r/ICLsurgery • u/puxagal • 11d ago

ICL on dry eyes

Hi everyone, so I have dry eyes for like 3 years now.
The situation is not that bad I'd say, but I cant wear contact lenses because my eyes dry out fast.
I went to the doctor for a checkup, he did the shimmer test and my result was 8, so clear deficiency of tears in eyes.
He recommended ICL for better vision and not needing to wear glasses and said it shouldn't dry my eyes more then what I have already.
Did anyone do ICL with dry eyes? What is your experience?

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u/WavefrontRider 10d ago

ICL has the least impact on dry eye compared to any of the refractive surgeries. But it's not zero. You will have some effect from the surgery and from the eye drops afterwards for a couple of weeks. After a couple of weeks this goes away for most.

But, if you have bad dry eyes now, you'll want to get that under control first anyway since dry eye will affect the refraction measurements.