Real life stories from patients with the EVO Visian ICL family of lenses. These patients have ICL lenses and were sponsored by STAAR Surgical.

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Real life stories from patients with the EVO Visian ICL family of lenses. These patients have ICL lenses and were sponsored by STAAR Surgical.

"My life is definitely simpler now, on and off the pitch, EVO ICL has improved my eyesight to even better than 20/20, which is amazing. Having that precision vision has really been life changing."

Lucy Bronze, MBE

Professional International Footballer

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Eve Torres Gracie

Jiu Jitsu Instructor

I feel like a big part of health is using what your body already has. ICLs is in line with that because it’s keeping your eye completely intact. My eye is still my eye.
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Phil Torres

Entomologist, TV Show Host

I had my first opportunity to put my ICLs eyes to the test recently in the Amazon rainforest, and it couldn't have been more exciting to be able to spot rare species better than ever.
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The thing that I love about ICLs is that they are putting a lens in there that can be removed.

Jennifer Puno

Web Designer

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Andrew Oxenham

Photographer

There’s a few big road blocks to having glasses and being a photographer. Now I’ve got ICLs and I can run out and live my life unhindered.
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I would never be able to just wake up and go, and now I can literally just roll out of bed and go straight to the farmers market.

Sara Tso

Chef

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Visian ICL feels like I am finally experiencing life the way it is meant to be experienced; there are no more barriers between me and the world.

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Gayane Khechoomian

Attorney

I don’t say this a lot, but it really did change my life. Vision is important to me… and I’m not someone that likes to be encumbered by anything.

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Jennifer Van Dijk

Pilot

Sports are difficult with glasses. Contacts are better, but I still have to worry about them falling out at the worst possible time. Since getting Visian ICL, I don’t even think about those things anymore.

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James Robinson

Computer Programmer

In the past, I would make short term decisions that would be cheaper and would fix the problem short term. This (Visian ICL) fixed the problem long term.

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Ashley Acda

Teacher

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6. Albo C, Nasser T, Szynkarski DT, Nguyen N, Mueller B, Libfraind L, Parkhurst G. A Comprehensive Retrospective Analysis of EVO/EVO+ Implantable Collamer Lens: Evaluating Refractive Outcomes in the Largest Single Center Study of ICL Patients in the United States. Clin Ophthalmol. 2024 Jan 9;18:69-78.