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Is there any experience here with the light adjustable lens (LAL)?

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assia99778
assia99778

The light adjustable lens (LAL) received approval by the FDA in 2017. I'm now offered this IOL as an alternative to a monofocal one. Is somebody here with experience - referring to treatment and outcome?

There is a thread in the forum introducing the LAL but it's three years old. They discussed the question whether the LAL is able to correct far, near and intermediate vision, achieving to be spectacle free at best. One member denied saying that you can only correct one distance like a monofocal lens. What is true?

Because I had rotation and unsucessful trifocal IOL treatment I very much appreciate the LAL with the possibility to correct the refraction several times after surgery when the lens is in place. Nighttime issues because of trifocal halos like concentric rings and spiderwebs around point light sources are not possible.

Sure there is the inconvenience to wear special sunglasses for several weeks from morning till dusk to protect the eyes from sunlight - even indoor and during showering but if it's worth the outcome I wouldn't mind.

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  • chris00380
    chris00380 assia99778

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    5 days after surgery i have 20/30

    distance viewing and I was unable to read anything on the near vision card. can not read my phone. The 1.5 power viewers are helping but not much. hoping they can dial in my distance but further while also correcting my near vision as well.

  • trilemma
    trilemma assia99778

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    So I think you have had one eye done. Is your plan to have that tuned for distance, or what.

    I expect will tune one eye to distance, and to tune the other eye about 1.5 D toward closer vision. I will keep my options open for a while, but I am more likely to go that mini-monovision route.

    When you have a follow up visit soon, expect they will refract the eye. That is not being done to give closer vision, but it will give a preliminary report of where things stand. IMO, the astigmatism is going to be the great majority of my adjustment of that eye.

    I presume you had changes over the first few days. Change will happen at a slower and slower rate until your first adjustment.

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