We’re changing how you see the world by restoring your vision using the latest in laser technology and customized procedures. And all for a fair price. Welcome to SHARPEVISION MODERN LASIK & LENS.
Goodbye glasses! SHARPEVISION is bringing custom all-laser vision correction procedures paired with the most modern technology and techniques to everyone. Improve your vision and your life with less risk, less expense, and in less time than contact lenses.
Custom All-Laser Vision Correction
Custom All-Laser Vision Correction with a Twist
Advanced Vision Correction with Implantable Lenses
We have solutions to bring back clear vision when the lenses of our eyes start to get less flexible, around our mid 40s. They may include procedures from Milestone 01 or Monovision, which is an excellent option to potentially allow you to have good distance and near vision.
Customized Laser Restoration of Distance and Near Vision
Custom All-Laser Vision Correction
Custom All-Laser Vision Correction with a Twist
Advanced Vision Correction with Implantable Lenses
In addition to our comprehensive vision correction exams, we are pleased to offer ROUTINE EYE EXAMS (usually done once a year) and MEDICAL EXAMS to address issues such as: eye infection, stye, dry eye syndrome, floaters, foreign body removal, etc. Please call us at 312.701.2020 or use the “Book Now” button to schedule online!
Is LASIK right for you? In most cases, yes! While not everyone can safely have laser vision correction, about 90% of the patients we see are great candidates for LASIK. And because of our experience and tech, we’re able to treat many patients who weren’t candidates in the past. So, if you’ve been told that you aren’t a candidate for LASIK, you very likely could be now with SHARPEVISION.
We’re not your typical LASIK eye surgery in Chicago. Total transparency is our mission, from our glass-walled laser suite to our straightforward pricing. We only do custom, all-laser vision correction surgery with the latest and greatest tech. This means that your doctor can tailor the procedure specifically to your unique eyes, giving you the best possible results. And our surgeons have performed over 100,000 LASIK surgeries. They have it down to a science.
We believe that we give our patients the best experience at the best price. And we believe that everyone should have access to the best technology at a fair price and in an inspiring environment. Whether you are interested in LASIK, PRK, or EVO ICL, you can know you are getting the best value possible because our pricing is transparent. Check out our Cost Calculator to see how much LASIK can save you vs contacts and glasses. We also offer guaranteed in-house financing for easy monthly payments.
We are not a “LASIK mill.” We are surgeon owned and surgeon run. That means we do what is right for you, as an individual with a set of unique eyes, and not a boardroom. We offer all the latest and greatest (and also the safest and time-tested) vision correction procedures. We are not just LASIK, although it’s still the best option for most people. No matter the eyes you are born with, we can get you out of glasses and contacts!
As adults, our eyes predictably undergo three major milestones. At SHARPEVISION, we have vision correction solutions for each of these milestones regardless of your age or glasses prescription.
Dr. Lancaster is a Cataract and Refractive Surgeon at SHARPEVISION in AUSTIN and CHICAGO. He has lived all over the world and is fluent in Spanish.
Meet Dr. Nicholas Lancaster
Dr. Schmitz is an Ophthalmologist specializing in Cataract removal, Refractive Lens Exchange (RLE), Glaucoma surgery, and Refractive surgery. He treats patients at SHARPEVISION SEATTLE-BELLEVUE and RENTON, WA.
Meet Dr. Joseph Schmitz
Frank Quintana is a Doctor of Optometry and the lead Optometrist at SHARPEVISION CHICAGO. He sees patients for LASIK, PRK, and EVO ICL consultations and post-operative check-ups. He also treats dry eye syndrome.
Meet Dr. Frank Quintana
The majority of people who meet the age and general health requirements are good candidates for LASIK. Take our candidate quiz to see if LASIK is right for you, and if it’s not, which procedure is!
One of the top LASIK surgeons in the world, Dr. Sharpe opened SHARPEVISION — a modern laser vision correction clinic — to bring the best LASIK surgeons to Chicago and the best results to everyone, all for the best price.
Anyone can be affected by poor vision. We get to help people from all walks of life & hear some amazing stories along the way.
No, the laser can’t burn a hole in your eye, but it’s a good question. Find the answers to our most frequently asked questions at SHARPEVISION. Some of them may surprise you!
During the surgery, your surgeon will thoroughly numb the surface of your eyes with specialized drops. This makes it so you won’t feel the need to blink. He or she will then insert an instrument that will hold your eyelids out of the way. If you try to blink, your eyelids will not move. Your surgeon will talk to you while he is numbing your eyes in preparation for surgery, so you know what is coming next and won’t be startled.
No, not just by looking at your prescription. Your general optometrist measures your prescription and level of astigmatism for glasses and contacts and can refer you to a LASIK provider, but they cannot confirm if you will be a candidate for laser eye surgery. To know if you are a candidate, you need to have a complete eye exam at a LASIK provider. At SharpeVision, we use highly specific equipment to topographically map the surface of your eyes and get multiple prescription measurements, among other things. Our refractive surgeon-trained optometrists will then discuss all the results with you and determine if you are a candidate for LASIK.
There are very few things that can go wrong during the surgery, and the chances of any of those things occurring are slight. More important to the outcome of your surgery, we advise everyone to check out the surgeon’s credentials, experience, online presence and reviews, and to then visit the center and get an overall feel for the practice. Did you have a good feeling about the team, the physical appearance and processes internally? I believe that a higher volume of patients is good for practice consistency and to hone results. However, if you feel like they’re rushing you through, you may not receive the same attention and responsiveness of a smaller practice. This can be an issue at a multi-surgeon clinic. I feel like we have found the perfect combination at SharpeVision: we do a lot of procedures, which keeps us polished, and our surgeon-run boutique centers keep our patients at the front of everything we do.
This question is answered very differently between practices. The answers I’ve heard have been as long as six weeks out of contacts before they’ll even see you to as short as three days before the procedure. The reason, in my opinion, is dogma, or historical dictates that have not kept up with actual practice. I’ve been performing LASIK and PRK full time since 1999 and have observed these practices evolve in some places and not in those who don’t directly practice, or who have never questioned the practice of these onerous dictates.
Our policy is:
The reasons to be out of contacts are to reduce or eliminate any effects of the contact lenses on your eyes. These effects may be very short term: reducing the bacterial CFUs (colony forming units) on your lids, and ocular surface. This reduction of bacteria occurs in about two days; and medium term: the dogma/conventional wisdom is that soft contacts can mold or change the shape of your eyes and therefore your prescription.
I believe this is absolutely true if you wear Rigid Gas Permeable (RGP) lenses (more below), but not true of soft or soft toric (astigmatism correcting) contact lenses. At SHARPEVISION, we ALWAYS recheck your prescription very carefully on the day of your procedure. The reason for this is to confirm all our measurements from the day of your exam. Now here’s what I think is the cool part: we find slight variations in prescription on most people. That is, (almost) anything you measure in the body will fluctuate a small amount (height, weight, temperature, etc.) but the fluctuations are present whether you’ve worn contacts or not. So our results are the same excellent results in everyone.
*Caveat! RGP (hard/inflexible contacts) are an exception! RGP lenses absolutely do mold the shape of your eye. This is where the SHARPEVISION method makes the process as easy as possible while ensuring excellent outcomes. We have our patients come in for a free comprehensive exam even if they’re wearing their RGP lenses. We can tell them they’re a candidate based on their prescription, corneal thickness, and all the other elements of the exam. If they’re not LASIK candidates, they don’t have to undergo the burden of not wearing their contacts for a long time. We also discuss the effect of RGP lenses on their eyes. We require these patients to wear glasses only (occasionally switch to soft contacts) for a minimum of three weeks, then have them come for a recheck of their prescription. This is where the majority of any change in prescription will be determined. Then we schedule their procedure at least two weeks after that, and check the prescription again a third time very carefully. If we measure more astigmatism, or a significant change in prescription, we postpone their procedure and recheck again in at least two more weeks. I can only recall doing this one time. This protocol has worked perfectly in my opinion. It allows us to monitor the stability of the prescription over time.
PS: If you don’t have any glasses to wear before the procedure, we frequently write a prescription for temporary glasses that you can get online for under $20.
