Are there helpful tips for glare after cataract & Yag procedures?

[Xaminer]

Is there any help for glare problems?   I had cataract surgery both eyes 2 yrs. ago to correct acute glare problem.  My vision was not blurry & relatively good for my age.  The glare problem was resolved after surgery for about a year with improved vision 20/20 in eye w/o astigmatism.    Then the glare started coming back & last October had YAG.  It has not helped.  Sunglasses do not really work (I wear them when I turn lights on).  I recently had ptosis surgery one eye & will follow with the other later in 2009.  I do not want to have my IOL (Crystalens) replaced.  Would anti-reflective lenses help?    So far my eye surgeon says wear sunglasses.  I do but have to change them frequently re:  amount of light in room or outside.  Polarized helps.


This discussion is related to Crystalens problems.

[John C Hagan III, MD, FACS, FAAO]

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[Xaminer]

Thanks for the replies, I would just like to add my vision was good before cataract & better after...the surgery & the YAG surgery were done to alleviate glare so probably not the glasses RX.  I will look into other causes you mentioned with another doctor later in year I am recovering from ptosis lift.  Also the Zeiss individual.  

[John C Hagan III, MD, FACS, FAAO]

The IOL can move out of position, the membrane can cloud backover, there can be new problems like corneal or macular disease. The glasses RX can change.

JCH MD

[ace399]

What would cause Xaminer to develop a glare problem after a year with Crystalens?

[John C Hagan III, MD, FACS, FAAO]

Nothing dramatic: anti-reflect helps ;some but others don't like it. There is a new type of aspheric abberation reducing glasses, extra cost different brands one is "Zeiss Individual".

JCH MD