Contoura Vision: Topography-Guided LASIK for Sharper, Personalized Results
Contoura Vision goes a step beyond standard LASIK by mapping thousands of unique points on your cornea to guide a truly personalized correction.
What Is Contoura Vision?
Contoura Vision is an advanced, topography-guided form of LASIK. Rather than correcting vision based only on your glasses prescription, it uses a detailed corneal topography map — capturing over 22,000 unique elevation points on the cornea — to guide the laser in correcting both your refractive error and subtle irregularities unique to your own cornea's shape.
How It Differs From Standard LASIK
- Personalized treatment map – corrects corneal irregularities that a standard prescription-based treatment wouldn't address.
- Potentially sharper results – some patients achieve better quality of vision, including improved night vision and reduced glare, compared to conventional LASIK.
- Same underlying laser technology – Contoura still uses an excimer laser for reshaping, combined with femtosecond flap creation, just with more detailed guidance data.
Cross-section of the human eye (Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 3.0)
Who Benefits Most From Contoura Vision
- Patients with mild corneal irregularities alongside their refractive error
- Those bothered by glare or halos with standard vision correction
- Anyone seeking the most refined, personalized laser vision correction currently available
The Procedure and Recovery
The topography mapping is done painlessly before surgery. The actual procedure follows the same steps as femtosecond LASIK — flap creation followed by laser reshaping — with recovery timelines similar to standard LASIK: most patients see well within 24 hours, with full stabilization over the following weeks.
Is Contoura Vision Worth Considering?
For patients who qualify, Contoura Vision's personalized mapping can offer a meaningful edge in visual quality over standard LASIK. Your surgeon will determine if your corneal topography shows the kind of irregularities that make this technology particularly beneficial for you.