ICL Eye Surgery

Another option to LASIK vision correction is ICL, which is a relatively new eye surgery. ICL stands for implantable contact lenses. During the surgery, contact lenses are implanted into the eye. These lenses work with the eye’s own lens to correct vision. The procedure is fast and pain free. No laser is required for ICL surgery and the procedure can easily be reversed if need be. ICL is usually recommended for patients who have severe nearsightedness which cannot be corrected with LASIK eye surgery.

If you have ICL surgery as an outpatient, the whole procedure should take less than half an hour and one eye is treated at a time. First the eye is numbed with anesthetic and you might be given a mild sedative. The eye area is cleaned and a sterile drape might be put into place. A small device is used to stop you blinking. The implantable lens is inserted through a small incision made in the eye and planted in position in front of the natural eye lens. A gel substance is also injected into the eye with it to help settle the lens in the right place. After the surgery, the gel is removed.

Most patients notice better vision the day of their surgery. The full effects are noticed between one and seven days after the operation. Your eye should be completely healed within a month or two.

Visian ICL New Eye Surgery

There are two kinds of ICL lenses used in this new eye surgery process. The Visian ICL will be inserted via a small incision and will unfold itself into place between the eye’s lens and the iris. The tiny incision made in the eye will heal itself. The Verisyse lens uses a different procedure. This type of lens is inserted via a larger incision through the iris. This incision is closed with dissolvable sutures.

Visian ICL surgery is a new eye surgery which is suitable for people between twenty one and forty five years old, suffering from nearsightedness, who have no history of eye disease such as glaucoma, diabetic retinopathy or iritis. For Visian ICL, you should not have had any eye surgery previously. Over forty thousand people have had a Visian ICL procedure and more than 99% of them are happy with the outcome.

The lenses used in Visial ICL are made of Collamer, which is a biocompatible advanced lens material containing purified collagen. This material does not cause a reaction in the eye and it contains added eye protection in the form of an ultraviolet blocker.

After ICL Surgery

You will need to return to the ophthalmologist within twenty four hours of the surgery for a check up. Your surgeon might instruct you to use a protective shield over your eye while it heals and to use eye drops. You can take over the counter medications to manage any pain.

As you get older, you might need to update your ICL prescription but, judging by current research, it does seem that most prescriptions stay constant, eliminating the need for further surgery.

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