What is the Light Adjustable Lens?
The Light Adjustable Lens (LAL) is a premium intraocular lens used during cataract surgery, and the only one that can be fine-tuned after your procedure.
Traditional lenses are fixed the moment they're implanted, which means your vision is set on the day of surgery. The LAL’s prescription can be adjusted using targeted UV light treatments once your eyes have healed.
Unlike any lens before it, the LAL lets you experience your vision in everyday life first, refine it to your liking, and then lock it in once it feels right.
How the Light Adjustable Lens Works
The Light Adjustable Lens is made from a special photosensitive material that responds to ultraviolet (UV) light. This is what makes it different from every other lens used in cataract surgery.
The process works in three stages:
1. Implantation
During cataract surgery, the cloudy natural lens is removed, and the Light Adjustable Lens is placed in the eye, just like a standard lens implant.
2. Adjustment
Once your eye has healed, typically a few weeks after surgery, you return for a series of quick, painless light treatments. Each treatment uses the Light Delivery Device to apply precise UV light that gently reshapes the lens, fine-tuning your vision for distance, near, or blended vision. Between visits, you get to live with your vision and report how it feels in real-world settings, so each adjustment reflects how you actually see.
3. Lock-in
When your vision reaches the outcome you want, a final light treatment "locks in" the lens so it no longer changes. Most patients complete their adjustments and lock-in over a few weeks.
Because the lens responds to UV light, you'll wear special UV-protective glasses during all waking hours between surgery and your final lock-in treatment. This prevents everyday sunlight from making unintended changes to the lens. Once your vision is locked in, the glasses are no longer needed.
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