Cataract Information
A cataract is a clouding of the eye’s natural lens, which lies behind the iris and pupil. Normally, the lens focuses light onto the retina to produce a sharp image. When it becomes cloudy, vision becomes blurry, hazy, or dim.
Cataracts can be removed only with surgery. During cataract surgery, your eye surgeon will remove your eye’s cloudy natural lens. Then he or she will replace it with an artificial lens. This new lens is called an intraocular lens (or IOL). When you decide to have cataract surgery, your doctor will talk with you about IOLs and how they work.
This clouding of the eye's natural lens causes blurry vision, faded colors, and increased sensitivity to light. After cataract surgery with a TRADITIONAL MONOFOCAL LENS, vision will be clear at a single distance, usually far. However, close-up work such as reading and using the computer will require reading glasses.
Multifocal Lense Simulator
Cataract surgery with a MULTIFOCAL LENS offers vision at near, intermediate, and far distances reducing dependence on glasses.