I’m writing a review of my lens implantation from 2 years ago to level up.
My eyesight was extremely bad, and my corneas were at the average level for women, so LASIK/LASEK wasn’t possible. I already knew that 10 years ago when I first tried to get LASIK... but I went in with high hopes, wondering if technology had advanced enough for SMILE LASIK. But as expected, what is physically impossible is impossible.
I chose this hospital because my mom had presbyopia cataract surgery there, and she recommended it, so I went. Without fear, I went ahead and had surgery that very afternoon on the day of the consultation. Since I’d already made up my mind... and it felt wasteful that I had lived with glasses for 1-2 weeks
Because lens implantation surgery has a small incision amount like SMILE LASIK, I was able to return to daily life right away after about 2 days. The pain was also okay after a day.
The surgery was, as expected, terrifying... They seemed to place something like a tube at the incision site and insert the lens through it with a “hoo!” motion… (If I had known because I’m scared of this kind of thing, I probably couldn’t have done it) Anyway, after inserting the lens, when they held and rotated it with a cotton swab to adjust the lens angle, my eye was pressed, so it hurt... A feeling of pain from intraocular pressure??
After one eye, my body was trembling so much, not because it hurt, but because of the fear of things poking and pressing right in front of my eye, that I even considered leaving without doing the other eye
Anyway, in the end I’m satisfied, but...
I’ll only tell you the downsides now, 2 years after surgery 1. I can’t rub my eyes as much and as refreshingly as I want... in case the lens tears
2. It’s slightly different from glare/halos... When I look at a light source in a dark place, I see a circle like the shape of the lens in my eye... This happens more when I’m tired:. Especially for the first month after surgery, it’s severe. So when riding in a car and passing through a tunnel, it’s no joke
Anyway, know this before getting the surgery... If I were told to do it again... I do think it’s much better now than when I had dryness wearing disposable contact lenses... but the surgery is still terrifying Since this can’t be done under sedation
This review is for a surgery that pursues natural beauty.