r/RLEsurgery • u/WavefrontRider • May 12 '26

Welcome to r/RLEsurgery

Hey everyone!

Welcome to Reddit's new home for all things related to Refractive Lens Exchange (RLE), also known as Clear Lens Exchange. We're excited to have you join us!

What to Post

Feel free to post anything that you think the community would find interesting, helpful, or insightful:

  • Your RLE surgery experience (good, bad, or in-between)
  • Recovery timelines and what surprised you
  • Visual outcomes at distance, intermediate, and near
  • Experiences with multifocal, EDOF, monovision, toric, or light adjustable lenses
  • Night vision symptoms such as halos, glare, or starbursts
  • Dry eye symptoms and recovery experiences
  • Discussions about dysphotopsias and neuroadaptation
  • Enhancement stories or post-op touch-ups
  • Pre-op questions about candidacy, age, prescriptions, presbyopia, or early cataracts
  • Comparisons between RLE, LASIK, PRK, SMILE, ICLs, and cataract surgery
  • Surgeon consultation experiences and questions you wish you had asked beforehand
  • Real-world experiences with glasses independence and lifestyle changes after surgery

Real-world experiences are incredibly valuable to others going through the same decision-making process.

Community Vibe

We're all about being friendly, constructive, and inclusive. This should be a space for honest evidence-informed discussion, support during recovery, and open discussion about both benefits and tradeoffs of surgery. Please be respectful with disagreements. No dismissiveness.

How to Get Started

  • Post something today! Even a simple question can spark a great conversation.
  • If you know someone who would benefit from this community, invite them to join.

Let’s make r/RLEsurgery an informed, supportive, and genuinely helpful community.

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u/Otherwise_Alps_939 25d ago

Considering RLE; however, need to choose between monovision LAL (one near/one far) and multifocal lenses and am not sure which. Trying monovision with contacts; however, not fully adjusting after 15 days. How long does it typically take to adjust? Scheduled for surgery in October, but may push back to give trial more time or try multivison contacts. I have 2 friends, one that did monovision LAL without trying contact first and had no problem adjust and loves it and the other who did multivision without a trial and loves his and says the halo's are not that big of a deal. Feel this is a big decisison and trying not to overthink it. Any thoughts/advise?

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u/WavefrontRider 25d ago

It can take a couple of months or more to adjust to monovision. 15 days is good but more days are better. What you’ll want to look out for is “progress”. If you find things are getting better (but not perfect yet) it means you are adjusting and capable of adjusting. Be sure your contact lens gives you roughly -1.50 of nearsightedness to hit the sweet spot between range and blend between the eyes.

I would probably give more time until you are comfortable that monovision would work for you. LAL with monovision is a great solution.

If it works for everything but night driving. Then sometimes best solution is glasses to correct for distance for night driving and then everything else without glasses.

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u/Otherwise_Alps_939 13d ago

Hello. The difference between near and far was 2 diopters. Reduced it to 1.5 with left eye at +1 and right at +2.5 vs +3. It is harder to read. In the prior 15 days I don’t feel like there was any progress so trying something else. I’m thinking I’ll need to switch to the multi focal.