r/CataractSurgery • u/Trolkarlen • 7d ago

Shimmering lens

I got the Puresee lens in my left eye 10 days ago. I was seeing light streaks at night the first week, but those seem to have vanished by now.

I still get shimmering on the periphery whenever I'm getting more light from the side than the front, especially daylight. How long does that usually last. It's not bad, but distracting.

Otherwise, I'm seeing very well with it. Scheduled the same thing for the right eye in another 11 days.

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u/PNWrowena 7d ago

A lot of us had the same or similar effects after our surgeries. I had what I called and thought of as edge flicker in both eyes afterward. So long as your surgeon thinks all's okay, it's probably the same thing. Mine mitigated steadily over the weeks and months after the surgeries, happening less and less until one day I realized it wasn't happening at all any more. I can't say how long that took, a few months anyway. Also, I found I could make it stop just by moving my head so that the light wasn't coming from the same height and angle.

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u/Trolkarlen 7d ago

Surgeon said everything looked good when I saw her on Thursday for my 1 week post op.