Consultant Ophthalmic Surgeon In Taunton, Somerset
Refractive Lens Surgery
Tired of having to wear glasses and/or contact lenses?
Perhaps contact lenses leave your eyes sore and uncomfortable and bifocals or varifocals are inconvenient?
Are you aged 50 or over?
Refractive lens surgery may be the solution you've been looking for.
Advantages to refractive lens surgery:
Same operation as a cataract operation.
Quick, painless
Tried and tested
Safe
Kills 2 birds with 1 stone
Cataract treatment will not need be needed later on
Both near and distance vision can be corrected at the same time with multifocal and toric lenses - 90-95% of patients report being spectacle independent the majority of the time
Traditional Laser vision correction surgery such as LASIK has a number of drawbacks:
Although the distance vision is usually excellent, near vision glasses will be needed from age 45 onwards due to aging
The distance vision is likely to deteriorate later as cataract develops, even in the early stages, meaning that glasses may be needed again
Almost everyone will need cataract surgery later as they get older but after laser surgery the lens calculations are less accurate meaning glasses may well be needed after cataract surgery
Would you like to discuss suitability?
To discuss your requirements and suitability for this procedure please make an appointment to see Mr Rossiter.