Cataract Surgery with Clareon Vivity Lens My Impression

Eye care
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I had cataract surgery on my right dominant eye 3 days ago with the Clareon Vivity IOL. I had asked my Eye Dr. to give me reading close and intermediate vision as a priority over distance. I can now see 8" away and read my cell and computer without any eyeglasses! However my distance is only readable about 8 feet away for text on the TV. Far distance is blurry. When I get the 2nd eye done in 2 weeks with the Vivity, I am now thinking of targeting more for intermediate and distance if possible and hoping I still will be able to read without glasses. Previously I had 3 different eyeglasses; one for reading, one for computer and one for distance. I’m not sure what exactly Surgeon targeted, but the Vivity Lens is labeled +22.5D

My impressions with the Vivity:
-Whiter - Linen colored walls look white
-Less contrast against background-
-Change in colors. A geranium flower that looks red with other eye looks bright pink with Vivity Lens. And salmon colored geranium flower looks light pink with Vivity lens. (Maybe due to the blue light filtering?)
-Have not noticed any glare or halos

It seems my dominant eye with the Vivity lens is taking over my vision. But to put less strain while my eye heals, I removed right lens from my reading glasses and using them to read though I can see without them!

Will update my progress again soon..

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I would target -0.25 D (distance) with the second eye. That should let you see a full range of distances from what you see now out to the moon. Standard practice is to target the dominant eye for distance, but it can be done the other way, and is called crossed monovision. Some studies have found it works as well or possibly better than the standard way. I have crossed monovison by circumstance and it works well for me.
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I would suggest the colour difference you see between the eyes now are due to a cataract in the unoperated eye. Cataracts tend to make thinks look more yellow-orange. The Vivity with blue light filtering is designed to replicate the colour balance of a young adult, so you are now seeing what you saw as a young adult and have normal colour vision in the Vivity eye.

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Thanks for the report. Interesting to hear about the effects on contrast and colors. Do those things bother you?

It sounds like you’re doing very well so far. I hope things continue to go well for you as your first eye settles and the second eye gets taken care of.

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I have two Vivity lenses in a mini-monovision configuration and I am very happy with the outcome … it’s been 18 months. You can look for my previous posts on the subject.