A hand-held, manual, ophthalmic surgical device designed to hold a small reservoir of alcohol solution at the surface of the cornea to soften the corneal epithelium for subsequent epithelial flap creation during laser-assisted epithelial keratomileusis (LASEK) surgery. It may additionally be designed to hold/assist placement of the dedicated trephine (cylindrical cutting blade) at the surface of the eye during flap creation. This is a single-use device.