Eye surgery has made considerable progress within the last couple of decades, and eye implants are amongst the most incredible. Nowadays, eye surgery is able to completely restore vision, and make people feel complete, as vision is one of fundamental facets of a quality life. LASIK, PRK and LASEK, Lens Implants (Crystalens surgery) are few of many existing eye surgery methods. The article will briefly speak about these methods and will also provide information on cosmetic eye implants.
Eye implants possibilities
LASIK is one of the most popular eye surgery methods. It restores vision through correction, or removal of the corneal tissue, by mean of laser intervention. LASIK can return 100-percent vision to ninety patients out of hundred. The procedure lasts 15-20 minutes and complications are very rare. Those patients who have either cornea thinness or other problems, cannot have the LASIK surgery, but can have a substitute in PRK and LASEK surgery.
Crystalens eye implants do not need laser
The key feature of the Crystalens eye implants surgery, is that it does not require the laser ablation. The Crystalens eye implants are designed so that they perfectly fit eye muscles, and respond to their movements naturally. The surgery is painless and usually lasts twenty minutes. A patient receives relaxing medications. The eye-lens implantation begins with the anesthesia, then the natural lenses are removed through a micro incision, and eye implants inserted. If both eyes have to be operated on, two weeks should pass after the first eye implants surgery. This surgical method treats the cataract, and fully restores the patients’ vision. It has become a very common surgical operation in Europe and the United States.
Regardless which of the surgeries the patient has, the patient’s recovery process should be almost instant. A patient is able to get back to his daily activities, work and drive the same day after the medical intervention. However one or two general follow up visits to the ophthalmology center may be required. Although the vision is recovered soon after a surgery, the eyes will remain sensitive for some time. Thus for the first couple of weeks the patients are highly advised to refrain from overloading with work or heavy lifting, applying make up, visiting pools and public places, in order to prevent infection getting into the eyes.
Everybody will agree that any surgery, and especially on the eye, is a very unpleasant moment in one’s life. We regard the inevitable surgery as the only means to overcome the vision problems and restore eye functionality. However strange it may sound, some people have eye implants (also called eyeball jewelry implants) for cosmetic purposes only. People think these implants add beauty to their body and make them ultra fashionable. The eye jewelry implantations began in the Netherlands in 2002. The procedure implies implantation of a metal or jewel piece under the eye mucous membrane. It takes as long as the standard eye surgery and also under the local anesthetic. Of course the cosmetic eye implants is a sheer folly of the crazy age. Medical experts strongly warn against it as since the implant cannot be steadily fixed in the eye mucous membrane, and it may seriously damage the eye, once the implant moves. Many countries, among them the Unites States, strictly ban these types of eye implants.