Carter Eye Lasik Vision Correction Blog

Approved by the Food and Drug Administration in 2005, Visian ICL™ is another corrective procedure that may be perfect for someone who is searching for a better option to cumbersome eyeglasses and time-consuming, uncomfortable contact lenses. The Carter Eye Center in Dallas, Texas is a great resource for getting more information about this cutting-edge, life-changing procedure.

What is the Visian ICL™?
The company Visian is a maker of the ICL, the Implantable Collamer Lens. The ICL is a lens that, after it is implanted through surgery, can permanently correct nearsightedness (myopia) and many other visual problems that millions live with. It looks just like a contact lens and works on the same principles, only the Visian ICL is surgically inserted between the iris and the cornea.

From beginning to end, the ICL procedure takes less than ten minutes. At Carter Eye Center, our team works both effectively and efficiently when it comes to ICL. Once healed, the ICL lens will stay in place permanently. Also, this procedure doesn’t cause any pain, because the eye can’t feel the intrusiveness of the procedure or the lens once it is in place.

Many former contact lens wearers who have undergone ICL enjoy many benefits, but one of the biggest is that they feel they enjoy all of the benefits of contact lenses yet don’t deal with any of the annoyances of contact lenses.

Like contacts, the Visian ICL™ slightly alters the direction that light enters the eye, improving the focus and eliminating the blurriness you used to experience every day. If you live in the Dallas, Texas area, it would be a good idea to contact Dr. Harvey Carter, a leader in this procedure.