Surgery for age related long sightedness! OMG! No more reading glasses!

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Posting here for traffic. I want to let people know about this. Because I had no clue this surgery existed until I got cataracts. Basically if you have cataracts or need reading glasses due to getting a bit older, you can have an artificial lens placed in your eye and your eyesight will be perfect again. I had this done a few days ago and it is LIFE CHANGING! I’ve never seen any adverts for this, didn’t even know it was a thing. No more glasses to watch TV or read a text! Mind blown!

I used to work with a Korean lady who had this surgery in Korea - not for cataracts, just for implanted lenses so she didn't need glasses. She was happy for a few years, but when I left that job she was planning a trip back to Korea to get them replaced, as her prescription had changed and her vision wasn't as good as it had been right after the surgery.

I'd rather wear my glasses and get the prescription changed as necessary than need to have eye surgery when things change, but hey ho, each to their own.

My fil has worse sight since his operations. He won't go back.

I have cataracts in both eyes.The worst one is getting done first ,in a few weeks' time,then they plan to do the other about 8 weeks after that.
When all's done,I won't need glasses for distance vision but will need reading glasses.I'm having it done in a private clinic on the NHS.

my mums had cataract surgery and still wears glasses. Could she have had her vision corrected????

There are always risks with surgery, even if the risks are low. With any eye surgery, you ultimately risk losing your eye. If you have any preexisting eye conditions that will change the risk profile. A friend has just been diagnosed with cataracts, but because he has an existing condition, an op is far riskier.

You can have replacement lenses that are different in each eye, so you basically use one for near vision and one for long vision. Eyes work together like this quite naturally, which is why no one realised I needed glasses for quite a while in my teens - I was only using one eye to see the blackboard, and the other to read books - I just didn't realise.

You can't change all the effects of aging/presbyopia. But surgery can help.

There's always a risk.

I had cataract surgery last year and now only need reading glasses. I’m absolutely thrilled with this result as I had to wear glasses all the time before.

My friend had this after cataract surgery, it looked a bit terminator ish when the light caught it and reflected like a mirror.

I had Len's replacement a couple of years ago with optical express. I had very good long sight but was unable to read without glasses from my late 40's. My reading is now perfect but the payoff is now my long sight isn't as good. However I still love it.

This must have been something different. Your prescription does not change after IOL.

For those asking it was £8549 at Clarity.

This is very interesting! I previously thought only short sightedness could be corrected.I can see something miles away but can’t read my phone without glasses

My mum had this done on the NHS. She was incredibly short-sighted (since childhood) and wore reading glasses. At 88 she now doesn’t need glasses for anything. It’s been amazing for her.

Was it on the NHS? You can only get a monofocal lens on the NHS which fixes distance vision, but you still need reading glasses. In had IOL lenses with Extended Depth of Focus, which fixes your vision at all distances, so I can see far away, and I can also read my phone with no glasses.

Why doesn't your vision continue to deteriorate after the op?

Cataracts here too. Had lens replacement on NHS and left eye is reading, right eye is distance. Changed my life.
I had fast growing cataracts so lost lots of vision very quickly over 8 months. Forever grateful that this simple surgery exists.

That’s not correct. See my previous post.

Your vision deteriorates in your 40/50's because the lens in your eye stiffens. With this surgery you remove that lens, and replace it with an intraocular lens which will never deteriorate or stiffen. It lasts for life.

Ah interesting. I was only offered monofocal on the NHS. The waiting list was 2 years too.

Monofocal lenses have been around since the 1980's, but the lens that fixes all distances has only been around since 2014.

There is a certain amount of "upselling" at Specsavers, their parent company owns Newmedica who do lens replacement and other eye surgery on a private basis, as well as NHS referrals.

My dada had NHS cataract surgery and this is a monofocal lens as others have said. I paid privately and have varifocal lenses so to speak. My distance vision is perfect, reading is good but not perfect.

Hi don’t worry she is absolutely fine! The lens used in nhs cataract surgery corrects either distance or near vision (usually distance) and most wear specs afterwards, sometimes for both things. Nothing has gone wrong, the aim is to get rid of the cataract and if they can reduce glasses prescription at the same time that’s a bonus 🙂

I had multifocal lens replacement, for eyesight rather than cataracts. It is amazing, but not necessarily without issues. I still have a lot of issues with halos and glare, and I had the op a year ago, so I guess those side-effects are here to stay. I don’t regret it at all though, the trade-off is worth it for me, as I don’t need glasses at all now (except normal sunglasses outside for glare).

I had lense replacement surgery done in the summer. I went to Prague to have it done.

I had multifocal lenses put in. My vision is now brilliant over all distances, so no distance glasses , no reading glasses. No nothing. Just good eyesight😲.
You have to go private for the multifocal lenses I think? NHS Cataract surgery they put in a monofocal lense.

I got it done because I was fed up with contacts and specs. It's the best money I have ever spent. Only regret is not doing it sooner............I also didn't know it was a "thing" until a friend had it done.

Because age related deterioration is due to the lense becoming inflexible and not focusing properly. The artificial lense doesn't do this.

Yes fil has best eye sight of his life.
I've just been told i have early cataracts so I'll be getting it done once bad enough.