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Custom Lens Replacement (CLR)
"There's nothing you need anymore to see everything clearly. You simply wake up in the morning and you can see. It's wonderful."
- Gary M, ClearSight CLR Patient
No More Readers.
No More Bifocals.
It’s possible to have the glasses-free vision you’ve been missing!
Over the age of 40, readers and bifocals are a part of life, or at least they used to be! This age-old problem of presbyopia affects us all, but it doesn’t have to! With modern advancements in intraocular lenses from cataract surgery, we can now reverse the clock and provide the range of vision that so many of us wished we had never lost.
Who is a Candidate?
While not everyone is a candidate, we recommend Custom Lens Replacement for most people in their 40s and beyond who depend on readers, bifocals, and contact lenses.
Is it Safe?
Custom Lens Replacement, like cataract surgery, is one of the safest and most widely performed medical procedures in the world. This procedure has been refined over the last 60 years.
Popular Benefits
- Pays for itself by eliminating decades of expensive bifocals.
- Able to treat most of your vision needs in one procedure.
- Patients often describe colors to be brighter and more vivid.
- Eliminates the need for cataract surgery later in life.
- 20/20 or it’s FREE ClearSight Commitment
More Details about Custom Lens Replacement
Presby-what?
The reason we start to need readers and bifocals in our 40s is due to Presbyopia, which literally translates to “old eyes.” This happens to us due to the natural aging of the lens inside the eye. As we add birthdays, we add layers and hardening to the natural lens. With enough layers and hardening, we lose our natural zoom power. This typically results in a loss of near vision and with time, even our distance vision! Thankfully, custom lens replacement can be a solution!
Never a Future Cataract!
There are many benefits to custom lens replacement. It can treat nearsightedness, farsightedness, astigmatism, and even presbyopia! What many people don’t know is that it also prevents cataracts from forming. Cataracts happen to all of us if we live long enough. Thankfully once custom lens replacement has been performed, it is medically impossible to develop a cataract!
Refinement If Needed
We know that choosing a surgeon and technology can be intimidating. We at ClearSight stand by our results. That means that every patient will come back for an exam once fully healed from their CLR procedure. At this exam we will see if there are any refinements that can or need to be performed to customize your vision to the level that you want. 20/20 is great, but we always go for better than 20/20 if possible!
How It Works
Based on your goals and your eye anatomy, you and your ClearSight Surgeon will determine the customized lens technology for you. The procedure itself usually takes around 10 minutes per eye, and we typically perform CLR on both eyes on the same day. The first step consists of the removal of your old lens through a very small opening. The second step is placement of the new lens where the old one used to be.
STEP ONE
Removal of Dysfunctional Lens
STEP TWO
Placement of New Lens
STEP THREE
Clear Vision
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Affordability
At ClearSight, we believe that financing Vision Correction Surgery should be simple. That’s why we offer affordable 0% payment plans on all of our procedures.
Technology Matters
Better technology achieves better results.
Technology has always been extremely important in vision correction, and ClearSight has recognized that from the beginning. This is why we have so many vision correction options, so that we can make sure that everyone who walks through our doors will get the best vision possible. It also means most people are a candidate for something and that the majority of our patients achieve vision that is better than 20/20!
More FAQs about Custom Lens Replacement Surgery
IS CUSTOM LENS REPLACEMENT SURGERY PAINFUL?
No. Custom Lens Replacement surgery is typically painless. The patient will undergo local anesthesia before the procedure to ensure against feeling any discomfort. Patients may feel some brief discomfort as the anesthetic wears off. It is common for patients to have slight discomfort or itching around the eye in the days after a Lens Replacement procedure, but this usually goes away quickly. In most cases, over-the-counter medications are more than enough to treat any discomfort the patient may be feeling.
HOW LONG DOES IT TAKE TO RECOVER FROM CUSTOM LENS REPLACEMENT SURGERY?
Although each patient’s recovery following Custom Lens Replacement surgery is unique, the final outcome–clear vision and greater independence from visual issues–should be the same. The first part of the healing process after a refractive lens exchange usually lasts a week. The majority of the patient’s daily activities should be resumed at this stage.
Most patients will instantly realize after having eye surgery that their eyesight is better than it was before the procedure. They will still have dilated pupils, however, which will cause some degree of visual blur. There should be a visible improvement in eyesight when the pupil returns back to normal size. The surgery should have improved the patient’s visual acuity, and within 24 hours your distance vision should be normal. Reading vision and upclose focus often takes longer to improve, but with a multifocal IOL reading vision should get sharper in three to five days. You might notice halos around lights during the first few months of the healing phase.
The patient should make a follow-up visit with the eye surgeons approximately a week following the eye operation. The eye will be examined to check on the eye’s healing and make sure the vision correction was satisfactory. A final one-month appointment will be planned if everything seems to be going well to ensure that eyesight has stabilized and that the prescription eye-drop therapy has finished working. If the patient’s second eye is being operated on at a different time, this procedure will take place on the same schedule.
CAN YOU HAVE CUSTOM LENS REPLACEMENT SURGERY AFTER LASER VISION CORRECTION?
The short answer is yes, you can. In contrast to Custom Lense Replacement (sometimes called refractive lens exchange surgery or RLE), which replaces the lens within the eye, LASIK addresses the cornea. To put it simply, one will not exclude the possibility of the other. To correct vision at all distances, high-performance multi-focal lenses may also be utilized.
DOES A CUSTOM LENS REPLACEMENT PROCEDURE (CLR) HURT?
HOW LONG WILL RECOVERY TAKE?
WHY CAN’T I HAVE LASIK?
WILL MY VISION CHANGE OVER TIME?
WILL I STILL HAVE TO HAVE CATARACT SURGERY?
WHAT IS THE RISK OF CUSTOM LENS REPLACEMENT?
DOES INSURANCE COVER MY CLR PROCEDURE?
CAN I AFFORD CUSTOM LENS REPLACEMENT?
WILL I STILL HAVE TO WEAR READERS, BIFOCALS, OR GLASSES?
At ClearSight, our goal is glasses free vision! The majority of our patients who have Custom Lens Replacement can expect to be able to do their normal daily activities without any glasses. Blended LASIK patients can expect the same result, but your natural lens will continue to harden and the need for readers will be more noticeable, at which point you want to proceed with Custom Lens Replacement.
WHICH PROCEDURE AT CLEARSIGHT IS RIGHT FOR ME?
The only way to determine which procedure is right for you is to schedule your free exam and get an official recommendation from our doctors. You can also take our self-test to find out which procedure may be right for your eyes.
