As recently reported, patients are switching between bifocals for presbyopia, the over 40 years old aging eyes problem, mid-range to now read on the computer and often another set of glasses to drive or engage in outdoor activities. This seems like  too many different glasses to keep track of, it’s hard enough to always reach for one pair when needed let alone three. As mention in our previous discussion, there are advanced intraocular implantable lens that replace the aging lens known as the crystalline lens in the eye. Crystalen Lens is an implantable lens that can eliminate dependency on all three sets of glasses described above as patients report having hi-definition vision at near, mid and far distances.

• With Crystalens the eyes can focus in the distance as well as intermediate (i.e. to see your computer, to see far ahead of you for driving) with less dependency on  prescription glasses or contacts.
• 92 percent of Crystalens patients can see 20/25 at a distance,
• 96 percent can 20/20 at arm’s length,
• 75 percent can see 20/25 for near sight activities, and
• 98 percent of crystalens patients can see well enough to pass their driver’s license eye test without glasses or contacts

Dr. Sandy T. Feldman, expert corneal and refractive surgeon in San Diego, has suggested another type of implantable lens. It’s also in the family of the implantable intraocular lens that originated from cataract surgery. Cataracts gradually starts after age of 40, but it’s not until people are in their 60s that the effects become so poor, treatment is needed.  By age 80 more than ½ of Americans are living with cloudy cataracts. Here are the upsides to cataract surgery: 2 million surgeries are performed every year with a 98 percent success rate.

Some people are opting to have this surgery early, so they don’t have to deal with mid-range glasses, bifocals and they can enjoy young vision again right now.  With the new multi-focal IOL, such as ReSTOR lens, Dr. Sandy T. Feldman, cataract surgery expert in San Diego, can implant bifocal implantable lenses that enable you to see far and near distances without your granny glasses. The 20-minute procedure that is essentially cataract surgery is painless. These FDA approved IOLs are pushing the boundaries of visual freedom and enable you to feel young again while walking on the beach, hiking in the mountains, surfing on the water, scuba diving beneath the sea. Young vision is possible again.