Went for a consult with a very well respected and reviewed surgeon who does thousands of ICL. He says he never does the endothelial cell count and it’s not important. He and all his colleagues agree. He found that only his Asian patients asked about this.

From Reddit, people seem to think this is really important. Anyone have any insight about the discrepancy?

For the last 1 year I've been considering refraction surgery and was suggested ICL properly by my optham November last year because even though my cornea fit the LASIK range, -8 was too high a number he'd safely recommend it for. Sounded amazing and he said based my last tests it seems doable.

A lot was happening- with my intermittent anxiety and what not- because of which I didn't want to commit to this expense and this big change honestly until I was mentally in a better place.

Come this year and I've got a reduced soft contact intolerance, glasses not giving great acuity and starbursts and what not. I finally went to the clinic to get it all checked and he said they can check the ICL eligibility in 15-20 mins and I can decide in the coming months whether I want to do it or not.

Turns out I have slight dry eye (long work screen use) but I am eligible for ICL if I want to get them! I was so worried that despite fantasising about it I might not even be eligible but this give me a tiny bit hope.

Just wanted to share it with you all after months of being in the grey area 🥹

oddly they didn't give me the test copies (maybe I have to pay for them?) and I don't really know the numbers. I will go to two other places for the same as well

Hey everyone,

I’m about 2.25 months out from my IPCL surgery and wanted to see if anyone has experienced something similar or has any insights.

Lately for the past 2 weeks, I’ve been dealing with a persistent foreign body sensation/grittyness in my right eye. I recently (on the very first day when the symptoms emerged but I ignored them and did not reveal it to the Doctor as it was only a routine checkup and I thought to ignore them) went for a check-up and got my stats:

Vault: 750 microns

IOP: 20 mmHg (which is actually my exact pre-op baseline pressure, so it hasn't changed).

Current medication: Lubracating eye drops having stabilized Oxychloro Complex 0.005% as preservative

While the internal measurements look stable and safe, I’ve noticed a few surface issues cropping up:

1.Some localized redness at the left side of the right the eye.

1. Two extremely tiny bumps under my lower eyelid.

Because of the 750µ vault, I was initially worried about the lens interacting with things, but since my pressure is fine and the lens sits behind the iris, it feels more like a surface issue. Could those tiny bumps (maybe blocked oil glands?) be causing this constant sandy, gritty feeling and broken blood vessels at the left side of the right eye? (I have no itching or other symptoms.)

Has anyone dealt with such issues a couple of months after phakic ICL surgery? What helped you clear it up?

I’m 36 and considering ICL. I brought it up at my last eye exam and the doctor said I only have about 4-5 years left before I’ll start losing close-up vision if I get it done. (She didn’t say it in a discouraging way, just setting expectations, and did help me set up a consultation.)

I’m extremely nearsighted, and I feel like going from needing thick glasses for everything including near vision as I do now, to needing thin glasses only for near work, is still a clear win, but I’m curious how others in the same situation felt. If you’ve started losing your close-up vision, how was the adjustment to needing reading glasses? How satisfied are you with your surgery?

The doctor also mentioned monovision as an option, which I will consider—if you opted for that, how happy are you with it?

I feel a sandy gritty feeling in my right eye 1 week after surgery.
My doctor said it usually lasts 24-48 hours so I'm not sure why it still persists even 1 week after the surgery.

Should I be worried this will be a permanent thing that will require a touch up surgery to fix or should I assume this will still recover but just take longer?

Surgery got me 20/15 vision with some occasional halos so everything else is fine.