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The glasses I choose to wear are from the RNIB – However, there are a lot of other companies and organisation out there providing both Wrap Arounds and Fit Overs. The glasses in this post can be found here at the Royal National Institute for The Blind If you work, how soon you can return will largely depend on your type of job and if you need new glasses. Using your eye drops

In my clinic, you’ll be offered a biscuit (chocolate chip is the best!) after the procedure and be given the do’s and don’ts before you head home. Before you leave hospital, you'll be given some eye drops to help your eye heal and prevent infection. Cataract surgery and RLE take approximately 10 minutes per eye. We usually operate on both eyes 1-2 weeks apart, but both eyes on the same day is sometimes performed if deemed the best thing for your needs and can be standard practice for some surgeons. Mr Dan Lindfield is a multi-award-winning consultant ophthalmologist and cataract surgeon in Guildford and Farnham. To make an appointment with him, head to his Top Doctors profile. Some patients aged 45+ may also be eligible for refractive lens exchange ( RLE). RLE is essentially a cataract operation, but it is performed before a cataract has formed to reduce dependence on glasses.

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At this appointment, you may be given advice on when to stop using your eye drops and when to apply for new glasses. How to apply eye drops

I definitely recommend patients ask their surgeon which lens they think is right for them. Your surgeon will have many years of experience and will know what is most appropriate for your eye, lifestyle and expectations. There is a lot of science here but lens selection is also an art and a skill. Whilst hearing positive or negative opinions from your friends or family is useful, it’s very difficult to draw parallels for such a precise decision targeted to your specific needs. Both procedures take approximately 10 minutes and can be performed with an eye drop anaesthetic only, removing the need for injections. The whole hospital visit often takes about 90 minutes from arriving to going home. There is often a learning curve associated with these lenses but within a few weeks, patients can often see clearly for distance and near tasks. It must be stated, however, that these lenses function their best in good light. They sometimes perform less well in dim light. Approximately 5-10% of patients are also aware of “rings” or “circles” in their vision when viewing bright lights such as car brake lights. These rings emanate from the circular zones on the lens surface which allow for the trifocality. The glare from these rings is rarely troublesome but can be noticeable.

Feeling should start to return to your eye within a few hours of surgery, but it may take a few days for your vision to fully return. A cataract is the age-related clouding of the lens inside our eye. It tends to occur when we reach 60 years or older but itcan occur at a younger age in rarer circumstances. Cataract surgery involves removing the cloudy lens and replacing it with a precision-made implant.

Mr Lindfield qualified in medicine at the University of SouthamptonMedical School in 2004 before going on to complete specialist trainingin hospitals throughout Surrey, Sussex, Hampshire and London. This included work atthree teaching hospitals and a glaucoma surgical fellowship at St Thomas' Hospital in London, giving him a wealth of invaluable experience in treating a range of ophthalmological conditions. He was appointed consultant ophthalmologist in 2013 and fellow of the Royal College of Ophthalmologists in the same year. Mr Lindfield currently sees private patients at Farnham Eye Care and Guildford Eye Care, which is based at the Royal Surrey County Hospital. These state of the art implants potentially allow for complete freedom of glasses. However, in practice, most patients feel that they are less dependent on glasses but still occasionally use them for prolonged periods of close work, such as reading a good book. This is a technique to allow the benefits of monofocal lenses (relatively low cost and very low risk of adverse visual effects) whilst reducing the need for reading glasses. Greater differences between the two eyes can allow for complete freedom of both reading and distance glasses for some patients but with the increasing disparity between the eyes, there is an increased awareness of the two eyes being imbalanced. This technique can be discussed with your surgeon along with tests to identify which eye is dominant. Mr Dan Lindfield explains that it is not suitable for all patients and takes skill, experience and judgement to perfect this technique.These side effects usually improve within a few days, but it can take 4 to 6 weeks to recover fully. There are two main types of lens: monofocaland multifocal/trifocal. Both types are also available in toric (astigmatism reducing) variants.