Presbyopia comes from a Greek word meaning “old eyes” and is the frustrating problem that happens some time after the age of about 45 when you start having difficulties seeing your phone or reading things nearby. Presbyopia is the ageing of the lens inside your eye so that it loses its ability to focus on anything nearby.
There are many ways to correct your near vision including lens replacement & blended laser vision correction, also known as monovision.
Another solution is a corneal inlay. The tiny, transparent inlay is implanted in a superficial layer of the cornea of one eye to improve the near vision in this eye while maintaining good distance vision too. The other eye maintains good distance vision and between your two eyes you can see in the distance and nearby again. It’s another way to rejuvenate your vision & go back to no more glasses.
Corneal inlays are implanted into the front surface of the cornea. The procedure is painless & takes about 15 minutes. They can be combined with laser vision correction such as LASIK or LASEK.
Corneal inlays were made of light-bending acrylic or other artificial material. Mark Wevill is the only Birmingham ophthalmologist who has experience implanting corneal inlays. Although they worked well to improve near vision, unfortunately some eyes didn’t accept the artificial inlays well, they caused hazy vision & they had to be removed. But because they worked well, a new generation of natural compound inlays is being developed to help you see without glasses again. Names to watch out for are TransForm inlays from Allotex & PEARL inlays.
In the meantime you don’t have to put up with lost reading glasses (which you usually find on your head) or looking old with them on a chain around your neck. You can come & speak to us about the great presbyopia correcting solutions available for you today.
