Can an ICL removed be risky?

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can having an icl removed be risky?honestly i don't like my vision now and i am in pain in one of my eyes, i can barely even drive at night and concentrate it bothers .

Martin L. Fox, MD · Answer

ICL explantation can be safely performed in a brief OR procedure. It is very unusual for patients to experience pain after ICL surgery so I would be curious to ascertain the details about your original procedure. In many instances an ICL replacement can solve your problem.

Mazin Yaldo, MD · Answer

ICL removal is a fairly straightforward, low –risk procedure
which take about 10-15 minutes. 
The most important thing for you to determine now is whether the ICL is
causing your difficulties, and if removing it will solve them.  This is something that you and your
surgeon MUST figure out before going through the removal.  It would be unfortunate to remove the
ICLs only to continue to have the same problems.

Also, do you have ICLs in both eyes?  If so, you will probably need to have
both removed; otherwise, wearing glasses afterwards will be nearly impossible
because of the huge difference in prescriptions between the two eyes.  Of course, you could wear a contact
lens, if you were wearing contacts successfully pre-ICL surgery.

It is very unusual, almost unheard of, for an ICL implant to
cause pain.  I’d strongly encourage
you to have a thorough exam and discussion either with your ICL surgeon, or
with another local surgeon (one well-experience with ICLs) for a second opinion
before you have the ICLs removed.

Hope this helps.

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