Inlay makes reading glasses superfluous
Are you one of those people who holds the products at an arm’s length in the supermarket to read the label and watches the TV guide with outstretched arms? There is a new treatment that puts an end to farsightedness and nearsightedness.
The lens of the eye allows us to see clearly at different distances. As long as this lens is flexible, it can focus easily: convex for near vision and flat for far. Our brain controls this automatically and we don’t have to think about it: we see sharply at any distance. Over the years, however, our eye lens becomes stiffer. And somewhere between the ages of 40 and 50, focusing becomes so difficult that reading glasses are required for near vision. This will be presbyopia, or called presbyopia.
Seeing presbyopia as a handicap may be a bit far-fetched, but it can really hurt you. Because you always need those reading glasses at unexpected moments and that is usually when you do not have them with you. Fortunately, today there are various treatments to make reading glasses unnecessary. The latest is an inlay eye laser treatment called Kamra reading correction.
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As mentioned earlier, there were already treatments to improve reading comfort, such as replacing your own lens with a lens implant; a treatment that is often performed when someone has a distance correction in addition to reading glasses. When lasering does not make much sense – for example by novice stare – such an implant can be chosen. With this new lens, the gain is corrected and reading without glasses is again possible.
reading correction
The Kamra reading correction is a treatment method for people between 45 and 60 who only have reading glasses, but also for people who also have a distance correction correction. It is done with a laser technique, in which – if necessary – the distance strength is also corrected.
How does it work?
A computer-controlled laser creates a wafer-thin flap in the cornea. Then, if necessary, the glasses strength is corrected. An implant (inlay) is then placed under the flap. This inlay is a wafer-thin, dark-colored plastic lens. This reading lens contains a small central opening that allows reading at all distances. The opening narrows the pupil. It works just like a photo camera, where a smaller aperture leads to an increase in the depth of field.
Incidentally, the inlay is only placed in the non-dominant eye, so that you can see well far away with both eyes and close-up mainly with the non-dominant eye.
Will it be reimbursed?
The new treatment costs about 2800 euros without a distance correction; but then you no longer need reading glasses. Unfortunately, this treatment is not reimbursed by most insurers. Some health insurers reimburse a part if there is a medical indication.
