Real life stories from ICL patients
Real life stories from ICL patients
“I feel like a big part of health is using what your body already has. ICL is in line with that because it’s keeping your eye completely intact. My eye is still my eye.”
Eve Torres Gracie
Jiu Jitsu Instructor
Phil Torres
Entomologist, TV Show Host
The thing that I love about ICLs is that they are putting a lens in there that can be removed.
Jennifer Puno
Web Designer
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Andrew Oxenham
Photographer
I would never be able to just wake up and go, and now I can literally just roll out of bed and go straight to the farmer's market.
Sara Tso
Chef
Read the full storyICL feels like I am finally experiencing life the way it is meant to be experienced; there are no more barriers between me and the world.
Gayane Khechoomian
Attorney
I don’t say this a lot, but it really did change my life. Vision is important to me… and I’m not someone that likes to be encumbered by anything.
Jennifer Van Dijk
Pilot
Sports are difficult with glasses. Contacts are better, but I still have to worry about them falling out at the worst possible time. Since getting ICL, I don’t even think about those things anymore.
James Robinson
Computer Programmer
In the past, I would make short term decisions that would be cheaper and would fix the problem short term. This (ICL) fixed the problem long term.
Ashley Acda
Teacher
This information is presented in the public interest by STAAR Surgical™ to create awareness of options available for those with near-sightedness with or without astigmatism. Please consult your health care provider to determine which option is right for you.
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References
1Patient Survey, STAAR Surgical ICL Data Registry, 2018
2Sanders D. Vukich JA. Comparison of implantable collamer lens (ICL) and laser-assisted in situ keratomileusis (LASIK) for Low Myopia. Cornea. 2006 Dec; 25(10):1139-46.
3Naves, J.S. Carracedo, G. Cacho-Babillo, I. Diadenosine Nucleotid Measurements as Dry-Eye Score in Patients After LASIK and ICL Surgery. Presented at American Society of Cataract and Refractive Surgery (ASCRS) 2012.
4Shoja, MR. Besharati, MR. Dry eye after LASIK for myopia: Incidence and risk factors. European Journal of Ophthalmology. 2007; 17(1): pp. 1-6.
5aLee, Jae Bum et al. Comparison of tear secretion and tear film instability after photorefractive keratectomy and laser in situ keratomileusis. Journal of Cataract & Refractive Surgery , Volume 26 , Issue 9 , 1326 - 1331.
5bParkhurst, G. Psolka, M. Kezirian, G. Phakic intraocular lens implantantion in United States military warfighters: A retrospective analysis of early clinical outcomes of the Visian ICL. J Refract Surg. 2011;27(7):473-481.