ICL Treatment
Your doctor will conduct a number of routine tests to assess your eye’s special characteristics prior to scheduling your ICL operation.
IMPLANTABLE COLLAMER LENS(ICL)
The latest implantable contact lens, known as the ICL, can be inserted into the eye without removing the normal lens. For people who are astigmatic, short-sighted (myopia), or long-sighted (hyperopia), this lens is a great option. A substance called Collamer, a collagen co-polymer with a little quantity of pure collagen, is used to make this lens. The lens is extremely safe, soft, flexible, and moisturizing because it is stable and biocompatible.
What happens in ICL?
The ICL does not change the cornea’s natural shape or health because it is implanted through a minuscule incision that doesn’t need stitches. As a new implantable contact lens, the ICL has a number of frequently asked questions. Learn the right answers here to boost your confidence before making a choice.
HOW DO I KNOW IF I AM FIT FOR ICL ?
Assessment for ICL
You are between 21 and 45 years old.
Age criteria for ICL.
nearsighted vision
You have nearsighted vision with mild to severe myopia (-3D to -20D).
constant prescription
You have not had a change in prescription of more than 0.5D in the past year
no dry eye
You are looking for a procedure that doesn’t create dry eye syndrome.
good eye health
You should have enough endothelial cell density and adequate anterior chamber depth for safe implementation of the procedure.
Frequently Asked Questions
Few commonly asked questions about ICL , these question will help you to understand better about the ICL.
How ICL is different from lasik
A new intraocular lens called the ICL, or Implantable Collamer Lens, can be inserted into the eye without removing the native lens. A substance called Collamer, a collagen co-polymer with a little quantity of pure collagen, is used to make this lens. It has long been utilized in the lenses inserted during eye surgery and is sturdy and biocompatible. The lens is tiny, foldable, wet, soft, and flexible. The normal shape or health of the cornea is not changed by the ICL because it is implanted through a minuscule incision that doesn’t need stitches.
While LASIK uses an incredibly precise laser to reshape the cornea, the clear front surface of the eye, to correct eyesight. The procedure known as LASIK, or Laser-Assisted In Situ Keratomileusis, corrects eyesight by permanently altering the shape of the cornea with an incredibly precise laser. Some individuals who are not good candidates for LASIK because their corneas are too thin to be treated safely with laser eye surgery techniques can use the ICL as a substitute.
Problems that are suitable for ICL?
Astigmatism, a common vision disorder that produces fuzzy vision due to the irregular shape of the cornea or occasionally because of the curvature of the lens inside the eye, can be treated by the ICL along with short-sightedness (myopia). Patients with short-sightedness who have eyesight between -0.50 and -18.00 can utilize the ICL. Patients with astigmatism and vision between -0.25 and -6.00 can use the lens.
Advantages of ICL?
Each eye’s shape and size are taken into account when designing the lens.
It is possible to later
remove an ICL.
The ICL can be folded, which speeds up the healing process.
The dry eye condition is not brought on after ICL surgery.
The ICL becomes a part of the eye permanently. The eye’s natural capacity to focus is maintained because the natural lens is still in situ.
what are the possible reason to remove ICL?
A substance called Collamer, a collagen co-polymer with a little quantity of pure collagen, is used to make this lens. It is compact, foldable, pliable, wet, and soft.
It does not harm any tissues because it is stable and biocompatible. The lens is removed in a manner identical to how it was initially implanted.The most frequent justification for lens removal is cataract development brought on by old age. The lens must be removed as well if cataract surgery is required. Increased intraocular pressure in the eyes is another potential cause, despite its rarity. Following surgery, intraocular pressure could momentarily rise. If increased intraocular pressure does not subside following ICL surgery, the lens may need to be removed after taking medications to lower eye pressure.
