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Think about how deeply you depend on your eyes and your vision each day. How would you drive, read, work, and manage all of the other important activities of your day without your eyes functioning properly, or without the proper corrective lenses? Whether you require special accommodating lenses due to a refractive error such as such as nearsightedness, farsightedness, astigmatism, or presbyopia, or need an entirely new lens implanted due to cataracts, our St. Louis Cataract Surgeon at Glaucoma Consultants of St. Louis will be sure to have the solution you need.
Switching between your prescription eyeglasses and your reading glasses can be an incredible nuisance. If you’d prefer to seamlessly be able to see both near and far at any given moment, then multi-focal lenses may be the solution you’ve been looking for. If you’re sick of corrective lenses altogether, then there are various surgical procedures for correcting or adjusting your eye's focusing ability, and this is primarily done by reshaping the cornea. If you have a refractive error, and if you want to decrease your dependence on glasses or contact lenses and are free of eye disease, then corneal refractive surgery may be for you. The most widely performed type of refractive surgery is LASIK, where a laser is used to reshape the cornea. A similar procedure is available for those patients with cataracts. Cataracts are a gradual thickening of the natural lens inside the eye, which can cloud, distort, and impair vision. At first, stronger lighting and eyeglasses can help you deal with this condition. But if impaired vision interferes with your usual activities, you might need refractive cataract surgery. Eventually, if left untreated, cataracts will cause blindness. If visual loss is significant, surgical removal of the lens may be warranted. Refractive cataract surgery is the most common eye surgery. During this procedure, a self-sealing small incision is performed, which does not require suture closure. Your St. Louis cataract surgeon will remove the cloudy lens and implant an artificial, intraocular lens. At Glaucoma Consultants of St. Louis, we are also proud to offer new advanced technology intraocular lenses (IOLs), which are designed to reduce or even eliminate your need for glasses following refractive cataract surgery. Also, for patients with low to very high amounts of astigmatism, TORIC IOLs are used to correct the vision during this procedure.
So if you’re tired of switching between your reading and prescription eyeglasses and have been looking for the right multifocal lenses, or if you’re eye care needs require a replacement of your natural lens altogether by a St. Louis cataract surgeon, then it’s easy to see why Glaucoma Consultants of St. Louis is the best place for all your eye care needs. Whatever your accommodating lenses needs may be, call our office today if you have any questions regarding multi-focal lenses and cataract surgery.
By Glaucoma Consultants of St. Louis
September 18, 2015
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