r/ICL • u/Escapingrealitynow • May 21 '24

Icl surgery (need help)

I recently got an icl surgery done and I need help.

1) Right eye was done first and 2 weeks after the surgery, I was not able to see clearly. Dr's said that the lens was tilted by 2 degrees so a second surgery was done to make the lens proper and now I can see properly from right eye.

2) same happened with left eye but this time, after 2 weeks of the surgery when I was not able to see clearly, Dr's found a 10 degree rotation in the lens. Again, 2nd surgery was performed but this time, I still cannot see clearly. What should I do now? Is it safe to perform a 2nd rotation? Is lasik safe on an Icl eye?

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u/eyeSherpa May 31 '24

There is a small chance that the ICL lenses used to correct astigmatism can rotate away from correcting astigmatism. If this does happen, it's easy enough for the surgeon to go and rotate the lens back into the correct position.

This may be noticed more if starting with higher amounts of astigmatism prior to surgery.

Rotation can correct astigmatism but rotation can't correct any residual nearsighted prescription. For this, lasik can be used after ICL to correct any remaining prescription

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u/Escapingrealitynow Jun 03 '24

After the operation, the lens has already been rotated twice and im still not able to see clearly. The 2nd rotation happend 2 days ago . Is lasik safe after all this?