ICL Phakic Lens Implantation

ICL implantation corrects short sight, long sight and astigmatism by placing a soft, custom-made lens inside the eye, in front of the natural lens, rather than reshaping the cornea with a laser. The lens is made of collamer, a flexible material that is well tolerated inside the eye, and it is folded and inserted through a small incision of about three millimetres that does not usually need a stitch. Because no corneal tissue is removed, the procedure suits people with high prescriptions, thin or irregular corneas or dry eyes, for whom laser correction is not advisable. Vision is generally clear within a day, and the lens can be removed or exchanged if circumstances change.