When light enters the eye through the cornea, it focuses on the retina for clear vision. If images focus in front of the retina, the eye is nearsighted. If images focus beyond the retina, the eye is farsighted.

We are living in an age that offers nearsighted and farsighted patients opportunities never before available in Canada. Historically, only mild to moderate nearsightedness was treatable with surgery. Those with high degrees of nearsightedness (myopia) or farsightedness (hyperopia) were given a choice between eyeglasses or contact lenses as their only option to correct vision. Exciting advances in medical technology have opened the door to surgically and permanently correct vision in individuals who previously were not eligible for refractive surgery.

Implantable Contact Lens (ICL)

In 1996, Dr Fanous was again one of the first ophthalmologists in Canada to offer the multifocal intraocular lens to his patients. Since the 1996, many individuals with very high degrees of nearsightedness and farsightedness have benefited from this brand new technology. Advances in microsurgery have allowed ophthalmologists to perform delicate operations with tiny incisions that allow then to remove cataracts ad implant intraocular lenses into the eye allowing clear vision without the need for stitches. The ICL surgery mimics this tried and true surgery by implanting a foldable lens in front of you natural lens which is located behind the iris (the colored part of your eye). The ICL works similar to a contact lens worn on the outside of the cornea, but lacks some of the complications and maintenance experienced by contact lens wearers. For instance, after an ICL is implanted into the eye, it does not need to be cleaned, disinfected, or sterilized and it can’t be lost or scratched.