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Restor Lens Implants

I am considering having my vision corrected using Restor Lens Implants. I have been wearing contact lenses and glasses since age 10 and my eye sight is now -11 in both eyes. I am now starting to suffer from longsightedness at age 49. Has anyone had this operation who had it done to restore sight which was not due to the removal of cataracts. Is the vision that you now have as good as with contact lenses. Are there any downsides to this procedeure and using this type of lens
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Cataracts or no cataracts, stay away from the Restor and multifocal  lens.  They have caused many problems for many people.

I had the Restor explanted and a Monfocal lens implanted. No yag or tweeking of any
kind necessary. My vision is excellent including night driving. No halos or glare . I only need glasses to read  very small print otherwise I am glasses free!   Night driving was a horror with the Restor.

Don't gamble with you vision.  Please do a lot of research on this forum. As Dr. O. stated, use the search function. You have no idea of the many terrible results with Restor. Your eye Md can help you decide on the vision you want with a monofocal lens and avoid the many problems with Restor.  I have a  slight modified distance, By the way I am 67. Good Luck.  Keep in touch.
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Use the search function.

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Hi,
I'm 49, and I had clear lens replacement done (no cataracts, just did it to improve vision....) in January.  My prior vision was 20/400, and prebyopia was setting in.  I also had 1.0 astigmatism in one eye, and .50 in the other.  The surgeon said I may need lasik tweeking afterward.  Although I went into it with the thought I would be happy if I didn't have to wear glasses ALL the time, I had great results.... and no tweeking needed!  20/16 distance and reading, and intermediate I'd say is about 20/25.  One little less crisp spot at about 3.5 feet, that clears if I move my head a few inches forward or back.  The only minor "less perfect" things I have are: 1. It's hard to read something that's printed grey on yellow, or black on red, in low light, and it's small.  It's fine with a little more light.  2. Headlights, stoplights, etc. at night, off in the distance look like fuzzballs.   But the wierd thing is, eveything around them is crystal clear.  The fuzziness goes away as the cars get closser and look like normal headlights.  My night vision is way better than when I wore glasses or contacts so I don't find it annoying at all.  So my vision is not like a 20 year old's... but almost.  Now I had SUPER good results; not all do. My thought was I will take the gamble to wear glasses only occasionally.  I won the gamble big time.  I know the new restor, with the +3.0 add which I had put in, is way better than the old +4.0 ones.  Better intermediate vision, and less halos and glare.  I wore a monofocal distance contact for two weeks in between eye surgery, and the eyestrain at work on the computer was driving me nuts.  So I am so happy I had it done.  My vision has never been this good in my entire life.  Be sure to get a surgeon with gobs of experience...Good luck!
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