ICL, An Alternative To Laser Eye Surgery

A number of people who are thinking of undergoing laser eye surgery are curious as

to whether another, possibly safer, method that could give them similar results without them having to risk permanently damaging their eyesight. For some of these people, that other method is something called implantable contact lenses or ICLs.

Implantable contact lenses work on a simple basis. The principle is pretty much the same as the external contact lenses that hundreds of thousands of citizens wear day-after-day. The big difference is ICLs are placed inside the eye instead of outside the eyes. ICLs, just as external contact lenses, can mainly be used to correct nearsightedness and far sightedness.

Just like laser eye surgery, ICL is a type of surgery. Unlike laser eye surgery, however, in an ICL procedure the lens of the eye isn't irreversibly changed. Instead an implanted lens, with the corrective prescriptions, is placed over the eye's natural lens where they work together to correct the patients natural vision.

There is one key difference between ICL and laser eye surgery. And that is that the laser eye surgery results in a permanent change to the eye. Said another way, when you have laser eye surgery, your cornea is physically altered. And, once a cut has been made, the cut cannot be undone. If there is an error in the procedure, as there sometimes is, the patient has to have another operation with possible additional surgical cuts made to the eye. So the error can be fixed. If just can't be reversed. In an ICL procedure, however, if the patient decides that he doesn't like the results of the procedure, he can simply have the contact lens removed from his eyes.

The end results are very comparable when you compare the success rates of laser eye surgery with that of implantable contact lens surgery. Both of them have a success rate falling somewhere in the 94-96 percent range. A big caveat, however, in those cases where laser eye surgery does go wrong, sometimes it goes horribly wrong and does permanent damage to the eye. With an ICL procedure, the chances of this happening are much less.

If you have ever considered having laser eye surgery but haven't because you were concerned with the risk, implantable contact lenses are certainly worth taking the time to look at. Speak to your personal doctor and get his viewpoint and do your own research. Also, ask your doctor to recommend an ophthalmologist for you to consult for his opinion as well.

From the standpoint of a person fearful of eye surgery, the best thing about having an ICL procedure is that it is not permanent. So, if you later feel that you would rather have laser eye surgery, you can still have it. Simply have the implantable contact lenses removed and have the laser eye surgery performed.

ICL, An Alternative To Laser Eye Surgery

By: Dana Siconolfi

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