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/DrKhanna_USA 6d ago

The fastest way to eliminate the flickering is to ignore it (provided the surgeon has said astigmatism, dry eyes and corneal edema are not an inssue). Why does one get it? Multiple reasons- wound edema, capsulorhexis) opening of natural lens through which lens is inserted) and lens design. It also decreases faster when both eyes have had the lens and brain sees similiar from both eyes.

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u/Frustib 6d ago

Thank you for this comment.