No there is no halo producing phenomena. I decided not to get the ICL and I
think everyone needs to do their own due diligence when it comes to this.
For example......... The first doctor I went to was gun-ho about giving me
the ICL's he said I was a good candidate and really made me optimistic about
the procedure. I ran it by my optometrist, who said he never heard of the
guy. (i really trust and respect my optometrist and he's been my doctor for
several years). He recommended I go to another Doctor, a Dr. he refers his
patients who want an ICL to. So I decided to get a second opinion. This
doctor also told me I was a good candidate, but he said I would certainly
have halos. Basically he told me that since I am young (24) and severely
myopic (the higher your myopia, the smaller the lens is actually) my pupils
would open wider than the lens and I would without a doubt have halos and
may not be happy with the procedure. Talk about candor! I was very
impressed with this doctor and will go back when I get a little older. (your
pupils don't open as wide, as you age. Check out a baby's pupils sometime).
So i've decided to wait. If you can get by with contacts....really think
hard about the halos because they won't go away. There's the alphagan drop,
but its just a temporary fix. Plus look on the bright side....ICLs have
been available what? 3 years....imagine what will be available in the near
future. Good luck everyone

On Fri, Jun 6, 2008 at 10:15 AM, <hoosierjenny@...> wrote:

> I don't have halos!
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> From: "poasid3412" <poasid3412@...>
>
> Date: Fri, 06 Jun 2008 07:09:38
> To:piolusers@yahoogroups.com <To%3Apiolusers@yahoogroups.com>
> Subject: [piolusers] Re: new to the group
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>
> Man, this is really putting a burr in my saddle about this technology.
> I get that there are risks, and I'm willing to cross my fingers on the
> whole retinal detachment, cataracts, endo cell loss, etc., since I know
> they are rare . . . . but geez, isn't the sizing of the ICL optic in
> relation to the Iris diameter (under night conditions) kind of a simple
> thing to measure and predict the likelihood of halos? Seems like people
> are getting an unpleasant surprise about something that shouldn't be so
> surprising.
>
> Or is there some other halo-inducing optical phenomena going on that we
> don't know of (and Staar & partner physicians haven't figured out) yet?
>
> I really don't want to think the worst of people, but the history of
> business ethics abuses can't help fueling the imagination with the
> obvious conspiracy theory: what if Staar knew of the problem, but went
> ahead with widespread product introduction anyway, under the
> philosophy "Well, let's count the quantity (and audible volume) of
> complaints before we either (a) fold up our tent and go home or (b) beg
> the VCs for R&D funding to create ICL 2.0 (with bigger lens diameters)"?
>
> --- In piolusers@yahoogrou
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> ps.com, "nannyboo99" <nannyboo@...> wrote:
> > . . . .
> > My biggest problem, as I know many of you who've had it have
> > experienced, is the halos. Prior to surgery, I only had them when
> > driving at night, and they weren't really full halos--more
> > wedge-shaped around each light. Were minor enough that it didn't
> > bother me. Now they are much worse, enough that I don't feel safe
> > driving at night and they suck all the fun out of going to the movies.
> > . . . .
> > Nannyboo
> >
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