See Cataract

Have you been dealing with astigmatism all of your life? Now that you need cataract surgery, you can correct your astigmatism at the same time. With the newly developed toric intraocular lenses, you can enjoy distance vision like never before . . . without glasses.

Cataract refers to the natural lens of your eye when it turns cloudy usually due to age. During cataract surgery, this cloudy lens is removed and a new clear synthetic lens is implanted in its place. Generally, the implanted lens is spherical. As a result, astigmatism remains. However, the new state-of-the-art toric intraocular lenses reduce or eliminate your astigmatism. If you have astigmatism and cataracts, toric intraocular lenses can leave seeing clear distance vision without glasses!