Intraocular Lens Options at Newsom Eye
The lens you choose matters more than almost anything else about your cataract surgery. It determines what you will be able to do without glasses for the rest of your life — so it is worth understanding the choices.
Customized cataract surgery
Our Newsom Eye teams offer customized cataract surgery to provide the best technology and lens options available. During your pre-surgical cataract evaluation, our team reviews the standard and customized lens options to help you determine what best suits your specific visual needs and lifestyle.
Standard cataract surgery using monofocal implants may help to correct distance vision, but glasses will likely be needed for near and intermediate vision. Customized lenses can give patients the ability to see at distance, intermediate and even up close, with little to no dependency on reading glasses or bifocals.
Most patients who choose customized lenses can do most things, most of the time, without glasses. Reading glasses may still be required for fine print — the back of a medicine bottle, or reading in a dark setting.
- Monofocal: corrects distance; glasses likely for near and intermediate.
- Customized lenses: distance, intermediate and near with little glasses dependency.
- Fine print may still call for readers, particularly in dim light.
Results you can adjust after surgery
With the surgical techniques available at Newsom Eye, your results can be adjusted after surgery to further customize your vision. That is what makes the RxSight™ Light Adjustable Lens different from every other implant: the prescription is set after your eye has healed, based on how you actually see.
Newsom Eye is involved in multiple FDA studies and served as a Principal Investigator for the RxSight™ Light Adjustable Lens.
If you have had previous refractive surgery, an unusual eye, or you simply want the tightest possible result, this is the option worth asking about.
- Adjusted after surgery, once your eye has healed.
- You try the vision before it is locked in.
- Newsom Eye was a Principal Investigator in the RxSight™ FDA study.
How cataract surgery is performed
Newsom Eye offers a detailed process for the treatment of cataracts.
Topical drop anesthesia
Cataract surgery starts with anesthetic drops rather than an injection, so there is no needle and no general anesthesia for most patients.
Softening the lens
Ultrasound is used to soften the natural lens that has become cloudy.
Removing the lens
The softened lens is gently suctioned out through a small incision.
Inserting the implant
A lens implant is inserted through that same incision, where it unfolds into position.
Same-day discharge
The procedure is performed at one of our three AAAHC-accredited surgery centers and you go home the same day.
Refining the result
With a Light Adjustable Lens, your prescription is fine-tuned in the weeks afterward based on how you are actually seeing.
Frequently asked questions about lens options
What is a monofocal lens?
A standard implant that corrects one distance, usually far. It gives excellent distance vision, but glasses will likely be needed for near and intermediate tasks.
What do customized lenses do?
Customized cataract lenses can give patients the ability to see in the distance, intermediate and even up close, with little to no dependency on reading glasses or bifocals.
Will I be completely free of glasses?
Most patients who choose customized lenses can do most things, the majority of the time, without glasses. Reading glasses may still be required for fine print, such as the back of a medicine bottle or reading in a dark setting.
What is the Light Adjustable Lens?
An implant whose prescription is adjusted after surgery, once your eye has healed, using light treatments. Newsom Eye served as a Principal Investigator for the RxSight™ Light Adjustable Lens.
How do I choose?
At your pre-surgical evaluation, our team reviews the standard and customized options against your visual needs and lifestyle. What you do all day matters more here than any chart.
Does insurance cover a customized lens?
Insurance typically covers standard cataract surgery with a monofocal lens. Upgraded lens technology usually involves an out-of-pocket difference, which we quote before you commit.
Is the lens permanent?
Yes. The implant is designed to last for life and does not need replacing. It also cannot develop a cataract of its own.
Can my vision be adjusted after surgery?
With the surgical techniques available at Newsom Eye, your results can be adjusted after surgery to further customize your vision. The Light Adjustable Lens is designed specifically for this.
Five Convenient Florida Locations
Sebring
4211 US Highway 27 NSebring, FL 33870(863) 385-1544
Carrollwood
13904 N Dale Mabry Hwy, Ste 200Tampa, FL 33618(813) 908-2020
South Tampa
113 S Armenia AveTampa, FL 33609(813) 908-2020
Brooksville
14543 Cortez BlvdBrooksville, FL 34613(352) 596-4030
Gainesville
2521 NW 41 StGainesville, FL 32606(352) 377-7733
The lens choice lasts the rest of your life
It is worth an unhurried conversation. Book a cataract evaluation and we will walk through every option against how you actually live.