Lens Implants for vision correction may provide an excellent opportunity to achieve freedom from the hassle of glasses and contact lenses. A recent advance in Lens Implant procedures for vision correction is Phakic Lens Implant Surgery. With Phakic Lens Implants it is possible to leave the natural Crystalline Lens in place and insert a tiny lens in front of your natural lens. This allows your vision to be corrected almost as if we were implanting a contact lens. For patients who are extremely nearsighted and told that they are not candidates for LASIK or any type of corneal laser eye surgery, Dr. Chang may recommend the Visian ICL™ Implantable Collamer Lens to correct their vision.
The Visian ICL™ Implantable Collamer Lens
The Visian ICL™ Implantable Collamer Lens is a soft gel like Phakic Lens Implant much like an implantable contact lens. Unlike the intraocular lens implants (IOL) used during cataract surgery, the Visian ICL™ does not replace the eye's natural lens. Instead, the Visian ICL™ is placed between the Iris and the natural lens. Because Visian does not replace the lens, but supplements it like a prescription contact lens, it is sometimes referred to as an implantable contact lens.
The Visian ICL™ gives Dr. Chang another option for correcting myopia or nearsightedness-particularly for those who are not candidates for LASIK or other types of corneal laser eye surgery. Although the Visian ICL™ is often informally defined as an “Implantable Contact Lens”, the "ICL" in the Visian ICL™ stands for "Implantable Collamer Lens" indicating the unique material that comprises the lens.
The Visian ICL™ is made from “Collamer”, a unique, highly biocompatible organic lens material, designed especially for the Visian Lens. The Visian ICL™ is foldable, requiring only a tiny incision. The tiny incision is so small that it does not require sutures and allows for a quick, comfortable recovery.
Although the Visian ICL™ is meant to stay in the eye indefinitely, in the event that overcorrection or undercorrection occurs, a complication develops or a patient's vision changes, the Visian ICL™ can be removed or exchanged by Dr. Chang.
Corneal Specialist JoAnn C. Chang, M.D. at D’Ambrosio Eye Care provides Phakic Lens Implants such as the Visian ICL™ for vision correction in greater Boston Massachusetts and is conveniently located for Massachusetts patients from Lancaster, Acton, Gardner, Athol, Greenfield, West Springfield, Springfield, Shelburne Falls, Clinton, Harvard, Gardner, Fitchburg, Westminster, Templeton, Worcester, Milford, Marlborough, Boxborough, Westborough, Lowell, Lexington, Leominster, Lunenburg, Shirley, Winchendon. Sterling, Littleton, Boylston, Hudson, Berlin, Bolton, Stow, Sudbury, Chelmsford, Groton and Concord Massachusetts. To schedule an appointment for a Consultation for the Visian ICL™ for vision correction please call us at 1.800.325.3937.
