LASIK on the cutting edge without the blade

ANN MARIE BUSH
MORRIS NEWS SERVICE

TOPEKA, Kan. - Chris Padilla had worn a combination of glasses and contacts since he was a third-grader. When he would wake up in the middle of the night, he would have to put on his glasses to see the alarm clock.

"I haven't seen the clock during the middle of the night since I was 6 or 7," said Padilla, who is 28.

All of that changed after Padilla underwent eye surgery, a procedure new to Topeka, blade-free Laser Assisted In Situ Keratomileusis (LASIK). He recently woke up in the middle of the night and could see the time. "This was a way to free myself from the hassle," he said.

Padilla and Jamie Slack were among the first patients to have the blade-free procedure at Genstler Eye Center in Topeka.

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