[EYErium Eye Clinic] #Why_implantable_contact_lens_surgery_is_more_expensive_than_LASIK_and_LASEK

🙋🏻‍♂️ : Why is #LensImplantationSurgery more expensive than #LASIK or #LASEK?

🧑🏻‍⚕️ Dr. Choi Jin-young, Director of #EyeRiumOphthalmology:

To get straight to the point,
it's because the cost of the lenses used in lens implantation surgery is high.

Personally, I only perform #ICLLensImplantationSurgery.

Currently, there are three types of posterior chamber lenses,
and I will explain why I only perform ICL lens implantation surgery.

First, #ICL uses a biocompatible material called #Collamer,
which makes the lens lightweight and very soft compared to other lenses,
thereby causing less stress to the structures inside the eye.

Second, the lenses are manufactured in the US and Switzerland,
and these lenses are made by the US company STAAR, which is so confident in its technology
that it transparently discloses its manufacturing process.

Finally, third, after surgery, the refractive power is extremely reliable,
and TASS (Toxic Anterior Segment Syndrome), which is inflammation caused by reasons other than post-surgical infection,
does not occur.

Therefore, in my case,
I only perform ICL lens implantation surgery.