Just in time, after waiting for about 2 month I got the email that my lenses have come in. Found your videos when I was first looking into it and was hoping you'd get your update out before my surgery. Looks like I'll be getting it within the next 2 weeks. Nervous but I'm ~ -10 in both eyes and have pretty bad astigmatism so I feel like the benefits outweigh the side effects you've experienced. Your videos have been very helpful!
Congrats! Hope everything goes well for you. Just be patient during recovery, if your doctor is happy with your eye pressure and lens positioning then things should definitely get better in time. :)
@@JeremyJensenTheOriginal got it yesterday. Day of was terrible, everything had an aura around it. This morning is much better since those dialating drops wore off. Now I get starburst and halos in low light but not as bad as I thought it would be. Can already watch tv, drive, play games. Hopefully it gets better and better. Thanks again for your vids!
Better across the board, I've had no issues. My experience is similar to the OP, in low light I get some ghosting/glare but not enough to bother me. I can drive at night normal; daytime is absolutely perfect. Probably the worst is when watching TV/Playing games that have dark scenes with really bright lights in them. I get some glare, but not enough to bother me at all and I'm a huge gamer and watch TV/play on OLED screens which can be dark. If I had to make the decision over again, I would still get the surgery. My brother is planning on getting it sometime next year when he saves enough for it. @@diegovs1508
Wow, It was a really good time. Glad it all worked out for you. I think as time passes it will get better and better for you. You are in a scenario that I already see ghost images, halo and glare with the Evo+. Funny that for me to use the computer and watch you is uncomfortable even after 9 months and I am with the lights on. Just seeing the environment that you are in my pupil dilates. About what you said the head starts to really try to ignore it if you don't look at it. But even then it's a totally uncomfortable feeling like it knows it's there. At least for me it often blocks the view if you want to look at some detail or something with more contrast. Which makes it impossible not to look at it and not focus on it many times, because all you can see is it. I hope I can go out to watch a movie and play a dark game without my head desperately asking me to stop. Things have gotten a little easier. But I confess that I expected more after 9 months, It was a very small improvement. I hope to change my mind by having your surgery time.
That totally makes sense! The good news is that even after 9 months you'll still continue to see small improvements with time. At my 9 month mark I did a road trip through rural Vermont, and the interior car lights and instrument cluster gave me really bad glare... It was pretty stressful. But then around the 12 month mark I did a similar drive and it was noticeably less annoying. I'd imagine if you are experiencing improvements between month 6 and month 9, then you're still on your journey to better. I wish it were faster!
I was -7 prior surgery. I had it done 3 months ago, I see glares at very dim areas. If I feel fresh, I won’t see halos at night, but If I am tired, my pupil would dialate more and exceed the optical zone. The glares bother me quite a lot at first. Now it has gotten little better. But it is somehow very hard for me to ignore and not look at the glares, when they are there. Unfortunately I didn’t use the EVO+ lens, it was EVO. But my doctor told me the difference is too small it is not worth to exchange the lens.
@@JeremyJensenTheOriginalone more question, do you think you can function/perform (like driving at night) and see as good as pre surgery with glasses and contacts in low light situations after the adaptation? I know the glares would reduce the contrast sensitivity at low light situations, but the neural adaptation would compensate this effect in some extent and make it better, but I am not sure whether it will compensate it to the level as pre surgery. I would like to hear your experience. Thank you!
@@yuanyi827 driving at night was definitely harder in the first few months following surgery. Now it's about the same as before surgery, as I'm used to the glare. I think the only situations where my vision feels worse, and it can genuinely be stressful without a bright source of light (such as a headlamp or flashlight) is working in low light areas. For example, I recently did a project where I ran ethernet to various rooms in my house, and had to frequently go up into my houses attic. The constant transition from daylight in my house to the darkness of my attic made the glare really challenging to work without additional sources of light.
Hi Jeremy, I'm almost at 10 months post-surgery (EVO plus) and still have quite a bit of glare (watching TV at night, etc, not the daytime rings) unless I'm using Brimonidine drops. I have only used the drops a few times. I believe I have large pupils like you (maybe larger). Any words of wisdom? lol I'm nervous that mine aren't going to go away.
Sounds like exactly what my eyes are like. I don't think it'll ever go away fully as long as the lenses are in there. Sometimes the glare can be hard to ignore, but just keep your mind on other things and let your brain learn to filter out the noise. I think the most important thing for me was to not look into the glare or double vision, which has helped my brain filter out the double vision. Glare is still present, but it just feels normal now. And in MOST scenarios it's ignorable, and rarely interferes with my vision.
hey Jeremy nice video ...my question is are you able to see very small things like very small text or may be fingerprint of yours are they looks as clear as you used to see them with the glasses ....please tell us .
My up close vision is identical to when I had contact lenses or glasses on. So if something is at least 5 inches or so from my face I can see it clearly.
That's a great question. Ignoring all other perks of ICL vision, I think my overall enjoyment of TV watching was higher with contact lenses. Glasses I'd put as equal, as I always had glare issues with glasses and gaming. If contacts were a 10/10 experience for gaming/tv watching, then ICL is a 7/10 in low light scenes, 10/10 in anything bright. But in pretty much every other category of vision, I prefer ICL (day to day driving, cooking, cleaning, hiking, and just about everything else).
My left eye is already blinded and my right eye is the only one I have now. I wear very thick glasses and I'm contemplating if I will have this ICL next year.
hey Jeremy, just found your videos. i just got ICL a couple weeks ago, i have glare in my left eye and some dryness, i am mostly satisfied with the procedure and my doctor says that the visual artifacts will decrease over time, i am worried about the early development of cataracts, since it would mean reintervention. Did you get tested recently for that?
Early cataracts was definitely a risk they warned me about. So far there is no indication that my eyes are developing them. I'm not super worried about it, but it's definitely a concern. I think the side effect I was most nervous about was eye pressure buildup that could result in glaucoma... luckily both glaucoma and cataract tests were looking good for me in my 1 year followup. I had very good results with all tests that were completed. Hopefully your dry eyes should be less of a problem in the near future.
I just got ICL done last week, and I’m having major ghosting issues In my left eye, along with overall blurrier vision compared to my right eye. The blurriness doesn’t bother me as much, but the ghosting throws me off, as every light has an effect. Seems to go away for a split second when I look at a bright light, but comes right back. I’m still on the steroid drops, and I had seen you mentioned that the drops will interfere, so I’m hoping after the 2 weeks are up with the steroid drops, my vision gets better 😭
Things improved significantly after stopping the drops. However the glare may not go away fully. But it does become easier and easier to ignore. The pros of not thinking about or wearing glasses outweighs the glare for me. Hopefully things start to feel great for you soon!
How about physical activity, i am wearing glasses my whole life and its annoying when moving around explosively , like riding a motorcycle at 200kmh the glasses would vibrate and i cant see a thing, i am thinking about getting the ICL
thanks for sharing. weeks or months after surgery, did you feel pain? How long did it take for your pupils to synchronize after you stopped using the eye drops?
Pain went away pretty quick after surgery... Mostly gone after 72 hours, and even then it was a very mild pain. Any additional discomfort was gone after about a month. My pupils went back to normal within a month of stopping the eyedrops.
Its been 2.5 months since I have got my ICL done with 8.0 glasses power on both eyes. My left eye vision is diminished giving me very low vision, also my pupil is dilated by 4-5mm. My doctor has told me that I have to live with it. Did you face anything that sort of?
So when you said that the side effects don't bother you as much, do you mean your brain is just used to it, or it has lessened enough that it is not as annoying?
@@JeremyJensenTheOriginal That is possible too although the light would be shaded to the level of the tint. The level of tint is quite light...and can be any color you like...like rose. This would be your night or dark ambient environment use only.
