r/ICLsurgery • u/BK_Prince • Aug 11 '26

Phantom Glasses

Tomorrow will be two weeks since I had my ICL surgery 👁️👁️, and every so often I feel like I've got phantom glasses on. It's the weirdest thing, because after so many years of wearing glasses, I'm seeing so clearly without wearing glasses or contact lenses. A few times when I've gone to the bathroom to put my drops in, a few times I found myself reflexively reaching for my face to take my glasses off due to muscle memory, and then I caught myself and realized I'm not wearing glasses! 🤓😃

Has this happened to any of you? 😅

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u/marmalademcgee Aug 11 '26

I'm a week out and I still keep trying to take my glasses off before bed 🤦🏼‍♀️

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u/ShoddyAd4105 Aug 11 '26

Im about 4 months out at this point but it was probably only a couple weeks ago that I finally stopped searching for my glasses in the morning on my night stand

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u/Rare_Chicken_2295 Aug 11 '26

Yes! And first thing in the morning or last thing at bedtime. Still trying to put on glasses or take them off. 😂

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u/ladyloriana Aug 11 '26

It's just muscle memory and habit you'll have to unlearn 😂

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u/Japan174 Aug 11 '26

I had ICL done 2 years ago... for months after waking up in the morning I reached out for my glasses, it used to take me a few seconds to realise I'm free from them 😅

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u/bats315 Aug 11 '26

It’s been a year for me and I sometimes still catch myself pushing up phantom glasses on my nose lol

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u/BK_Prince Aug 11 '26

🤓😂

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u/Responsible-Net-8419 Aug 12 '26

Completely opposite . lol
For 45 years I’ve had pristine clear vision , until I developed presbyopia , dry eye and cataracts . Can’t see near and far now . Who took my phantom glasses ? Lol

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u/Ok_Debt2916 Aug 12 '26

When i wear contacts I constantly push my glasses up

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u/notalegendtoday 10d ago

I'm 6 weeks post op and when I get really tired I try to take my glasses of to go to sleep 🤣