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Symfony IOL 4 weeks post op & still night vision problems:
I am now 4 weeks after the Symfony IOL in my right eye and as I wrote at 6 days post op, I am still seeing significant halos and blur/glare around points of light such as headlights, bright rear lights, streetlights, etc. There are also concentric circles in the blur around the lights and I am guessing this is from the diffractive optics of the IOL. Even though I do not look directly at the points of light the halo/blur/glare "field" extends into my wider field of vision. This has not improved over these 4 weeks and I am quite concerned as it is definitely impairing my night vision. Comments please?
I would be interested in an update on your experience. I am two days post-op nighttime glare around headlights is intense. The manufacturer's information states "no glare." Thanks.
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Most IOL studies only measure the frequency of problems like halos&glare after 3 months, or even 6 months, postop because many people initially have problems during the initial adaptation and healing period that go away. A certain percentage of patients get halos even with monofocal lenses, there is no lens yet that doesn't give some people halos (some people have them even with their natural lens). The risk of such artifacts with the Symfony is reportedly in the range of monofocals, not as good as the best perhaps but better than others.
This was 1 surgeon's writeup on his experience implanting the Symfony for a year in patients, where he also reports overall a low rate of problems:
http://eyesurgerysingapore.blogspot.com/2015/10/my-experience-implanting-symfony-lens.html
In my case I see halos but they are so mild/translucent that I see through/past them and don't consider them a problem, and they've been that mild from the beginning. Overall my night vision is better than I remember it being before (subjectively it always seemed like I had poor night vision as long as I can remember before this compared to others).
Even after 3 or 6 months, with any lens, there are many people who see their halos reduce or go away, with some taking a year or more, and others with the issue never going away. A lens exchange is an option to consider eventually after taking time to see if it goes away, though another lens might have the same problem, even a monofocal.
This was 1 surgeon's writeup on his experience implanting the Symfony for a year in patients, where he also reports overall a low rate of problems:
http://eyesurgerysingapore.blogspot.com/2015/10/my-experience-implanting-symfony-lens.html
In my case I see halos but they are so mild/translucent that I see through/past them and don't consider them a problem, and they've been that mild from the beginning. Overall my night vision is better than I remember it being before (subjectively it always seemed like I had poor night vision as long as I can remember before this compared to others).
Even after 3 or 6 months, with any lens, there are many people who see their halos reduce or go away, with some taking a year or more, and others with the issue never going away. A lens exchange is an option to consider eventually after taking time to see if it goes away, though another lens might have the same problem, even a monofocal.
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