Patients always get confused between whats Phakic Intraocular Lens and Implantable contact lens. Let us confirm, Its just the same. The only difference is the name doctors or surgeons use to name this.
The Phakic Intraocular lenses look like regular contact lenses or crescent-shaped segments. These lenses are implanted surgically without removing the eye’s natural lens. [...]
ICL or Implantable Contact lens is made of inert materials and can last a lifetime. In the case of the lenses inserted into a patient’s eye for nearsightedness or myopia, these lenses will need to be removed if the patient develops a cataract and cataract surgery is recommended.
Cataract can be treated with ICL as well.
Are you fed up of using high numbered glasses and at the same time, do not enjoy wearing soft contact lenses, then you can be a good candiate for ICL- Implantable Collamer lense.
For cataract patients tired of reading glasses dangling from chains around their necks, there’s a new option in ophthalmology offices: multi-focal, implantable [...]
