restore vs rezoom

[wb2iw]

rezoom has more glare (in for 4 weeks now) than the restore lens (one week)  does this really go away in time or do you just not notice after awhile?   the rezoom really does a great job on long range (20/20 and my doc thinks it may improve)  but 0nly 20/25 in restore eye.  will that improve (its only fir on medium renge but better on close up)  also?
its good not to wear glasses after 50 years (i'm 63) thanks, Bill W


This discussion is related to ReZoom Lens.

[John C Hagan III, MD, FACS]

If you are really, really lucky the glare may go away but I will tell you that the ReZoom is the most prone of all the multifocal IOLS to have persistent problems and to need removed.

The ReStor and Crystalens have good track records.

JCH MD

[retiree0418]

I am 78. Three weeks ago I had cataract surgery on my left eye and and surgery on my right eye 2 weeks later.

Both eyes appear to be doing well. I wonder how the results will change later. My left eye was severely myopic for decades. It got to the point where I could read the finest of print if it was held a foot away but I was practically blind otherwise. My opthamologist recommended a ReStor lens for both eyes but the shape of the left eye would not accommodate the ReStor lens. I wanted the ReStor lens for both eyes because it corrects for near as well as distance vision. So I switched to a ReZoom lens for the left eye. However, the ReZoom lens is not effective  for near vision. I then had to decide what to do with the right eye. I want both distance and near vision correction so I now have a ReZoom lens in my left eye and a ReStor lens in my right eye.

My left eye has excellent distance vision but I can't read with it and I have a halo effect at night. However, if it doesn't get worse I can live with it. My right eye, although not as crystal clear as the left eye,is able to read almost any print and there iis no halo effect. When I use both eyes I get slightly different images but I've been though that for many years and my brain has learned to cope with it. Under the circumstances I made the right choice in implanting two different lenses and I believe the lenses are worth the price tag. I can read my computer screen with the ReStor lens but a pair of $20 Walmart reading glasses makes it much better.

[John C Hagan III, MD, FACS]

Glad this story has a happy ending, most with ReZoom don't.

JCH MD