Phakic implants

Placement of additional artificial lens in the eye to give good vision without glasses or contact lens. Also called the implantable contact lens (IPCL) or Artisan/Verisyse lens.

When an eye is long sighted or short sighted, the individual has to wear thick glasses or contact lenses. Another way to deal with this, especially in younger individuals, is to place a contact lens in the eye without doing anything to the natural lens of the eye. This procedure does not disturb any tissue of the eye and is reversible with another operation if required, later in life.