@sabuni, I haven't had a lens exchange but I did have the normal IOL lenses for both of my cataract surgeries. I looked into getting a Toric lens for my right eye which has an astigmatism but the surgeon talked me out of it because he didn't think it would work any better for my right eye. The only other preference I got to make was would I rather see distances better or closeup better and I chose distances for driving. I did have a YAG procedure on my right eye for blurry vision last month which solved the problem. Bright sun still bothers me some but I don't notice a halo effect or starbursts at night driving. I do try to avoid driving at night but it's because of my age (79) and not the vision.

While you wait for members with experience on switching to a different lens, I thought I would share a couple of references that might be helpful.

“Numerically, it's interesting that the starbursts and glare were better in the Vivity than the monofocal lens for both sets of data points, ..."
-- IOL Review: 2021 Newcomers - Review of Ophthalmology:
https://www.reviewofophthalmology.com/article/iol-review-2021-newcomers

-- Halos With Multifocal IOLs - A surgeon explores neuroadaptation to reduce complications with these lenses.
https://crstoday.com/articles/2008-sep/crst0908_08-php
-- Glare, Halos, and other Vision Problems - Multifocal IOLs & Opticians Upselling AntiGlare coatings: https://youtu.be/2aS7sIqj3o8

Jump to this post