vs-lasik-vs-smile-pros-cons-recovery","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/laseristanbulclinic.com\/en\/eye-health\/laser-eye-surgery\/no-touch-laser-vs-lasik-vs-smile-pros-cons-recovery\/","title":{"rendered":"No-touch laser vs LASIK vs SMILE"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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  4. No-touch laser vs LASIK vs SMILE<\/span><\/li><\/ol><\/div>\t\t\t

    No-Touch Laser Eye Surgery (Trans-PRK) vs LASIK vs SMILE: Pros, Cons and Recovery<\/h1>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t
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    No touch laser eye surgery (Trans-PRK) is a flap-free surface laser with the longest, sorest recovery but no flap risk. LASIK recovers fastest, often with a return to work the next day, but cuts a flap. SMILE is flap-free keyhole laser with faster recovery than surface laser. Results are equally good by three months. Prof. Dr. Ahmet Sat\u0131c\u0131 and Op. Dr. Aysan Bayram choose between them after measuring your corneas.<\/p><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div><\/div>\n<\/section>\n\n\n\n\n

    What is no touch laser eye surgery (Trans-PRK)?<\/h2><\/div>

    No touch laser eye surgery is the patient name for transepithelial PRK, written Trans-PRK, TransPRK or tPRK. It belongs to the surface laser family with PRK and LASEK. In every surface treatment the cornea’s clear skin layer (the epithelium) is removed, the tissue underneath is reshaped by an excimer laser, and the skin layer then regrows. In Trans-PRK the laser itself removes the skin layer as part of the same treatment, so no blade, no flap, no alcohol and no instrument touches the cornea. According to the Royal College of Ophthalmologists (RCOphth), this shortens recovery by 1 to 2 days compared with PRK and LASEK.<\/p>\n

    “No-touch” does not mean nothing comes near your eye. Numbing drops are used, a small spring clip holds your eyelids open, and a bandage contact lens is placed on the eye afterwards. It means the cornea itself is touched only by laser light.<\/p>\n

    The other two methods work like this:<\/p>\n