5.Type of Lens: Fixed-Focus Monofocal
Doctors can use several kinds of replacement lenses. Most people need lenses for distance in both eyes and use reading glasses to see up close. These Monofocal lens are the ones covered by most insurance companies. Your doctor may consider implanting a Monofocal lens focused for distance in one eye while a Monofocal lens focused for reading goes in the other eye. This is best reserved for people who have done this previously with contact lenses and liked it.
6.Type of Lens: Accommodating-Focus Monofocal
Scientists designed this newer monofocal lens to work more like the one you were born with. Tiny eye muscles change the shape of the “accommodating lens” so it can focus at different distances. With it, you should see well at middle and far distances, but you might have trouble up close. Special eye exercises can help, but you’re likely to need reading glasses after surgery.
