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I can see the rings of my iol lens

I'm 40 and have been implanted two zeiss multifocal toric lenses 2 months ago. What concerns me the most is the fact I can see the light circles of the lens moving up and down, especially at night with low light condition or reflectors above my head. Is there a solution for that? I haven't heard about this light aberration, I usually read only about seeing nets and halos around light but not the clear concentric circles of the lens jerking up and down.
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177275 tn?1511755244
That is extremely common. It's called dysphotopsia.  Can occur with any type IOL but much more common with multifocal IOLs.  May get better over time. You can go to the Zeiss website and read about your IOL. Under complications/side effects/ adverse reactions dyphotopsia is mentioned. Lots of stuff will come up with any internet search.
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Thank you very much for your comment. Yes sure, I know about dysphotopsia but it's always related to halos and glares around lights, not seeing perfect circles of lights in the eyes open and close. It's very hard to explain actually ... I can see the light clicking/jerking/going up and down on the circles of the iol, shrinking or stretching with different shapes in each eye. Since I have a residual hyperophia and I was promised a sulcoflex rayner piggyback will be placed, I heard it should reduce such flashing and other annoying dysphotopsias. What do you think about it?
Dysphotopsia is a huge category.  It means "unwanted light reflexes" you are describing same. I have no experience with piggyback IOLs for dysphotopsia with multifocal IOLs.  Sorry.
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