ICL- Implantable Contact Lenses Information Guide

Patients begin to experience presbyopia in their 40s or 50s. The condition makes it harder to read or see details up close without reading glasses.

Monovision laser vision correction is a treatment option for patients with presbyopia. This procedure lets patients have both good distance and near vision using the individual strengths of each eye.

During the laser vision correction procedure, the dominant eye would be corrected for distance and the non-dominant eye would be slightly under corrected for near vision.

monovision laser correctio surgery is often referred as monovision lasik.

iLASIK combines the IntraLase and Advanced CustomVue procedures for a personalized, custom laser vision correction treatment. Before the iLASIK procedure is done, a WaveScan is done of the eye. A WaveScan maps the imperfections of the patient’s eye in 3-D.

The iLASIK procedure starts with the IntraLase treatment during which the LASIK flap is made with the IntraLase laser. The flap is gently folded back to expose the cornea of the eye. Then the Advanced CustomVue treatment is done to the cornea utilizing the WaveScan measurements. This step corrects the patient’s vision.

iLasik surgery cost is often costlier than Lasik, so around $2000-3000 per eye.

The WaveScan wavefront system is a computer program that precisely maps the topography of a patient’s eye. The WaveScan technology is much like a high-powered telescope and is 25 times more accurate than the machine that ophthalmologists and optometrists have been using since the 1850s to prescribe eyeglasses and contacts. Visx Wavescan is the most popular technology available in the market for wavescan today

During the LASIK procedure, the WaveScan map is transferred to the VISX Excimer laser. The exact and precise measurements are used to gently shape the cornea and eliminate visual imperfections giving the patient excellent vision.