Had enough of specs and contacts?
Then lens replacement surgery may be the answer
If you have been wearing glasses or lenses for a long time, it may seem too good to be true that you’d be able to reduce or completely remove your dependence on them in one simple step.
But that is the reality with lens replacement surgery at Optegra Eye Health Care – a sophisticated procedure that has been life-changing for patients. It can provide you with a life-long solution to your current eyesight issues – an investment in your future!
The brief, pain-free procedure involves replacing the natural lens of the eye with a personalised prescription lens. This is selected by your Optegra surgeon following thorough diagnostic tests on your eyes, to provide the perfect new lens to suit your own visual needs.
Lens replacement can be used to correct a wide range of visual problems including long and short-sightedness, astigmatism, presbyopia (age-related need for reading glasses) and dependence on bifocal, varifocal or multifocal glasses. It is suitable for people with strong prescriptions and has low complication rates due to advanced technology.
A further advantage of lens replacement surgery is that you will never get cataracts in the future, as the natural lens has been removed and exchanged for a sophisticated Intra-Ocular Lens (IOL).
The surgery itself takes no more than 10 minutes. It is performed using local anaesthetic drops, so you won’t feel any pain.
Optegra’s Medical Director and consultant surgeon, Mr Amir Hamid, said: “Lens replacement is one of the safest medical procedures you can have, and is based on traditional cataract surgery, a procedure which is performed millions of times throughout the world every year.
“As centres of eye excellence, we offer facilities with the most advanced surgical and technical equipment. Our 18 hospitals and clinics around the UK provide a modern, calm and comfortable environment in which our patients can feel relaxed and well cared for through a patient-led, personalised treatment plan.”
Greg Cole
It certainly worked for keen mountain runner Greg Cole from Surrey. He was fed up with constantly juggling multiple pairs of glasses when out running in the hills.
He said: “The risk of losing my glasses was high as the terrain is so rugged and the weather isn’t always kind, but without my glasses I would be unable to read the map, which would be a disaster. Lens replacement surgery was life-changing for me.
“Now I realise quite how compromised my day-to-day activities had become – having surgery is the best thing I ever did.”
Book your free virtual consultation today at www.optegra.com or call 0800 098 3689
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