ICL Surgery

Implantable Collamer Lens

Implantable Collamer lens or ICL is a highly specialised and thin lens that is implanted in the eye in patients that are not suitable for laser eye surgery. It is often referred to as an implantable contact lens.

The ICL can correct high degrees of near-sightedness, far-sightedness and astigmatism.

An ICL can also be implanted in patients that are suitable for laser eye surgery but who do not want any of the negative effects induced by laser eye surgery

The ICL sits behind your pupil and in front of your natural lens and works exactly the same as traditional contact lenses but with the benefit that it is inside of the eye.

ICL suitability criteria

• Any patient younger than 45 with near-sightedness, far-sightedness or astigmatism
• Any patient older than 45 with near-sightedness, far-sightedness or astigmatism who do not want to undergo laser eye surgery, Presbyond or Lens Replacement Surgery
• Patients with high spectacle errors that cannot be corrected with laser eye surgery like LASIK, SMILE or PRK
• Patients with dry eye syndrome who is not suitable for laser eye surgery
• Patients with very thin corneas not suitable for laser eye surgery
• Patients with Keratoconus where laser eye surgery is completely contra-indicated

Advantages of ICL surgery

• ICL surgery eliminates the need to wear glasses or contact lenses
• Extremely high quality of spectacle free vision which can be achieved in patients that were otherwise not suitable for laser eye surgery
• Treats all forms of spectacle errors like near-sightedness, far-sightedness or astigmatism
• The procedure is reversable
• The patients cornea is not operated on and thinned out like in laser eye surgery
• ICL surgery allows you to play sport and do activities without glasses or contact lenses
• ICL removes the risk of going blind from contact lenses
• ICL negates all the risks involved in laser eye surgery
• Presbyond can be performed on patients with ICL who would otherwise never have been suitable for laser eye surgery
  
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A diagrammatic illustration demonstrating where the ICL is implanted in the eye

An eye scan demonstrating where the ICL is implanted in the eye

The appearance of ICL’s inside of the eye

Vision Transformed: A Leader in ICLs

Dr. Lourens has been recognised as the surgeon performing the most Intraocular Collamer Lens (ICL) procedures in Perth and Western Australia! This distinction highlights his expertise and commitment to restoring clear vision and improving lives, even for those who are not suitable for laser eye surgery.