Staar's Visian ICL: Bilateral Surgery

LASIK no longer has an advantage over Staar's Visian ICL (Intraocular Contact Lens). Nearly half of the ICL's inserted in the US are now being done bilaterally. Convenience and cost control couples with safety making the ICL the latest alternative to LASIK, SBK, and Epi-LASIK. The Staar Collamer Phakic Implant corrects 3 to 16 diopters of nearsightedness with an almost instant return of stable, sharp, clear vision. James Lewis, MD, of the Wills Eye Surgical Network and The Pennsylvania College of Optometry, narrates and performs this surgery. Originally the ICL was considered for patients not suitable for LASIK. It is now considered an alternative that may be better than LASIK for many. There are less halos, starbursts and glare and absolutely no dry eye, regression or corneal issues after surgery. Dr. Lewis uses the Zeiss Visante™ (OCT: Optical Coherence Tomographer) to assess the patients both pre and post-operatively.

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[BigK54]

Too bad that it's so expensive.

[jslewisMDPC]

Our cost is $5000 total which includes surgery for both eyes, evaluation and one year of post-operative care. LASIK costs in some centers are $4000 to $6800 for both eyes.

[agirl1105]

I'm getting this surgery done today!!! Woooo! Science rocks!

[jslewisMDPC]

Good luck. Nothing is better than this procedure!

[DOCSFC]

Can't believe I got this done...looking at the blood through my eyes as the operation was being done was kind of neat

[2ninjas1blade]

Under anesthesia? or what?

[gigahertz20]

Very interesting, I'll keep an eye out (hah) on how this technology progresses. I want to get my eyes fixed sometime in the future as I'm tired of wearing contacts/glasses. The one thing I wonder is what if your vision deteriorates once you get older? I guess you would need to pay for the surgery again and that would add up.

[AFDRAGON1976]

I'm getting this surgery on Friday! I've always been afraid of LASIK and I was grateful I wasn't a candidate due to my thin corneas and moderately high myopia. ICL will replace LASIK as the best choice for permanent vision correction! It's meant to be permanent but it's also reversible!

[NJFire1906]

@rounddot5827 Your asleep through the whole thing so dont feel it at all.

[rounddot5827]

does it hurt?

[jnyfried]

that seriously looks way safer then lasik, if i'm not a candidate for lasik, i'm so gettin this done!

[GEOaviaUNIVERCITY1]

@agirl1105

i amn't American i am from Georgia (europe) and i am learning on avia overseer. so i nead 99% view. so do American docs make this operation to Europians? :D:D

[agirl1105]

@geo- yes I had this done almost 2 years ago. Painless and amazing- literally sat up after the 4.5 min surgery and could see. I got it down at kremer laser center

[GEOaviaUNIVERCITY1]

@agirl1105 have u done this icl surgery?

pl i want it too and i'm interesting in detiles